ECOCHLOR STRENGTHENS SALES TEAM IN RESPONSE TO EcoOne SUCCESS
To reflect Ecochlor’s growing business following the EcoOne IMO and USCG Type Approval, the company has promoted David Swindells to Director of Sales and Marketing and Panos Smyroglou to VP Sales and Marketing. Swindells (pictured) will directly oversee and assist the...
DAMEN TO SUPPLY STEERING GEAR FOR FOUR COASTAL NEWBUILDS
Damen Marine Components (DMC) has been awarded a contract for Optima nozzles, piston-type steering gear and Timon flap rudders for four coasters being built by Thecla Bodewes Shipyards (TB Shipyards). The steering gear for these ships will be supplied plug-and-play,...
ØRSTED INVESTS IN LIQUID WIND’S LARGE SWEDISH E-METHANOL PROJECT
Danish company Ørsted and Liquid Wind of Sweden have reached an agreement, under which Ørsted will acquire a 45% ownership share of Liquid Wind’s FlagshipONE e-methanol project, which is a late-stage development project that could become the first large-scale...
MAN APPROVAL FOR CHEVRON HDAX 9700 OIL IN FOUR-STROKE DUAL-FUEL ENGINES
Chevron Marine Lubricant’s low sulphated-ash trunk piston engine oil – HDAX 9700 – is believed to be the first lubricant to gain time-unrestricted approval for use with MAN Energy Solutions’ four-stroke engines running on either LNG or distillate fuels...
ONEOCEAN GROUP ADDS ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER TO VOYAGE PLANNING PLATFORM
OneOcean Group has expanded its platform capability to include a new, claimed to be unique, Environmental Planner, which uses a dynamic timeline to provide a real-time look ahead at the environmental rules and restrictions in force during a voyage. For the first time,...
BC FERRIES NAMES LAST OF HYBRID VESSEL SERIES
Canadian operator BC Ferries has named its sixth hybrid electric Island Class ferry – ‘Island Gwawis’, last in this series of Island Class vessels – at Victoria’s Point Hope Maritime. The new ferry will allow for the Nanaimo Harbour – Gabriola...
ABS PUBLISHES NEW GUIDE FOR METHANOL FUELS
ABS has built on its experience in the application of alternative marine fuels with the publication of the ‘ABS Guide for Methanol and Ethanol Fueled Vessels’. The Guide sets out Classification criteria for the arrangements, construction, installation and...
SCHOTTEL PROPULSION CHOSEN FOR ITALIAN LNG BUNKER VESSEL
German propulsion company Schottel has been selected to supply main and auxiliary propulsion systems for an 8,000m3 LNG bunkering vessel, currently under construction at the Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore and Engineering shipyard in China. This is the first LNG...