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  • Suitable for a wider range of vessels, PureSOx 2.0 has been enhanced to offer new placement possibilities and lower installation costs
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    Alfa Laval unveils latest generation scrubber (

    2014-09-12T16:58:00Z

    Alfa Laval has launched a new generation of its exhaust gas cleaning system, the Pure SOx 2.0 scrubber, which is said to provide more possibilities for shipowners.

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    The growing potential of the Arctic

    2014-09-11T17:18:00Z

    The Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) says that the recent industrial policy seminar held in Nuuk has identified the potential for and barriers to maritime growth in the Arctic.

  • The German research vessel ‘Polarstern’ in the Cumberland Bay, South Georgia Photo: Thomas Ronge, Alfred-Wegener-Institut
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    Methane research in the Antarctic

    2014-09-10T14:12:00Z

    An international team of scientists have discovered more than 130 seeps of methane leaking through the Antarctic seabed – the first evidence that these leaks are present in the Southern Ocean.

  • Shell says it now offers a complete suite of lubricants for all types of engines
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    Shell unveils new lubricant for ECA-bound vessels

    2014-09-10T13:49:00Z

    Shell Marine Products launched a new solution at the SMM Exhibition 2014 taking place in Hamburg this week, to help large vessels comply with the revised emission control area (ECA) regulations coming into force on 1 January 2015.

  • he LNG bunker barge is to be built in Korea to BV class
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    BV classification for LNG bunker vessel

    2014-09-10T11:41:00Z

    Bureau Veritas is to class an LNG bunker vessel being built by Korea''s Hanjin Heavy Industries, under an agreement between Japan''s NYK and Mitsubishi and France''s GDF Suez.

  • EMP's Aquarius MRE System project uses an advanced integrated system of rigid sails, solar panels and energy storage modules to enable ships to tap into renewable energy
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    Eco Marine shortlisted for efficiency awards

    2014-09-09T11:37:00Z

    Japan’s renewable energy expert, Eco Marine Power (EMP), has been nominated as a finalist in two categories of the inaugural Ship Efficiency Awards 2014, hosted by Lloyd’s Register and organised by Fathom Shipping.

  • Malaysia could be the next LNG hub. Photo: Eric Teoh/Flickr
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    Malaysian potential for LNG top spot

    2014-09-08T17:14:00Z

    The commercial intelligence specialist for the energy, metals and mining industries, Wood Mackenzie says that by 2020, Malaysia has the potential to be the largest supplier of flexible LNG to the global market, larger even than Qatar.

  • Could nanotechnology provide the key to cutting PM and NOx from ships?
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    Nanotechnology applied to fuel emulsion to cut emissions

    2014-09-04T16:48:00Z

    UK-based SulNOx Fuel Fusions says that application of nanotechnology to emulsified fuel could cut emissions of NOx by 50% and particulates by up to 90%, as well as “slash the emissions of green house gases”.

  • Rotterdam congestion: Delays are easing but schedule reliability has been affected
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    Rotterdam congestion eases but reliability knocked

    2014-09-03T16:00:00Z

    Delays are starting to ease at the Port of Rotterdam because of the short term measures put in place last month, but new research shows that schedule reliability to the port plummeted this summer because of the congestion.

  • Port of Tripoli, Lebanon
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    Emerging from fire

    2014-09-02T15:30:00Z

    It used to be thought that environmental concerns were simply issues for the mature, established economies. Now there’s an awareness that developing ports will also be growing their own set of environmental challenges that could suck the blood from their future – unless dealt with early, writes Stevie Knight, ...

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    LPG drives order frenzy for VLGCs

    2014-09-02T12:11:00Z

    Drewry Shipping Consultants says that a sharp rise in LPG demand is fuelling an order frenzy for very large gas carriers (VLGCs).

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    New LNG terminal for Fjord Line

    2014-09-01T11:26:00Z

    Fjord Line has contracted Liquiline to design and construct a dedicated LNG ship bunkering terminal in the Danish Port of Hirtshals in order to service its vessels.

  • Global LNG trade fell for the second consecutive year in 2013
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    Drewry warning over shaky LNG sector

    2014-09-01T11:14:00Z

    International shipping consultancy, Drewry, says that continuing weak demand and excess tonnage will depress LNG shipping earnings in the short term.

  • The upgraded LNGPac is more compact
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    Wärtsilä unveils new LNG solution

    2014-09-01T09:54:00Z

    Wärtsilä has upgraded its fully integrated fuel gas handling system, LNGPac, and made improvements to its Gas Valve Unit (GVU) as the use of LNG as a marine fuel becomes increasingly popular.

  • The Klaipeda terminal will begin operating on 1 January 2015. Photo: Žiedas
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    LITGAS to develop Statoil LNG activities

    2014-08-29T15:47:00Z

    UAB LITGAS has signed a contract with Norway’s Statoil ASA to ensure continuous operation of its Klaipeda LNG terminal and will set up a new natural gas pricing policy.

  • The Harvey Gulf fuelling facility will be the first source of LNG in the Gulf of Mexico
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    Wärtsilä control system for US facility

    2014-08-28T11:22:00Z

    Wärtsilä is to supply a control system for a shore-based LNG fuelling facility in Port Fourchon, Louisiana, USA, owned by Harvey Gulf International Marine.

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    Work begins to protect Louisiana shoreline

    2014-08-27T16:39:00Z

    Plaquemines Parish in the US state of Louisiana has begun work on the second phase of the Buras Boat Harbor Shoreline Protection Project, which will see a new matting product placed on the shoreline.

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    Measuring waves in the Arctic

    2014-08-27T15:03:00Z

    A US researcher has made the first study of waves in the middle of the Arctic Ocean and detected house-sized waves during a storm which could pose a threat to both ships and shorelines.

  • If you want to have an environmentally friendly programme for your waste which leads you to a sustainable management, make an easy design, think Green and include LCA to your smart systems
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    Reducing GHG: Life Cycle Assessment

    2014-08-26T15:42:00Z

    The phenomenon of a continuous industrial development, which slowly but surely destroys our environment is particularly noticeable in the maritime industry all over the world, where ports represent the gates for the stream of economical growth, says Mansoureh Hasanzadeh from the Coastal Engineering Department, Iran Ports & Maritime Organization (PMO).

  • Although the new convention allows for exemptions, Danish shippers say that they are impractical and the conditions are too restrictive for local shipping
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    Ballast water exemption on the agenda

    2014-08-26T12:03:00Z

    The International Maritime Organization (IMO) looks set to consider the exemption of short sea shipping from the ballast water convention at the next meeting of the IMO’s environmental committee, the MEPC, in October.