In 2011 Eimskip and the shipyard Rongcheng Shenfei in China made an agreement of building two container vessels. Each vessel’s size is 875 TEU, thereof each containing plugs for 230 reefer containers. Deadweight of each vessel is approximately 12 thousand tons. The vessels are 140.7 meters long and 23.2 meters wide. Originally the vessels were [...]
Chartering prices of LNG carriers will be lower than anticipated due to plunging of fuel prices in Japan, Oslo-based investment bank Fearnley Securities AS said in a report, Bloomberg informs. The average daily charter rates for modern carriers are expected to equal to $125,000 in the last quarter of this year, while in the first [...]
According to Nikkei, Japan is pondering the idea of using the Arctic Ocean as a new sea route to connect Asia with Europe in order to improve shipping efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions. Based on certain estimates, this route could reduce sailing distances and operating costs by 40 per cent as compared with ships that [...]
Trelleborg Marine Systems, part of Trelleborg Engineered Systems, has received patent pending for an innovative new DFM (design for maintenance) Fender System, which utilises removable sliding panels to significantly reduce the time taken to complete a fender wear pad change-out. For a typical fender frame system, ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) wear pads, which act as the [...]
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Nippon Yusen Kaisha and two NYK Group companies, the Monohakobi Technology Institute (MTI) and NYK-Hinode Line Ltd., have completed two years of experiments on the air-lubrication systems installed on two of the group’s module carriers, Yamato and Yamatai, and resultantly confirmed an average 6 percent reduction in CO2 emissions during actual sea passage. The air-lubrication [...]
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The first in a series of five very advanced Coast Guard vessels has reached its final port destination in Falkenberg at the West coast of Sweden. With the help of Volvo Penta’s innovative propulsion system the ships are to reduce fuel consumption by approximately 30% compared to traditional installations. After successful test runs at the [...]
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Trelleborg Offshore has completed design, manufacturing and testing of the world’s largest bend stiffener. To facilitate the fabrication, an additional polyurethane (PU) dispensing machine was specially commissioned at Trelleborg Offshore’s plant in Skelmersdale, England. The bend stiffener was specifically developed for use by StatoilHydro, who are responsible for the development and operation of the Vega [...]
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A United Nations human rights investigator on Thursday called for Ivory Coast to fully probe toxic waste unloaded by a ship, saying it should lead to prosecutions of those responsible and compensation for victims. The statement was issued by Okechkwu Ibeanu, U.N. special rapporteur on adverse effects of the illicit movement and dumping of toxic [...]
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