Contents August/September 2018 volume 40 issue 4
Electrical and hybrid systems: energy storage 83 Operators are turning to energy storage systems to provide environmentally friendly power 89 Frequency convertors and motors – an over view of the latest sector developments and news 95 Powerplants – a new project is testing the suitability of fuel cells for marine use; plus, a rundown of product developments
Green technology 101 Ponant’s Explorers-class cruise ship employs energy-efficiency technology not seen before in the operator’s fleet 105 Brunvoll and Stadt target green propulsion technology
Spares supply
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109 Drone technology and 3D printing are ushering in a new era in the delivery and supply of spares
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Scrubbers and emissions
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118 A strict implementation of IMO’s sulphur cap could drives up distillate prices 119 A shortage of scrubbers may result in a shortage of heavy fuel oil, but that is not stopping DHT fitting scrubbers to VLCCs 121 ACL will use Alfa Laval PureSOx scrubbers and Arendals Dampskibsselskab is to organise a speculative VLCC scrubber sortie 122 Frontline buys scrubbers and a part of the manufacturer, while FuelSave chief executive says methanol and hydrogen are the future 125 DNV GL is introducing emissions notation; 24 scrubbers added to Star Bulk fleet 126 Wärtsilä reports a US$200M scrubber sale and EGCSA nears 1,000 scrubber installations
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Clean burning marine fuels 128 Niels Bjørn Mortensen looks at the marine fuels landscape and the changes new regulations are likely to bring
Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery | August/September 2018
ISSN 1742-2825 (Print) ISSN 2051-056X (Online)
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