Technology

Norwegian shipbuilder Vard has been installing Pipeotech’s DeltaV-Seal in its newbuildings since 2016. The company uses the DeltaV-Seal in the large steam systems fitted in the expedition cruise ships, of which the company has built 10 to date. [Read more...]

Following eight years of close collaboration, Norwegian Cruise Line Holding (NCLH) and Yara Marine Technologies have undertaken scrubber installations on board eight cruise ships. The installation programme kicked off in 2012, with the first scrubber being fitted on [Read more...]

Wärtsilä has continued to work closely with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri to supply a broad range of solutions to be installed in a number of cruise ships currently being built by the yard, the company said. The latest orders [Read more...]

Last year, Finnish shipping company Eckerö coated the open cargo deck of the ropax ‘Finbo Cargo’ with Subsea Industries’ Ecospeed. This was undertaken to protect the deck against damage from cars and cargo. A year later the deck [Read more...]

P&O Ferries has contracted Wärtsilä to power its new double ended ropaxes.  They will be powered by Wärtsilä 31 type engines, claimed in the Guinness World Records to be the world’s most efficient 4-stroke diesel engine. The engine’s high level [Read more...]

ABB Marine & Ports latest shore connection technology is being used by Viking Lines ropax ‘Viking XPRS’ at Tallinn. The 2008 built ropax is deployed on the 2.5-hour route across the Baltic between Tallinn, Estonia, and Helsinki, Finland, [Read more...]

DFDS is to introduce a performance platform across its fleet in co-operation with longterm partner GreenSteam. The platform is aimed at enabling crews to optimise vessel operations in real-time to reduce emissions. GreenSteam and DFDS have already worked [Read more...]

Yanmar has received an order from Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) for dual fuel 8EY26LDF type engines, developing 1,730 kW each. The engines will be used to power generators on board Japan’s first two LNG ferries (provisionally named ‘Sunflower [Read more...]

Kongsberg Maritime has signed a contract with China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai) to deliver propulsion and manoeuvring systems for two 230 m ropaxes for Finnlines. Currently under construction at Weihai and expected to be delivered for deployment in [Read more...]

The bunkering barge ’LNG London’ has conducted the first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering of a cruise vessel in Rotterdam. The bunkering operation took place on 1st October, Antwerp-based inland transport company and barge operator, Victrol said. The 3,000 cu [Read more...]