Tag: Retrofitting
Retrofitting Deep-Sea Ships To Ammonia Challenging But Conceivable
A cross-company, cross-discipline group of industry experts conclude that deep-sea shipping can transform to ammonia as fuel. But there are several difficult hurdles to...
Scrubber Market Readies for Rebound Amid Anticipations
The scrubber market is ready for a rebound as suppliers anticipate promising quicker installations and new technologies, says an article published in Riviera Maritime...
MAN ES Announces World’s First LPG-Retrofit
MAN PrimeServ has announced the successful conversion of the main engine aboard the LPG carrier BW Gemini.
The conversion is from an MAN...
Hapag-Lloyd, First In The World To Retrofit A Container Ship To...
German vessel operator Hapag-Lloyd is converting a former UASC ship, the 15,000TEU Sajir, to operate on LNG fuel.
Work on the retrofitting is...
Keppel’s S$160m Scrubber and BWTS Contracts
Keppel secures over 100 scrubber and BWTS retrofit projects worth S$160m in 2019, says a press release published on their website.
Scrubbers and BWTS projects
Keppel...
Slow Scrubber Retrofits Take a Toll on Box Ship Fleet
Scrubber retrofits have taken out some 839,100 teu of containership capacity, or 3.6% of the fleet, reports Seatrade Maritime News.
Scrubber retrofits
The retrofitting of scrubbers,...
A ‘Race To the Scrubber Retrofitting Mountain’ As 2020 Close In
According to Alpha Tanker, shipyards are estimated to be at close to maximum capacity and thus individual scrubber retrofitting delays are having a domino...
Lack of Ambition Threatens IMO Emissions Reduction Targets
A “clear gap” in shipping’s development of low-carbon and zero-carbon fuels and technologies is threatening to derail IMO efforts to curb industry emissions, reports...
Is USCG Type Approval Just A Step Away For BAWAT?
BAWAT claims that it is close to achieving full USCG approval for its pasteurisation-based ballast water management system (BWMS).
The system has already...
New is Better in LNG Propulsion : Concludes Major Study
Study shows owners prefer LNG propulsion in newbuilds than retrofit existing ones.
Out of 143 vessels of global LNG-fuelled fleet, only 8 are...