Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. Announces Fleet Scrubber Initiative

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. Announces Fleet Scrubber Initiative

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (“Eagle Bulk” or the “Company”) announced that it has entered into a series of agreements (the “Agreements”) for the purchase of up to 37 exhaust gas cleaning systems (“scrubbers”) which are to be retrofitted on vessels within its fleet. The Agreements are comprised of firm orders for 19 scrubbers and up…

ABS Awards AiP To Hudong-Zhonghua’s Large LNGC With Mark III Flex Membrane Cargo Containment System

ABS Awards AiP To Hudong-Zhonghua’s Large LNGC With Mark III Flex Membrane Cargo Containment System

ABS granted Approval in Principle (AIP) to Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding’s 174,000m3 GTT MARK III Flex LNG Carrier strengthening their position as China’s premier LNG Shipbuilder. “ABS is pleased to award Hudong-Zhonhua this AIP for their design to help meet the industry’s diversifying LNG shipping requirements, in this growing segment,” said Vassilios Kroustallis, Vice President Europe Regional…

DNV GL And Huangpu-Wenchong: 200 Ships And Going Strong

DNV GL And Huangpu-Wenchong: 200 Ships And Going Strong

“The close relationship and comfortable communication between the two companies has enhanced HPWS’s position in shipbuilding. Building high-quality vessels that are more efficient and greener is at the core of our strategy, and DNV GL’s industry expertise, technical support and services have proven a great match. This milestone underscores the mutual benefit of our partnership,…

Alfa Laval’s PureNOx Technology To Provide Greater EGR Economy At Different Fuel Sulphur Levels

Alfa Laval’s PureNOx Technology To Provide Greater EGR Economy At Different Fuel Sulphur Levels

Alfa Laval PureNOx technology has long been the choice for water treatment in Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR), one of the main strategies for Tier III NOx compliance. Soon it will be channelled into two differentiated systems, PureNOx LS and PureNOx HS, optimized according to fuel sulphur level and the updated specifications of engine manufacturer MAN…

DNV GL Awards AiP To Jiangnan Shipyard For 175k CBM Mark III Flex LNG Carrier

DNV GL Awards AiP To Jiangnan Shipyard For 175k CBM Mark III Flex LNG Carrier

Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, CEO of DNV GL – Maritime, presented Lin Ou, Chairman & President of Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co., Ltd, with an approval in principle (AIP) for the “LNG JUMBO”, a new LNG carrier design with GTT MK III Flex Cargo Containment System, at the SMM trade fair in Hamburg today. The flexible, efficient and…

New International Maritime Organization (IMO) Diesel Emission Standards is a Potential Positive Development for Capstone

New International Maritime Organization (IMO) Diesel Emission Standards is a Potential Positive Development for Capstone

Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) (Nasdaq: CPST), the world’s leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems announced today that the new International Maritime Organization (IMO) emission standards could become an additional growth catalyst for the microturbine manufacturer. On January 1, 2020, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will enforce new diesel emission standards designed to significantly…

DNV GL Releases First Class Approval Programme For AM Manufacturers

DNV GL Releases First Class Approval Programme For AM Manufacturers

Classification society DNV GL has released the first approval of manufacturer (AoM) scheme for additive manufacturing (AM) producers wishing to supply products that comply with the DNV GL rules and standards. Additive manufacturing is a term that covers industrial processes that create three dimensional objects by adding layers of material: It includes such technologies as…

Inmarsat Becomes Fastest-Growing Maritime VSAT Provider In 2018

Inmarsat Becomes Fastest-Growing Maritime VSAT Provider In 2018

The digital transformation of the commercial shipping industry will pass a major milestone this September. Inmarsat has today confirmed that the 5,000th ship installation of Fleet Xpress, the world’s only high-speed, globally-available Ka-band VSAT service designed for mobility and available from a single operator, will be completed by the close of the month. Following its…

MAN’s New LGP-Powered Engine Receives First Retrofit Orders Prior To Market Launch

MAN’s New LGP-Powered Engine Receives First Retrofit Orders Prior To Market Launch

MAN Energy Solutions has announced the first retrofit orders for its new MAN B&W ME-LGIP LGP-powered engine. The contract with Oslo-listed BW LPG involves the world’s first retrofitting of four MAN B&W 6G60ME-C9.2 HFO-burning engines to 6G60ME-C9.5-LGIP LPG-propelled dual-fuel engines, plus options for further retrofits in the future. BW LPG expects the first retrofitting to…