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New funding for carbon capture system on LNG vessel
Value Maritime and its partners in the Maritime Efficient & Easy Carbon Capture (ME2CC) project are pleased to announce the receipt of funding from the Maritime Masterplan 2024.
Rivertrace publishes new white paper on scrubber technology and washwater monitoring
Ahead of the incoming Global Sulphur Cap restrictions that will impose a ban on all marine fuels with >0.50% sulphur content from January 1, 2020, market leading developers of smart water quality monitoring technology Rivertrace Limited, have published a technical...
Less is more with Wilhelmsen’s new best in test heavy duty cargo hold cleaner
Tested extensively both in the lab and in the hold, Wilhelmsen’s Unitor CargoClean HD further improves on the market-leading performance of its predecessor but requires just half the volume of chemicals previously needed. Refined several times before the Wilhelmsen...
Alfa Laval Aalborg boiler solutions and expertise are readying customers for the 2020 sulphur cap
As Alfa Laval Aalborg boiler solutions celebrate 100 years in the marine industry, they are also leading the way in today’s era of change. With the 2020 sulphur cap rapidly approaching, Alfa Laval is delivering multi-fuel Aalborg boiler solutions and helping customers...
Heavy lift jack-up Apollo completes refit at Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque
DEME Offshore’s newest heavy-lift jack-up Apollo has recently completed a one-month conversion project at Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque (DSDu). This complex contract involved the installation of a moon pool on the main deck. The technical demands combined with the...
BIO-UV sign agreement for new ballast projects
BIO-UV Group, the pioneer in UV-based water treatment technologies, and Norwegian marine engineering and technical services provider TECO Tech have signed a cooperation agreement aimed at providing shipowners with a complete turnkey solution for the BIO-SEA advanced...
Damen Shiprepair Brest completes rapid repairs to LNG Carrier Methane Princess
Over four days in January, Damen Shiprepair Brest successfully carried out repairs to the hull of the 266-metre, 138,000m³, LNG Carrier LNG Methane Princess. In order to achieve this in the minimum time it was done while the vessel was both afloat and with the cargo...
Metalock Brasil rebuilds internal chamber of inert gas generator for Greek vessel
A major Greek ship owner client of Metalock Brasil since the 1980s experienced a fault in the inert gas generator cooling system of one of his vessels, which has triggered problems in the inner chamber. The fault caused the chamber's 316L grade stainless steel...
Underwater repairs on rudder completed in Dubai
Underwater company Hydrex was contacted by the owner of a 193-meter roro ship to secure both rudders of the vessel while the OEM performed repairs on the rudders from inside the engine room. A team of the company’s divers mobilized to Jebel Ali, Dubai to perform the...
BWT exec moves to exhaust gas cleaning
Anders Lindmark, formerly Head of Alfa Laval PureBallast, has transitioned from ballast water treatment into another compliance application. As Business Unit President, Gas Systems, he now oversees the Alfa Laval PureSOx offering in exhaust gas cleaning. On 1st May,...
New Dellner Bubenzer Group set to take leading position in global braking market
Sweden’s Dellner Brakes, Germany’s Pintsch Bubenzer GmbH and Italy’s Rima Srl have come together to form the Dellner Bubenzer Group, securing a leading position as a customer oriented, global supplier of braking products across the material handling, marine,...
Opinion: The Parts dilemma – OEM or Pirates?
An interview with Paul Kohle, Director, Sales and Sales Support, Asset Management Services at Wärtsilä Keeping up with latest part designs a challenge for non-OEM suppliers For vessel equipment repairs, there is usually a choice to be made between Original Equipment...
Innovation in marine monitoring system
MARINE MONITORING SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT POWERED BY INNOVATION Innovation is driving advanced monitoring and control technologies for environmental and safety compliance in the marine sector, says Gérard Baldellou, marine business unit manager at CMR Group. The marine...
New Shanghai training facility prepares engineers for Alfa Laval PureSOx commissioning
Recently, Alfa Laval inaugurated the Alfa Laval PureSOx Training Centre in Shanghai, China. Focused on the training of commissioning engineers, the new facility will be instrumental in ramping up the skilled workforce prior to the global sulphur cap. But with its...
Damen Shipyards Group opens new engineering centre in Helsinki
Damen has established a presence in Finland for the first time. The Helsinki office has been set up to take advantage of the depth of engineering expertise that exists in the country following the group’s entry last year into building large vessels for the RoPax,...
Aquaterra’s Hull Coating for First Cruise Ship
Nippon Paint Marine has successfully applied its novel Aquaterras biocide-free self polishing hull coating to AIDA Cruises’ 38,531gt cruise vessel AIDAcara. It is the first-ever full application of the revolutionary biocide free (SPC) antifouling to a cruise ship....