In a new industry collaboration, WinGD’s Integrated Digital Expert (WiDE) predictive maintenance technology is joining forces with ExxonMobil’s Mobil Serv Cylinder Condition Monitoring service to provide enhanced insight into vessel performance and engine conditions. The integrated system will provide enhanced engine monitoring and optimisation to reduce maintenance costs and increase engine reliability. The collaboration will...
Havila Kystruten and Kongsberg have signed a ten year long “Power-by-the-Hour” service agreement for four new coastal cruise vessels currently under construction. The contract value is 150 million NOK. Power-by-the-Hour is a service whereby the customer pays a fixed charge per hour of operation, per ship. Kongsberg Maritime monitors the equipment onboard each vessel from...
Carnival Corporation and NAPA have announced a comprehensive service and product agreement extension covering Onboard NAPA Loading Computers, training certification for Carnival’s CSMART training facility, and a framework agreement for future deployments of NAPA solutions. Carnival has already adopted many of NAPA’s solutions such as electronic logbooks, voyage reporting, and flooding decision support systems, which...
MAN Energy Solutions is acquiring 40 per cent of the shares of the electrolysis technology company H-Tec Systems to help both companies improve the energy efficiency of their operations and enable MAN Energy Solutions to enter the hydrogen economy. H-Tec Systems has more than 20 years’ experience in the research and development of hydrogen technology...
Van Oord has signed a five-year partnership agreement with Shell Marine that covers the lubrication requirements for its entire fleet of vessels. Van Oord will use Shell Marine’s LubeMonitor 4T programme to minimise lubrication feed rates and oil consumption. This will reduce overuse of lubrication oil, lowering costs and increasing efficiency. As part of the...
“K” Line, Chubu Electric Power, Toyota Tsusho, and NYK Line have announced a joint liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering business in Japan. The companies have established two joint ventures as the first part of developing the LNG bunkering business, which will be focused in the Chubu (central region) of Japan. Venture 1, the bunkering business,...
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has announced an agreement with Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) for the joint development of a project that will examine how vessel steering gear with new sensing capability and big data analysis can contribute to energy efficient operations. The project will explore how KHI-developed steering gear equipped with sensors to monitor pressure,...
Alfa Laval has signed fleet agreements with Polsteam and Nova Ship Tech SA for the supply and installation of PureBallast 3, the company’s third generation ballast water treatment system (BWTS). Under the agreement, Alfa Laval will provide PureBallast 3 to dozens of Polsteam and Nova Ship Tech vessels. The vast majority of the systems will...
GAC Taiwan has secured an agency contract from Donggi Senoro Liquefied Natural Gas (DSLNG), a provider of LNG fuel in Indonesia. The contract will see DSLNG handle GAC Taiwan’s vessels’ calls and provide discharge agency and husbandry services at the ports of Taichung and Yung An. Managing Director Kenny So says the contract win comes...
TrueProp Software, a company that developed software for marine propeller inspection, has announced the launch of the new Improved Propeller Inspection and Metrology Joint Industry Project (JIP). The six-member JIP will address the development of methods and software code for improvements in propeller inspection, geometric modeling, and compliance standards. The purpose of the project is...
Marine Design & Research Institute of China (MARIC), a subsidiary company of China State Shipbuilding Corporation group (CSSC), has signed a licence agreement with Lloyd’s Register (LR) for use of its ShipRight FastTrack software. ShipRight FastTrack is used by ship designers to check designs against the latest IACS and Classification Rules for Finite Element Analysis...
20|20 Marine Energy and BunkerMetric have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch a new predictive analysis tool that will enable shipowners, operators, and fuel buyers to understand the financial and operational impacts of the 0.5% Global Sulphur Cap, due to enter into force on January 1, 2020. 20|20 Marine Energy provides clarity and...