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Better biofouling reduces costs and emissions
As shipping grapples with tightening emissions regulations, Dr Sasha Heriot, Product Development Business Manager, Cathelco, explains how a proactive approach to biofouling management can deliver cost savings and environmental benefits
Wärtsilä to power two new Indian dredgers
Wärtsilä has won an order for two new 8000m3 trailing suction hopper dredgers being built for the Adani group, India's largest private multi-port operator. The vessels are the first of a new IHC Beagle series designed by Royal IHC (IHC) of the Netherlands. IHC will...
Alfa Laval to celebrate 100 year anniversary at this year’s SMM
Alfa Laval will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of its first marine separator at SMM this year. The company's stand will showcase their latest innovations for new fuels, energy efficiency, environmental compliance and reducing operational cost. There will also be...
Optimarin wins 15 unit BWT order for Topaz vessels from VARD
Optimarin is continuing its strong 2016 performance with the announcement that the ballast water treatment (BWT) system specialist has picked up an order covering 15 vessels from VARD shipyards. The vessels, VARD 9 21 Design specialist module carriers, will be...
New records set at Posidonia
Into its fifth decade, Posidonia this year set new records for exhibitor floor space, size of conference programme and number of visitors. In total, 1.825 exhibiting companies from 90 countries and territories and 19 national pavilions welcomed 22.366 visitors from...
Schottel add new corrosion protection for rudder/propellers
Schottel have adopted an optimized coating process on their rudder/propellers. The new coating promises maximum corrosion protection due to optimized resistance to abrasion and greater adhesive force in combination with thicker coats of paint. Underwater elements of...
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Babcock Secures 4th Irish OPV for Appledore Shipyard.
Babcock International Group has been awarded a contract extension, by Ireland’s Department of Defence, to provide a new Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) for the Irish Naval Service (INS) – building on its long - standing partnership and making it the 4th OPV, in the same...
Ship Propeller Maintenance: Polish or Clean? (Hydrex)
This White Paper is a practical look at ship propeller maintenance, aimed at greater fuel economy for shipowners and operators while also taking into consideration the environmental impact caused by this maintenance. The problem of propeller roughness has been well...
Turbocharger Parts, Service and Repair
Turbo Internacional is an independent multi-brand turbocharger service company solely dedicated to the maintenance, repair & sale of exhaust gas turbochargers. We are able to service to the main turbocharger brands like ABB, MAN, PBS, Mitsubishi, KBB, MTU & Napier,...
Wastewater retrofit for Canadian Navy humanitarian vessel
Chantier Davie shipyard and the Aecon fabrication yard will be adding two ACO Marine wastewater treatment plants in a conversion job on the 23,800dwt containership Asterix. The project is part of the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN) Project Resolve, supporting humanitarian...
Besiktas, Lisnarve and Gemak among those celebrating Posidonia deals
Shipyards in Turkey and Portugal were among the first to conclude business deals during the first few days of Posidonia. “We have concluded three major deals during the first two days of Posidonia. Of those, two are repair projects for a tanker and a bulk carrier and...
Hull and propeller performance ISO standard passes final hurdle
ISO 19030, a first-ever International Standard designed to enable reliable hull and propeller efficiency measurement, is finally nearing publication. Development of the Standard has taken over 12,000 hours of development work involving 53 expert stakeholders across...
Auto-diagnostics save fuel for “K” Line
In the the first commercial application of ClassNK Consulting's machinery condition monitoring and automatic diagnostic system, “K” Line Ship Management (Singapore) is adopting 'CMAXS LC-A' for use on one of its container vessels. “K” Line conducted a successful trial...
Posidonia focus on Ballast Water Treatment
Nearly 60 ballast water treatment specialist companies are participating at this year’s Posidonia Exhibition, in anticipation of the ratification of the BWT Convention which is expected to come into force before the end of 2016. Despite the increased attention, some...
Wärtsilä launch new edition of Ship Technology Encyclopedia
The second edition of Wärtsilä’s Encyclopedia of Ship Technology has been at the Nor-Shipping exhibition and conference in Oslo. The publication provides definitions to the current terminology used in the marine industry’s technical vocabulary. It is intended as a...