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Furetank continue ordering vessels in the VINGA series
Furetank has signed a contract for a new dual-fuel tanker. It will become number nine in the Vinga series of globally top-performing sister vessels when it comes to energy efficiency and climate footprint.The 17,999 dwt vessel will be build by China …
Jan 31, 2022 / Curious
Harvey Gulf Converts Second PSV to Dual-Fuel with Battery Power
Harvey Gulf International Marine announced that, in February, they completed conversion of the 310’ PSV Harvey Champion to a dual-fuel vessel, now operating on both battery power and diesel.The Champion now boasts 754kWh of battery power, which will …
Apr 9, 2021 / Vessels
Shell hits milestone in fleet decarbonisation with half of long-term chartered crude tankers to run on LNG in 2023
Thursday (Mar11), Shell signed agreements to charter ten new crude tankers powered by dual-fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG) engines. Four of the very large crude carriers (VLCCs) have been chartered from Advantage Tankers, three from AET and three …
Mar 11, 2021 / Curious
MAN Energy Solutions's low-speed, dual-fuel engines pass 1,000,000 operating hours
Mk II ME-GI and Otto-cycle ME-GA recently added to two-stroke portfolioMAN Energy Solutions reports that its portfolio of two-stroke, dual-fuel engines has accumulated 1 million operating hours. The milestone comes on the back of the 300 engines/6.3 …
Apr 3, 2020 / Curious
BW LPG declares option for additional four LPG dual-fuel engines, bringing our investment to eight
BW LPG announced today that it has exercised an option for the delivery of four additional LPG dual-fuel engines. With this, BW LPG has committed to retrofit eight vessels with pioneering propulsion technology.This announcement follows a press …
Feb 10, 2020 / Curious
Europe’s first LNG dual-fuel conversion dredger is launched at Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque
19 months after the contract was awarded, Europe’s first conversion of a dredger to dual-fuel capability combining LNG and MGO is close to completion. This is the first conversion of its kind to take place in Europe.Damen will deliver a turnkey …
Feb 27, 2019 / Vessels
Wärtsilä lifecycle solution to provide reliable support to Tokyo LNG Tanker Co.
The technology group Wärtsilä has signed a long-term Wärtsilä Optimised maintenance solution with Japanese LNG shipowner Tokyo LNG Tanker Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of Tokyo Gas. The solution will support the customer in a range of maintenance needs for …
Feb 26, 2019 / Vessels