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LNG for car transporters

LNG for car transporters

Gepostet von | 18 Jan 2021 | , | 0

The Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ("K" Line) aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by building LNG-powered ships and expanding its LNG bunkering business as part of its "Environmental Vision 2050". Its LNG bunkering vessel Kaguya recently carried out the first ship-to-ship bunkering in Japan, making a piece of Japanese shipping history. The environmentally friendly fuel was used to fill the tanks of the new car carrier Sakura Leader, which has space for 7,000 vehicles and was delivered to the shipping company Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) by the shipyard Shin Kurushima Toyohashi Shipbuilding shortly afterwards. The 81.7-metre-long Kaguya, which only entered service in 2020 and is measured at 4044 GT, was...

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Rolls-Royce supplies mtu gas engines for world's first LNG tug with hybrid system

Rolls-Royce supplies mtu gas engines for world's first LNG tug with hybrid system

Gepostet von | 18 Jan 2021 | , | 1

This is the world's first LNG hybrid tug powered by mtu gas engines. The LNG hybrid tug was designed by LMG Marin (Norway), part of the Sembcorp Marine Group, for the delivery of 65 tonnes of ABS-class bollard pull and is expected to be completed later in 2021. The tug's main propulsion system consists of two 16-cylinder mtu Series 4000 gas engines, which together will deliver a total power output of 2,984 kilowatts at 1,600 revolutions per minute (rpm).

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Christmas and New Year on the hunt for plastic

Christmas and New Year on the hunt for plastic

Gepostet von | 15 Jan 2021 | , , | 0

Research vessel SONNE investigated the path of plastic waste in the ocean The research vessel SONNE spent a month travelling the Atlantic on the trail of plastic waste. Now the ship from the Geomar Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research has arrived back in Emden. It is well known that millions of tonnes of plastic waste end up in the ocean and its marginal seas every year. Where the rubbish ends up, however, is not. An expedition by the German research vessel SONNE has helped to find out more about the path and effects of plastic in the sea. The team on board reported on their work in the blog of the JPI Oceans research project HOTMIC - and on unusual holidays on the...

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"Spessart" joins SNMG 1

"Spessart" joins SNMG 1

Gepostet von | 14 Jan 2021 | , | 0

Despite their advanced age, the two tankers of the "Rhön" class are still needed to supply units at sea. On Monday, the "Spessart" left its home port to initially carry out some training projects. To this end, instructors from the Navy's Damage Prevention Training Centre in Neustadt were on board. They brought the civilian crew under Captain Rolf-Heinrich von Bebern (53) up to speed. The "Spessart" will officially become part of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG 1) on Friday and will join the other units of the group in the English Channel on 18 January. These are currently the Portuguese flagship "Corte Real"...

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