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Yara and Wilhelmsen strengthen collaboration in maritime emissions reduction market

Yara and Wilhelmsen strengthen collaboration in maritime emissions reduction market21.10.2013 (WW)Yara and Wilhelmsen Maritime Services (WMS) have entered into a new collaborative agreement on emissions to air in the marine sector.The agreement establishes  direct collaboration and enables both companies to focus on core strengths in reducing nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions to air from commercial vessels.…

Delivering High-Value Customer Solutions: BMT Reports Strong Performance

BMT Group Ltd (BMT), the international design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has announced another strong financial performance for the year to 30 September 2012.  By focusing on markets where it can deliver high-value customer solutions, revenues from BMT’s continuing businesses rose 22% to £156m and underlying operating profits increased to £13.7m, a proportion of…

Wärtsilä AQUARIUS®UV Receives Type Approval

Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has today announced that their Wärtsilä AQUARIUS® UV Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) has been granted Type Approval in accordance with requirements of the 2004 IMO Convention for the control and management of ships ballast water and sediments. This endorses Wärtsilä’s BWMS market entry and provides ship owners with greater cost effective BWMS technology choice and installation flexibility through its modular design and approach.

Emsys Emissions Monitoring System Shortlisted for Seatrade Awards 2013

WR Systems (WR) of Norfolk, Virginia, is delighted to announce that its revolutionary Emsys Emissions Monitoring System has been shortlisted in the ‘Clean Shipping’ category for the prestigious Seatrade Awards 2013. The Seatrade Awards are considered the most prestigious awards in the Global Commercial Shipping industry. Held annually in London, they acknowledge the ‘best of…

Rune Torhaug new head of DNV Research and Innovation

DNV has appointed Rune Torhaug as the new Managing Director for DNV Research and Innovation. He has worked internationally with leadership roles in DNV Energy, DNV Maritime and DNV Business Assurance. Mr. Torhaug has a strong background in risk and reliability, and a proven track record of applying risk methodology to critical problems in several…

DNV and Triality won the Lloyd’s List Innovation Award

The Lloyd’s List Global Award for the shipping industry’s best innovation project 2011 was won by DNV. At a ceremony last night at the London Hilton Hotel, Chief Operating Officer Ioannis Kourmatzis accepted the award on behalf of DNV. When nominating, DNV chose Triality as its candidate among several innovation projects. Triality is a crude…

DNV commits to ‘Sustainable Energy for All’

    DNV’s Chief Operating Officer Bjørn K. Haugland made the commitment at the UN Private Sector Forum in New York yesterday, stating that “DNV is committed to supporting the development of international standards and guidelines that will ensure that growth in Energy Access in developing countries is achieved with optimum solutions for environmental sustainability…

Hamburg Süd and Germanischer Lloyd Join Forces to Develop Emission Management System

Hamburg Süd and the classification society Germanischer Lloyd are jointly developing an innovative data management system for systematically capturing all environmentally relevant ship operation information. The future “GL Emission Manager” will permit detailed evaluation and analysis of all relevant data of the entire fleet. Hamburg Süd has set itself the goal of creating a valid…