by Satzuma-Creative | Oct 4, 2018 | Archive
Newport Shipping Group has purchased 100 scrubbers with options for an additional 100 units from Chinese scrubber manufacturer Weihai Puyi Marine Environmental Technology Co (Puyier). The bulk purchase of scrubbers, which aims to safeguard shipowners against any price...
by Satzuma-Creative | Oct 4, 2018 | Archive
BIO-UV Group has signed an agreement to supply its fully type-approved BIO-SEA ballast water treatment system for retrofit installation to Louis Dreyfus Armateurs’ 3500dwt ro-ro vessel Ciudad de Cadiz. BIO-UV Group will supply a BIO-SEA semi-modular system capable of...
by Satzuma-Creative | Oct 4, 2018 | Archive
Canada’s Thordon Bearings says the Mirabella V has now completed 15 years running with company’s SXL and COMPAC bearings. The M5, formerly named Mirabella V, designed by Ron Holland Designs, was built by VT Shipbuilding of Woolston, UK in 2003. The 77m flybridge...
by Satzuma-Creative | Oct 1, 2018 | Archive
Leading classification society ClassNK has analyzed the retrofitting status of ballast water management systems (BWMS) on its registered ships and confirmed that installation deadlines based on the Ballast Water Management Convention (BWM Convention) for many of them...
by Satzuma-Creative | Oct 1, 2018 | Archive
from Marc Sima, President and co-founder of Germany’s FUELSAVE The fuel surcharges some container shipping companies are intending to pass on to customers as they look to meet the 2020 sulphur cap could be reduced for the mutual benefit of shipowners and operators, as...
by Satzuma-Creative | Oct 1, 2018 | Archive
Last July the underwater hull of the roro vessel Magnolia Seaways was coated with Ecospeed in Gdansk, Poland. This non-toxic and easy washable coating system will keep the hull smooth for the service life of the vessel with minimal repair and no replacement. At the...