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Eni Reorganizes Gas and Power Segment
Following the reorganization of Eniâs Gas and Power activities, approved by the Company's Board of Directors, the Business Unit Optimization and Trading will beâŚ
Stage Set for Entry of Liquid Gas Injection Engine
![Annotated diagram of the new fuel booster valve showing the main constituent parts](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/annotated-diagram-of-the-new-16000.jpg)
Ole Grøne, Senior Vice President â Low Speed Promotion & Sales â MAN Diesel & Turbo, said, âWe can really see the momentum towards dual-fuel operation building now. The ME-GI engine we introduced â and immediately received orders for â in late-2012 confirmed the growing demand to have the option to run ships on LNG as well as HFO in the face of increasing fuel prices. Grøne concluded, âMAN Diesel & Turboâs experience with two-stroke, dual-fuel engines stretches back to the 1990s.
TOTE CEO Receives Award for Professional Excellence
![Anthony Chiarello, TOTE, Inc. President and CEO](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/anthony-chiarello-tote-inc-president-15984.jpg)
TOTE, Inc. President and CEO Anthony Chiarello was honored by The Navy League of the United States with the Vincent T. Hirsch Maritime Award at the organizationâs annual convention and Sea Service Awards Luncheon in Long Beach, Calif. last week. The Vincent T. Hirsch Maritime Award, named for a patron and past president of the Navy League, was presented to Chiarello in honor of his achievements duringâŚ
IMO Mulls Postponement of Tier III Limits
![GL's Torsten Mundt at the Exchange Forum](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/gls-torsten-mundt-at-the-15969.jpg)
Germanischer Lloyd's traditional recap of the latest session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of International Maritime Organization (IMO), focused on the surprising developments at the 65th session. MPEC 65, held in London in May, saw the IMO potentially postpone the introduction of the TIER III NOx limits contained in regulation 13 of MARPOL Annex VI, scheduled to come into effect in 2016, to 2021.
Welsh Secretary Says Ports are Vital for Economy
![David Jones MP, Secretary of State for Wales (Photo: davidjones-mp.com)](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/david-jones-mp-secretary-of-15954.jpg)
The Welsh Secretary of State David Jones has announced his intention to host a reception during Septemberâs London International Shipping Week to highlight the importance of the Welsh maritime sector. And he has highlighted the economic importance of Welsh ports, stating, âWelsh ports, their industry and the passengers and freight passing through them, form a vital part of the economic infrastructure of Wales. They also make a wider contribution to the U.K. In an article written for the U.K.
Registration Open for SHIPPINGInsight Fleet Optimization Conference
The producers of the SHIPPINGInsight Fleet Optimization Conference have announced that online registration is now open. Following a successful inaugural conference in 2012âŚ
Denmark Slated to Get Its First LNG Ferry
![Claus Winter Graugaard, DNVâs business development leader in Denmark](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/claus-winter-graugaard-dnvs-business-15935.jpg)
Contracts for building the first LNG-fuelled ferry for domestic Danish trade have now been signed, a representing milestone as the ship will be the first LNG-fuelled ferry designed for domestic trade in the EU. October 1, 2014 is the date set for the ferryâs first journey between the island of Samsø and Jutland on the Danish mainland. The new ferry can carry a maximum of 600 passengers and 160 cars.
Dual Fuel LNG Carriers to be Built in China
![class contract signing ceremony for APLNG 6LNG ships](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/class-contract-signing-ceremony-for-15933.jpg)
Lloydâs Register (LR) has signed the classification contract for six 174,000 m3 liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers to be built by Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co. Ltd. When delivered, the ships will load LNG in Gladstone, Australia for a number of Chinese import terminals - Qingdao, Beihai, Tianjin, Lianyungang and Wenzhou. Steel cutting on the first ship will be in January 2014. The final ship will be delivered in the fourth quarter, 2017.
World's First FLNG Vessel Steel-Cutting
A steel cutting ceremony for the hull of Petronas' first Floating Liquid Natural Gas (FLNG) held at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in Okpo, South Korea.
Horizon Lines Plan Diesel/LNG Engine Fuel Conversions
![Horizon Lines Ship: Photo courtesy of Horizon Lines](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/horizon-lines-ship-photo-courtesy-15872.jpg)
Horizon Lines plans to convert the power plants on two of its steam turbine cargo vessels to modern diesel engines capable of burning conventional liquid fuels or liquefied natural gas (LNG). "We are viewing this as the first step in a repowering initiative for Horizon Lines vessels serving in the Hawaii and Puerto Rico trade lanes," said Sam Woodward, President and Chief Executive Officer. "The twoâŚ
Damen Introduces Arctic Towing Supply Vessel Concept
![Photo: Damen](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/photo-damen-15862.jpg)
Last February, five Maritime Engineering bachelor students of the Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands) finished their Minor on Arctic Engineering. In cooperation with Damen Shipyards Group and other partners this project has now resulted, amongst others, in a new Arctic vessel: the Damen AMTSV (Arctic Modular Towing Supply Vessel). The 100-meter double acting supply ship is capable of operating in the Barents Sea year round and in the Baffin Bay and Beaufort Sea for 8 months.
