Green Marine
Sweden: Alfa Laval Views Energy Savings in Wider Perspective
As ship owners and operators continue to be pinched by high fuel prices, one marine supplier is raising the bar when it comes to solutions. Drawing on the industry’s broadest portfolio of equipment and knowledge, Alfa Laval is taking a comprehensive approach that promises sweeping advances in energy
Nor-Shipping 2013: What’s Next for Shipping?
As top executives from world-leading companies addressed “What’s Next?” for the shipping industry – the heart of the global economy – they looked to its ability to innovate and adapt. With some 1,000 people turning up for Nor-Shipping’s Opening Conference on June 4, some had to be moved to another r
Norway: DNV to Release Rules for Low Flashpoint Maritime Fuels
The 1. July DNV will release rules for using low flashpoint fuels such as methanol for bunker fuel. Interest for methanol as ship fuel is growing in response to the need to reduce NOx and SOx emissions. However, with a flashpoint of just 12°C, it poses safety challenges, and DNV’s new notation, an i
UK: SeaEnergy Announces Launching of Ship Management Company
SeaEnergy, the energy services group, announces today that it is launching a ship management company, SeaEnergy Ship Management Limited, to offer ship management services across the offshore energy sector with a particular specialism in “walk to work”. It has recruited the team which formerly operat
DNV Committed to Enhancing Lifeboat Safety
DNV is taking lifeboat safety one step further. The company claims that maritime lifeboat safety will be enhanced by transferring offshore lifeboat design practices to ships. The shortcomings of existing free fall lifeboat designs were revealed in a number of incidents related to structural safety,
Ulstein Completes Delivery and Installation of Two PGFs to Offshore Wind Force JV
Dutch ULSTEIN subsidiary Ulstein Idea Equipment Solutions completed the delivery, installation and testing of two pile gripper frames (PGF) to Offshore Wind Force JV on 2 June 2013. The PGF’s will be used by DONG Energy West of Duddon Sands (UK) Limited and Scottish Power Renewables (WODS) Limited f
Seacontractors, MPR Join Forces in Workboat and Offshore Market
On the 3rd of June 2013 in Flushing, the Netherlands Seacontractors and Marine Projects Rotterdam (MPR) announced their cooperation in the commercial management of M.P.R.’s fleet of Eurocarriers. With direct commencement all MPR’s vessels will be commercially managed by Seacontractors. This cooperat
New Version of Wärtsilä 34DF Engine Launched
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has further developed its dual-fuel technology and introduced a more powerful version of its popular Wärtsilä 34DF engine. The Wärtsilä 34DF engine has proven to be a highly efficient and reliable solution for a wide range of v
Drewry: Top Three Muscle Out Others
Maersk Line, MSC and CMA CGM now have such big economies of scale in the transpacific that they can ride out the current eastbound freight rate war more comfortably than the rest of the pack, should they choose to do so. Recent vessel deployment in the transpacific by Maersk Line, MSC, and CMA CGM s
CMA CGM ‘Jules Verne’ Inaugurated in Marseille, France
THE CMA CGM JULES VERNE, the world’s largest containership (16,000 twenty-foot equivalent units), and sailing under the French flag was officially inaugurated yesterday by French President François Hollande in Marseille, on the 4th of June. Arrived on the 3rd of June at Marseille for an exceptional
Shipping Faces Half Trillion Dollar Environment Costs, Says ICS Chairman at Nor-Shipping
Speaking to delegates at the opening of the Nor-Shipping event in Oslo today, the Chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), Masamichi Morooka, said that impending new legislation to protect the environment potentially presented an additional industry-wide cost of more than half a tril
Rolls-Royce Signs MoU with Baleària on LNG Conversion Project (Spain)
Rolls-Royce Plc has signed a memorandum of understanding with Spanish shipping company Baleària, to design gas-powered propulsion systems for three of the company’s high-speed ferries, which currently run on diesel. Baleària, which operates ferry services between the Spanish mainland and the Baleari
Marlink to Upgrade VSAT Service for Entire Stolt Tankers Fleet
Stolt Tankers has chosen Marlink to upgrade its entire fleet of deep sea and regional tankers to the Sealink Global Ku-band VSAT service. The contract, signed in April 2013, covers the provision of Sealink to 90 tankers, resulting in significant bandwidth enhancements across the fleet, meeting Stolt
Marlink Provides Data Communication Services for Van Oord’s Rock Placement Vessels
International Dredging and Offshore Contractor Van Oord has chosen Sealink customised VSAT from Marlink to provide data communication services for three offshore rock placement vessels. The five year contract covers Marlink’s provision of end-to-end services and includes facility to provide ad-hoc c