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Face the Facts with Dave Skentelbery, CEO of Grand Bahama Shipyard
Despite a roller-coaster ride of natural disasters and a pandemic, Grand Bahama Shipyard is very much alive and thriving
Wärtsilä solving problems for new Swedish LNG tankers
Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract covering four newbuild tanker vessels. The ships are to be built at the Avic Dingheng shipyard in China, on behalf of three Swedish owners; Furetank (2 vessels), Älvtank, and Thun Tankers, a fully owned subsidiary of Thunbolagen....
Live from SMM: Scrubber range expands in anticipation of broader regulations
The Alfa Laval PureSOx platform is expanding to provide not only 0.1%S compliance for Emission Control Areas (ECAs), but also 0.5%S compliance with the coming global sulphur cap. With the option of a dual-compliance system as well, customers can choose the best...
Live from SMM: Super-clean newbuilds from Desagnes
Damia Desgagnés, a 15,100dwt asphalt/bitumen tanker launched in June from Turkey’s Besiktas shipyard, has been fitted with Thordon Bearings COMPAC seawater-lubricated propeller shaft bearing package in order to safeguard the marine environment during vessel operations...
Live from SMM: New cylinder lubricant development
Shell Marine gave ship owners an insight into the comprehensive approach driving its ground-breaking work to protect the most modern ultra-efficient diesel engines against cold corrosion while still optimizing cylinder oil feed rates, across the entire range of vessel...
Live from SMM: PERFECt II – Second phase brings additional partners for piston free LNG container vessel
Project partners GTT, CMA CGM (and its subsidiary CMA Ships) and DNV GL signed a cooperation agreement with new project participants ABB, the Caterpillar company Solar Turbines, and OMT for phase two of the highly successful PERFECt project. The Piston Engine Room...
Live from SMM: BWT Treaty triggered for 2017 by Finland agreement
Accession by Finland has triggered the entry into force of a key international measure for environmental protection that aims to stop the spread of potentially invasive aquatic species in ships’ ballast water. The International Convention for the Control and...
Live from SMM: Fleet Xpress communications to go live from 3 global locations
Intellian Technologies and Inmarsat have announced a partnership aimed at accelerating the transition process for customers seeking connectivity via Inmarsat’s recently launched Fleet Xpress service. Combining high speed, global connectivity with the reliability of...
Live from SMM: shaft and tube service goes global
Canada’s Thordon Bearings has introduced a global service and support (GSS) service to assist ship owners, shipbuilders and repair yards with the installation, commissioning, maintenance and shaft/stern tube alignment services of the full range of oil and grease-free...
Live from SMM: Canadian operators opt for environmental protection with coating
Océan Taiga, North America’s most powerful ice-going tug, nearing completion at the Industrie Océan shipyard in Ile-aux-Coudres, QC, will feature Subsea Industries’ Ecospeed, following the operational success of the hard coating applied in 2012 to Groupe Océan’s 60t...
Live from SMM: ACO Marine Clarimar for environmentally-sound ecocoasters
Wastewater streams aboard the two state-of-the-art EcoCoasters Dutch shipyard Royal Bodewes is building for Finland’s VG-Shipping will be managed by a bespoke treatment system designed by ACO Marine. Both 4700dwt EcoCoasters Eeva VG and Mirva VG, due to be delivered...
Live from SMM: Cummins and Seacor install first of new engines
CUMMINS TEAMS UP WITH SEACOR® MARINE ON FIRST QSK95 MARINE INSTALLATION Cummins recently delivered the first four QSK95 engines for a marine application, with four additional units to be delivered in December. The engines were delivered to longtime Cummins partner...
Live from SMM: New High Performance Rudders for largest container ships
Despite the continuing global shipping crisis, the world market leader for high-performance rudders and energy-saving solutions in the field of manoeuvring technology is appearing at SMM 2016 with a good order situation. Becker Marine Systems will also be presenting a...
Caterpillar Marine to Power World’s Most Efficient Ferries for Stena Line
Caterpillar Marine has announced that Cat power solutions have been selected to power four 3100 LM RoPax Ferries for Stena Line. Each ferry will be equipped with two MaK™ 12 M 43 C propulsion engines. “By combining a set of proven technologies Caterpillar’s solution...
“Act now” warning over refrigerant prices
The cost of refrigerant and regulatory compliance in the next five years will become as commercially important to vessel operations as regulations governing sulphur emissions are today, warns Robert Chesters, Managing Director Oceanic Technical Solutions. “If...
VG Shipping applies Ecospeed hard coating on Eco coaster
VG-Shipping, the ship management arm of the Meriaura Group has selected Subsea Industries’ non-toxic Ecospeed hull coating for its second environmentally-safe cargo ship newbuild. The Royal Bodewes built Mirva VG will join the first of class Eeva VG, which will be...