C-JOB INTRODUCES DECARBONISATION TOOL
Over the past six months, naval architecture company C-Job has been developing a software application that is designed to give vessel owners fast and relevant insights into how they can begin the process of optimising their vessels for decarbonisation. The drive to...
CARNIVAL CRUISE SHIPS GET GREENER
Carnival Corporation has announced the rollout of comprehensive technology upgrades known as Service Power Packages across its global fleet to further improve energy savings and reduce fuel consumption. The upgrades include ongoing installations through 2023 on ships...
METHANOL FUEL SYSTEMS ORDERED FOR SIX FEEDER SHIPS
Chinese company LGM Engineering, also known as Gloryholder Liquefied Gas Machinery (DL) Company, has received an order for six methanol fuel supply systems, to be installed in newbuild feeder container vessels being built for X-Press Feeders of Singapore at the Ningbo...
JAPANESE PROJECT APPLIES AIRCRAFT TECHNOLOGY TO WIND ASSISTANCE
Four Japanese organisations, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), MOL Tech-Trade, (MOLTT), Tokai University and Akishima Laboratories Mitsui Zosen have announced an agreement to start a joint study related to wind powered propulsion of vessels by application of aerospace...
BWTS TO BE SUPPLIED FOR COMPACT CRUISE VESSEL
French UV-C water treatment specialist Bio-UV Group has received an order to supply a low-flow Bio-Sea L-Series ballast water treatment system (BWTS) for retrofit installation to 1268gt expedition cruise vessel ‘Quest’. The 49m long, 60-passenger capacity...
BUREAU VERITAS AiP FOR CRAIN SUCTION WING
Bureau Veritas (BV) has delivered an Approval in Principle (AiP) to CRAIN Technologies (Centre de Recherche pour l’Architecture et l’Industrie Nautiques) for its Suction Wing SW270, an auxiliary wind propulsion device for cargo ships. Jointly developed by CRAIN and...
NORTH SEA LNG DUAL FUEL SHUTTLE TANKER DELIVERED
A dual-fuel LNG (liquefied natural gas) shuttle tanker, ordered by Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers (KNOT), which is an affiliate of NYK, has been delivered from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in South Korea. The vessel, named Frida Knutsen, will be...
KOREAN REGISTER TO OFFER SEEMP III SERVICES
Korean Register (KR) is set to provide development and verification services for Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) Part-III through its KR-GEARs service, a greenhouse gas (GHG) management solution which the classification society has developed in-house,...