Tag: ship engines

On January 26, Japanese NYK Line signed a contract with EDF LNG Shipping Ltd., a subsidiary of Electricité de France, one of the largest electricity companies in the world, to charter out a newly built LNG carrier for seven years. The agreement includes optional extension periods for up to 13 additional years.

According to the agreement Wärtsilä will be an authorized global service provider for all WinGD products and will provide WinGD and its customers access to Wärtsilä’s worldwide service network and comprehensive services offering. The agreement includes services conducted for two-stroke engines delivered under Wärtsilä, Sulzer and WinGD brands.

MAN Diesel & Turbo said its Part-Load Optimisation has delivered significant fuel savings for auxiliary engines, while helping shipowners to maintain the engines in good working order. This is a tuning method that optimises fuel-oil consumption during the part-load operation of four-stroke, small-bore MAN auxiliary engines.

Wärtsilä Services’ Business Line QuantiServ introduced a new robotised laser cladding technology, for the reconditioning of large bore pistons in two-stroke engines. The new reconditioning process minimises welding, causes less thermal shock to the base material, and replaces the old chromium layer’s galvanic application.

Michael Herring of SKF (U.K.), explains how big data and analytics for predictive maintenance draw valuable insights about the machine operation. Nowadays, electric motor analysis is a useful tool for critical equipment as it can allow data to be accessed centrally, at any time, which helps technicians and managers make decisions quickly and more effectively.

The US Environmental Protection Agency announced a $650,000 fund for the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, in a bid to reduce harmful diesel emissions from engines on up to eight vessels operating in the Puget Sound region. 

Irish Continental Group has entered into a €165.2 million agreement with the German company Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesselschaft & Co for the building of a cruise ferry to be the largest in the world in terms of vehicle capacity. Scrubber technology and BWMS onboard will deliver optimal fuel consumption.

Looking at current conditions of the industry and expected cost and availability of low-sulfur marine fuel after two years, global maritime industry group Wilhelmsen expects many shipowners will consider the option to retrofit exhaust gas scrubbers for their active vessels.

The North Sea Giant, one of the world’s largest and most advanced subsea construction vessels, will be fitted with an energy storage system that reduces the vessel’s energy consumption, operating costs and exhaust emissions.

Spanish Baleària announced its new eco-efficient fast ferry 'Eco Aqua' has started operating on the Eivissa-Formentera route, after carrying out the docking tests in both ports, on 25 December. The vessel is the first in a series of four expected in 2018.