Indian sailor Captain Sunil James released from Togo jail: Foreign Ministry

sunil james with is wife  Captain Sunil James, who was languishing in a jail in Togo in western Africa for five months, has been released, the ministry for external affairs said today. He will leave for India later today, the ministry said."Sailors from #India Capt Sunil James & Vijayan released from detention in #Togo. Will leave for home later today," Syed Akbaruddin, spokesperson, ministry of external affairs, tweeted today."After...

Wärtsilä’s 2-stroke dual-fuel engine introduced

The marine industry is already showing significant interest in the new Wärtsilä 2-stroke, low-speed, dual-fuel (DF) engine technology. More than 130 industry executives from 89 leading shipping companies attended the introductory event in Trieste, Italy on November 12, which is in itself a clear indication that there is global recognition of the role that LNG fuel will play over the coming years. ...

Wärtsilä launches 2-speed marine gearbox to significantly reduce fuel consumption

Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading provider of innovative products, solutions and services, has launched its new 2-speed marine gearbox offering notable economic and environmental benefits. The product will serve vessels having multiple operational modes or reduced transit speed, including among others RoPax ferries, offshore support vessels, tug boats, and fishing vessels...

Alfa Laval Wins a Repeat Environmental Order for Marine Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems

Alfa Laval - a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling - has won an order to supply Alfa Laval PureSOX exhaust gas cleaning systems to the Dutch ship owner Spliethoff. The order is booked in the Marine & Offshore Systems segment and delivery is scheduled for 2014. Due to a confidentiality agreement Alfa Laval is unable to disclose the value of the orde...

MOL, WFS Sign Deal to Build, Charter Methanol Carrier: World's First Dual-Fuel Engine Uses Methanol and Heavy Oil

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. yesterday announced the signing of a contract with Waterfront Shipping Company Limited(*1)  to build and charter up to three methanol carriers. The vessels will be equipped with the world's first flex-fuel engines running on methanol, fuel oil, marine oil, or gas oi...

The Shipping Industry must continue to take reasonable security measures through the Suez Canal

Shipowners and Charterers should continue to take normal precautionary security measures when transiting through the Suez Canal, said Andrew Varney, Managing Director Port2Port Maritime Security in a recent webcast discussion: “Is the Suez Canal Safe for Shipping?” with the US Journal of Commerce. ...

Korean companies investing $940m in floating power plant

Korean firms Polaris Shipping, Korea Midland Power, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and  Siemens Energy Solutions have decided to invest in floating power plant and have agreed to  put $940m to create a Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU).This ambitious project will be ready according to plans in 3 years. The 'Mobile Powership' will  have similar design to the known HHI's LNG FSRU with power...

How Variable Geometry Turbocharger for Marine Engines Works?

In order to draw the highest efficiency from marine engines, they must be run at the highest rated RPM. However, with several norms, traffic rules, fuel efficiency factor etc., marine engines cannot always be operated at high speed. As the RPM of the engine reduces, the air supply from the turbocharger also reduces, starving the combustion space of air and resulting in improper combustion and increased fuel consumption. To counter this...

DNV GL and SDARI introduce new Green Dolphin bulk carrier concept

DNV GL and Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) have introduced the Green Dolphin 575 concept design for a handymax bulk carrier. This second design builds on the success of the handysize Green Dolphin 38 for which around 80 orders have been placed with the major share to DNV GL class. Green Dolphin 575 aims to be fuel and energy efficient, robust and reliable, operationally flexible and able to meet current and future...

Why are 10-year-old vessels essential to shipping analysis?

Older vessel prices are another indicator that reflects shipping companies’ fundamentals. Because these vessels are sold and bought in the secondary market, it doesn’t take as long for the buyer to receive these vessels. So changes in price for older vessels often reflect a nearer-term fundamental outlook, and they tend to move ahead of new build...

Wärtsilä expands its portfolio with two new auxiliary engines

Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading provider of innovative products, solutions and services, is expanding its engine portfolio with the introduction of two additional auxiliary engines, the Wärtsilä Auxpac 16 and the Wärtsilä Auxpac 3...

New ICS initiative to maintain IMO primacy on shipping AND CO2 issues

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) – the worldwide trade association for shipowners – has made an important written submission to the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) suggesting a possible way forward with respect to complex discussions about additional global regulations to further reduce CO2 emissions from merchant ships.  In particular, ICS wishes to ensure the primacy of a global IMO framework for addressing...