BV ISSUES AIP FOR GAS-FUELLED BOXSHIP UPGRADE
GTT, consultancy Alwena Shipping and COSCO (CHI) Zhoushan shipyard, have received an Approval in Principle (AiP) from classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) for a new concept, combining LNG retrofit and jumboisation, applied to large container ships. GTT carried...
GENSET WASTE HEAT RECOVERY CAN PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY
Dutch company RH Marine has added functionality to its Rhodium Energy Management System (EMS) that allows the use of recovered waste heat from the diesel generators on board to reduce running costs and operating hours, savings energy consumption and making ships more...
FINCANITIERI FLOATS OUT SUSTAINABLE CRUISE SHIP
‘Vista’, the first of two new generation cruise ships that will start the Allura class for Oceania Cruises, a brand of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, has been launched at the Sestri Ponente (Genoa) shipyard. Vista will be about 67,000gt and able to...
ABS SETS OUT GOALS FOR AUTONOMOUS SHIPPING
ABS has published a whitepaper proposing a goal-based framework for future rules to enable autonomous vessel operations, setting out 10 goals to create a framework for the design and operation of autonomous vessels and addressing key issues in implementation. The ABS...
NEWPORT SHIPPING JOINS LNG COALITION
Sea-LNG, a multi-sector industry coalition established to demonstrate LNG’s benefits as a viable marine fuel, has announced the membership of Newport Shipping UK, a specialist provider of comprehensive dry-docking, retrofit, repair and conversions services. The...
LR AiP FOR NORWEGIAN ZERO-EMISSION BULK CARRIER PROJECT
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to Norwegian ship owner Egil Ulvan Rederi AS for its zero-emission self-discharging hydrogen-fuelled bulk carrier, known as ‘With Orca’. The vessel is planned to enter into a long-term...
WÄRTSILÄ TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABILITY FOR VIKING LINE RO-PAX
Wärtsilä is to provide technical management for a broad scope of solutions installed on Viking Line’s new climate-smart vessel ‘Viking Glory’ under a three-year contract. Viking Glory begins its first commercial sailing between Turku and Stockholm in...
DAMEN SHIPYARDS AND CATERPILLAR SIGN NEW SERVICE AGREEMENT
Damen Shipyards Group and Caterpillar have signed a global value agreement enabling Damen to provide bow-to-stern services and extend the scope of services offered to Damen Shipyard customers, including but not limited to fleet management and monitoring systems. Damen...