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New decarbonisation project
A consortium including technology group Wärtsilä is involved in a project named TwinShip, which is sponsored by the European Union and will run from 2025 until 2028.
BIO-SEA technology optimised for reduced holding time in all waters
BIO-UV Group has completed successfully the testing of an enhanced BIO-SEA ballast water treatment system designed to reduce further the time in which treated water has to be held onboard prior to discharge overboard. Holding time is the minimum period between the...
Revolutionary propeller technology reduces underwater noise
A revolutionary new technology capable of substantially reducing the underwater radiated noise (URN) generated by ships’ propeller cavitation has been developed by Strathclyde University and Oscar Propulsion, a UK-based innovation and technology transfer company. The...
Damen Verolme Rotterdam completes refit of drilling rig Stena Don
Damen Verolme Rotterdam (DVR) has completed a major refit of the Stena Drilling-owned 5thgeneration, semi-submersible drilling rig Stena Don. The vessel arrived at DVR in October 2018 and departed for her new contract off the UK’s Shetland Islands in February 2019....
Double Vision: Anti-Fouling – Preparing for the Future
We present two very different views on the future of anti-fouling. Join the debate and have your say here [columns] [column size="1/2"]While marine coatings have developed significantly over time, it is essential that as an industry, we continue to evolve as the world...
Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre adds Inert gas production
An Alfa Laval Smit Combustion system (FU type) is now installed at the Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre in Aalborg, Denmark. The system, which adds inert gas production to the centre’s already comprehensive range of full-scale vessel applications, will ensure that...
Advanced diving support vessel completes complete engine overhaul
Work on overhauling diesel engines on one of the most advanced diving support vessels in the world, has been completed by power specialist Royston. Engineers undertook the 30,000 running hour major service on the generator engines onboard the 140m long Subsea 7 Seven...
Worldclass BWT order secured for UV system
Ultraviolet light water treatment pioneer BIO-UV Group has inked a contract to supply its BIO-SEA ballast water treatment system for installation aboard two Worldclass cruiseships currently under construction for MSC Cruises at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard...
Opinion: Wastewater discharge performance needs enforcement
ACO Marine, together with a group of leading wastewater treatment system manufacturers and environmental organisations, has called for a revision to MARPOL Annex IV in order to verify the ongoing performance and discharge criteria of sewage treated systems onboard...
Bulkship Management AS chooses Alfa Laval PureBallast 3 for its entire fleet
Oslo-based Bulkship Management AS has chosen Alfa Laval PureBallast 3 for compliance in ballast water treatment. The company has signed a comprehensive fleet agreement that includes 30 PureBallast 3 Compact Flex systems, as well as commissioning and training. Bulkship...
Wijnne Barends chooses Sonihull8 for box-cooler anti-fouling
Wijnne Barends, the Netherlands’ oldest active shipping company, has chosen the Sonihull8 ultrasonic anti-fouling system to protect two of its vessels. The ships, Lady Ariette and Lady Anne Beau are both 88m long 2,544 GT general cargo ships that were built in 2016 at...
MS Finnmarken slated for total makeover as new expedition ship
After the most extensive upgrade in Hurtigruten’s 125 years of history, MS Finnmarken will reemerge as a brand new premium expedition cruise ship. From 2021 the fully refurbished MS Finnmarken will explore handpicked destinations along the rugged Norwegian coastline...
Guadalquivir shipyards complete February repairs
Guadalquivir shipyards in Spain report two new repairs for February. The first reefer-type ship arrived, a refrigerator, to the dry dock of the Seville shipyard. The "Green Magic", with Nassau flag and built in 1990, has 135.7 meters in length by 16.33 in beam. It has...
Europe’s first LNG dual-fuel conversion dredger launched
19 months after the contract was awarded, Europe’s first conversion of a dredger to dual-fuel capability combining LNG and MGO is close to completion. This is the first conversion of its kind to take place in Europe. Damen will deliver a turnkey package that included...
Opinion: Hype over open loop scrubber discharges risks loss of key issue
from the Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association The guidelines for the use of exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS), also known as marine scrubbers, have been exhaustively examined and revised three times by the organisation’s sub-committee on Pollution Prevention and...
Royston completes dredger engine overhaul
Power specialist Royston has completed an extensive overhaul of diesel engines on a Britannia Aggregates’ owned and operated dredger, which extracts sand and gravel from the seabed. Engineers undertook the service work onboard the 100m, 3,610 gross tonnage Britannia...