Propeller solution enables energy savings during slow steaming
As container ship operators continue to seek energy savings through slow steaming, the necessary engine adjustments need to be matched by the propeller arrangement. Wärtsilä will supply fixed pitch propeller and EnergoProFin solutions to Taiwan-based...Read more
World’s first LPG-fuelled very large gas carrier completes sea trials
The BW Gemini is the world’s first very large gas carrier (VLGC) to be fuelled by LPG and has concluded its sea trials. The use of LPG as fuel reduces emissions of sulphur oxides (SOx)...Read more
Tharsis Shipping orders new type of eConowind wind-assist installation
Tharsis Sea-River Shipping will have NG Shipyard install two eConowind TwinFoil units on their 88-metre, 2364-DWT diesel-electric general cargo vessel MV Tharsis. The TwinFoil is a further innovation for eConowind next to their previously designed...Read more
Damen completes OceanXplorer research vessel rebuild
Damen Shipyards Group has completed the extensive rebuild of research vessel OceanXplorer. The vessel now has laboratories and studios on board and has been equipped with submersibles, sonar arrays, manned submarines and an ROV and...Read more
Engine, Hull Vane and bulbous bow retrofit reduce fuel use by 24 per cent
As a test case, the small passenger vessel Valais has undergone an energy-saving retrofit. The ship was fitted with a Hull Vane, a kind of spoiler located under water, a bulbous bow and the engines...Read more
Electrical conversion of heavy lift ship Jumbo Javelin completed
Alewijnse has finished the electrical conversion on board the heavy lift crane vessel Jumbo Javelin. For this conversion, the company engineered, manufactured and delivered several new switchboards and modified systems for power management and alarm...Read more
Royal IHC to supply power cablelay spread for offshore vessel
Global Marine Group has awarded Royal IHC a contract for the design and delivery of an integrated power cablelay spread. This will be installed on its newly chartered vessel, the Normand Clipper, a deepwater subsea...Read more
SAL Heavy Lift delivers new crane boom for Pacific Osprey
SAL Heavy Lift has delivered a new crane boom for Swire Blue Ocean’s installation vessel Pacific Osprey. The new boom will increase the vessel’s maximum lift height from 97 to 132 metres, enabling it to...Read more