Two Super Eco 2700 containerships being built for Singapore-headquartered X-Press Feeders will be launched with complete water lubricated propeller shaft arrangements supplied by Thordon Bearings. The ships are being built by China’s Zhoushan Changhong Shipyard. CY Engineering, Thordon’s distributor in China, has now completed the installation and commissioning of the Thordon scope of supply aboard...
Damen Shipyards and Echandia have announced a global partnership, combining Echandia’s DNV-Certified E-LTO energy systems and battery expertise and Damen’s tugboat experience to develop a fully-electric ship-handling tug. The electric tug will service New Zealand’s largest container and international trade terminal – the Ports of Auckland Limited (POAL). The RSD-E Tug 2513 will be a...
Bulugo has partnered with Whitehall Finance to provide a credit solution to bunker fuel and lubricant buyers. Digital bunker fuel and lubricant platform Bulugo can now offer buyers external unsecured finance of up to US$20m under an exclusive agreement with Whitehall Finance. The implementation of IMO 2020 at the beginning of the year, followed by...
Swiss shipowner CGN commissioned a ship optimisation study by means of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software on its 2008-built 30m passenger vessel Valais to determine the potential fuel saving benefits of energy saving devices on smaller vessel. The results indicate a fuel saving of 24 per cent is possible. CGN, which operates a fleet of...
Ørsted, developer and builder of offshore wind farms, has selected Reygar’s BareFLEET remote monitoring and reporting platform to track and analyse the performance of its chartered fleet of Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) operating across wind farms in Europe. Reygar provides advanced vessel performance monitoring systems to the offshore renewable energy sector. Ørsted has 9.9 GW...
Clean technology company Silverstream Technologies has secured another new deal to install its air lubrication technology, the Silverstream System, onboard eight newbuild LNG carriers being constructed at Hyundai Heavy Industries and Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries in South Korea. The Silverstream System will help to increase operational efficiency and reduce fuel burn and associated emissions onboard...
Manufacturer of marine propulsion system SCHOTTEL has introduced a new series of medium-sized azimuth thrusters. The M-series consists of several rudder propeller sizes covering a power range of 400 to 1,000 kW. Its modular system ensures the perfect fit for any vessel design. The first units of the M-series have already been delivered. With the...
CleanDesign Power Systems has selected the LAVLE Proteus Lithium-Ion Battery Energy Storage System (Proteus ESS) for inclusion in its hybrid power management system for drilling rigs in the oil and gas industry. CleanDesign’s hybrid energy management and battery power system optimises power generation on drilling rigs. The drilling rig setup consists of existing generators and...
Electrification specialist Equipmake has readied a range of high performance cost-effective advanced electric motors for the marine market. The UK-based company primarily provides EV technology to automotive OEMs and specialist supercar manufacturers. With the marine world trailing industries such as automotive on emissions regulation and alternative propulsion strategy, Equipmake has brought its motors to the...
Echandia Marine has delivered its DNV-GL certified lithium-titanate battery (LTO) systems for five zero-emission passenger ferries to operate in Copenhagen, Denmark. Shipyard group Damen won the tender and selected LTO battery experts Echandia Marine to provide the energy systems for this project. According to Damen, the ferries will reduce Copenhagen’s public transport nitrogen oxides (NOX)...
I-Tech has been granted full approval for the antifouling active agent Selektope under the Japanese Chemical Substance Control Law (CSCL) enforced by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and Ministry of the Environment (MOE). Since 2013, Selektope has held a low production volume exemption in Japan....
The Fjords has celebrated the delivery of its latest all-electric ship Legacy of The Fjords, which will join her sister ships, Vision of The Fjords and Future of The Fjords on the west coast of Norway. Legacy of The Fjords was designed and constructed by Norwegian shipyard Brødrene Aa, with a hull that echoes zigzagging...