Environment

DECEMBER 6, 2012 — The two LNG fueled containerships ordered at NASSCO by TOTE have given MAN Diesel & Turbo its first ...

DECEMBER 5, 2012 — The news at GE Marine's Workboat International show today was the announced of the company's timeline for meeting EPA Tier 3 and Tier 4i, as well as IMO Tier III emission compliance without the need for exhaust gas after-treatment for its L250 and V250 marine diesel engines. GE's engine technology eliminates the need f ...

NOVEMBER 5, 2012 —Two 160,000 cu.m LNG tankers ordered by Athens-headquartered Alpha Tankers and Freighters International Ltd. will have MAN 51/60DF dual-fuel engines. They will be MAN Diesel & Turbo's first such installations in the LNG carrier  sector. Both ships will be dual-fuel diesel electrical-driven.Each will ...

OCTOBER 11, 2012 — Wärtsilä says that its Aquarius EC ballast water management system (BWMS) has been granted Basic Approval by IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) during its recent 64th session in London. The initial application for Basic Approval of the Aquarius EC system was submitted through the Dutch Human ...

OCTOBER 8, 2012 — Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has installed its first installation of its Mitsubishi Air Lubrication System (MALS) on a ship with a slender hull form and has confirmed a better than 5 percent improvement in fuel consumption. MALS is MHI's proprietary technology that reduces frictional ...

OCTOBER 8, 2012 — The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents over 80 percent of the world merchant fleet, says that governments have acknowledged there will be significant problems with the implementation of the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention. Speaking at the end of this week's meeting of the IMO Mari ...

OCTOBER 4, 2012 — Helsinki, Finland, headquartered Eniram Limited has completed an analysis on the effects of hull fouling on cruise vessels in different sea areas. Eniram, which provides realtime decision support solutions for the shipping industry, undertook a study on 60 cruise ships (90-120,000 GRT) sai ...

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012 — Four low emission dry cargo vessels have been given energy efficiency design index (EEDI) certificates by Germanischer Lloyd (GL). Built for U.K.-based Carisbrooke Shipping by Chinese shipyard Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, the four 8,500 DWT sister vessels, the Vectis Eagle, Falcon, Harrier and Osprey ...