Ship Efficiency Weekly – The Essential News –

In this week’s spotlight, Fathom shines the light on three key issues related to marine scrubbers in today’s maritime industry: scrubber size, stability considerations and the impact of changing climate on scrubber choices.

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Who’s Doing What:

• Mideast Ship Management Orders Monitoring Solutions

• Petrofac Ships To Drive Environmental Performance

• Odjfell Tankers Order Upgrade Package

In The News This Week:

The US Coast Guard (USCG) has approved Coldharbour Marine’s Ballast Water Management System (BWMS).

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Alfa Laval is to supply their PureNOx water treatment system to MAN Diesel & Turbo’s exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) scrubber.

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ABB’s Azipod D electric propulsion system has been named Innovation of the Year.

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Scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany have developed a plant-like coating it says could significantly reduce bunker consumption by reducing the underwater drag of marine vessels, the Nanowerk website reports.

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Japan is said to be planning to get ships to use liquefied natural gas (LNG) to help cut carbon emissions and diversify energy sources in the freight sector for security reasons, Reuters reports.

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