Bureau Veritas Launches Elastic Shaft Alignment Notation
Classification society Bureau Veritas has introduced a new set of requirements for shaft alignment on high powered ships. The ESA notation will help ensure the integrityâŚ
Trellborg Supplies Fenders to Australian Developments
![Photo: Trellborg Marine Systems](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/photo-trellborg-marine-systems-15810.jpg)
Trelleborg Marine Systems has been awarded three contracts to supply fender systems to all three liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects on Queenslandâs Curtis Island, Australia. Having already been awarded the contracts to supply docking and mooring equipment and monitoring software earlier in the year, Trelleborg has now been chosen to supply the Queensland Curtis LNG, Gladstone LNG and Australia Pacific LNG projects with SCN Super Cone and ANP Arch Fender Systems.
German Shipbuilding Prospects are Fair & Partly Cloudy
![There are few maritime sites as spectacular as seeing a newly built cruise ship, in this case Celebrity Reflection, make the journey from the Meyer Shipyard, Papenburg up the river Ems to the North Sea.](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/there-are-few-maritime-sites-15805.jpg)
While economies across Europe have essentially bumbled, stumbled and fumbled in the wake of the global economic meltdown, Germany has remained comparitively strong. Despite the general migration of shipbuilding to the Far East, we decided to check in on the current status of this proud nation with a strong maritime heritage. German shipbuilders concentrated in 2012 on building cruise ships, megayachts, freight ferries and additional high-value, specialty ships.
Finnish Shipbuilding and Arctic Operations
![The first of two Arctic offshore supply vessels for Russiaâs SCF Group was recently delivered by Arctech Helsinki Shipyard](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/the-first-of-two-arctic-15800.jpg)
The STX Turku Shipyard in Finland recently lost the order for a third Oasis class cruise ship and an option for a fourth to âsisterâ shipyard STX France, when neither the owner, the financially troubled STX Group, nor the Finnish government wanted to inject a missing $64.3m to the capital of the shipyard. The yard is currently building two 97,000gt cruise ships for TUI Cruises. In January the shipyard delivered the worldâs first LNG-fuelled big size passenger-car ferryâŚ
Agreement Promotes LNG Carrier Construction
![Pictured (from left to right): Sergey Frank, CEO, OAO Sovcomflot; Dmitry Mironenkov, Vice President, JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation; Nikolai Grigoriev, Director of Global Shipping & Logistics, Gazprom Marketing & Trading and Mikhail Ayvazov, CEO, Russian Maritime Register of Shipping](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/pictured-from-left-to-right-15775.jpg)
On June 21, 2013 under the auspices of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum a number of agreements were signed between Gazprom Marketing & Trading (GM&T), Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS), JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation and ĐĐĐ Sovcomflot (SCF) to promote Russian content in LNG carriers construction projects. To ensure LNG shipping by sea from the Gazprom Group projects Vladivostok LNG and Sakhalin-2âŚ
IEA Sees Growth of Natural Gas
But the "Golden Age" is still in full swing as gas emerges as a significant transportation fuel, a new report says. Natural gas will continue to increase its share of the global energy mixâŚ
Dr. Shashi Kumar
![Dr. Shashi Kumar](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/dr-shashi-kumar-15733.jpg)
We had the privilege to pick the brain of Dr. Shashi Kumar (right) a Master Mariner, Fulbright Senior Specialist Fellow and Professor Emeritus of International Business and Logistics, for his take on a wide range of maritime matters near and far. A market boom starting in 2014? The long-term effects of Sequestration? A âcapâ on the size of ships? He covers it all. This maritime economy has been bad for a number of years. Put in perspective the downturn now vs. traditional downturns.
The Year in Review
![The Dry Bulk Market has been the posterchild for too much tonnage. Pictured is Vale Beijing, courtesy of STX.](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/the-dry-bulk-market-has-15730.jpg)
The last 12 months has been one for the books ... or the trash. There was no shortage of government inducements to turn the lackluster tide in 2012âstimulus spending in China and Japan, quantitative easing by the U.S. Federal Reserve, and multiple actions by the European Central Bank to strengthen the Eurozone. But as the year evolved, weak macroeconomic fundamentals decisively trumped monetary policy initiatives and continued their choke on global commerce, hence the maritime sector.
Dual-fuel Ferry Claimed to be the World's Speediest Ship
![Hi-speed Ferry 'Francisco': Photo credit Incat Tasmania](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/hispeed-ferry-francisco-photo-credit-15717.jpg.tif)
Incat Tasmaniaâs dual-fuel vehicle & passenger ferry 'Francisco' has attained 58.1 knots operating on LNG fuel only. Francisco has been constructed for South American company Buquebus, for service on the River Plate, between Buenos Aires Argentina and Montevideo, Uruguay. With water ballast removed, and with both Port and Starboard Gas Turbines operating on LNG; Francisco achieved 58.1 knots at 100% Maximum Continuous Rating (MCR)âŚ
Icebreaking LNG Carrier Vladimir Rusanov on Ice Trials
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Maritime Reporter TV Interviews Timo Koponen, Wärtsilä
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Digitalization Driving Safety in the Maritime Sector
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Designer seeks permit to send out United States gas to Mexico for LNG exports
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Video: LNG Carrier Transits the Northern Sea Route
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Crowley Christens LNG-Powered ConRo
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Pasha Hawaii Brings LNG Containerships Online
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LNG Investment Set to Grow
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Maritime Reporter TV Interviews Leif Gross, Caterpillar
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Inside Crowley's Commitment Class ConRo Ships
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