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Methanol engines require adapted firefighting

Methanol engines require adapted firefighting

Gepostet von | 25 Apr 2024 | , , , | 0

Current fire extinguishing systems are inadequate for fighting engine room fires involving methanol-based engines, according to a new fire safety study. Engine fires Against the background of the growing interest in methanol as an alternative marine fuel, the study by the British company SURVITEC, a global provider of survival technologies, carried out extensive and comparative fire tests on marine engines fuelled with both diesel oil and methanol. The tests confirmed that conventional water mist firefighting systems do not provide the expected extinguishing performance on methanol fires. If conventionally fuelled ships are to remain safe, a new approach is needed, according to the product manager for water mist systems at Survitec. Bilge fires The tests also showed that standard extinguishing systems...

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The world's most modern submarine comes from Kiel

The world's most modern submarine comes from Kiel

Gepostet von | 23 Apr 2024 | , , , | 6

Submarine for Singapore launched as "Inimitable" On 22 April 2024, the fourth submarine in the Type 218SG construction programme was christened at the thyssenkrupp Marine Systems shipyard in Kiel. Among the 250 invited guests were Boris Pistorius, Federal Minister of Defence, and Teo Chee Hean, Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security of the Republic of Singapore, as well as other high-ranking representatives from Singapore and Germany. The boat's godmother was Mrs Teo Swee Lian, Teo Chee Hean's sister. Oliver Burkhard, CEO of thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, emphasised: "The submarines built as part of this project are the most modern conventional submarines that have...

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UK - Authority awards further oil and gas production licences

UK - Authority awards further oil and gas production licences

Gepostet von | 19 Apr 2024 | , , , | 0

The UK North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has once again awarded exploration licences to companies in a new oil and gas licensing round after October 2023. The successful licence holders include the British offshore majors bp, the Norwegian group Equinor and TotalEnergies E&P UK. The exploration areas now awarded are located in the central and northern British North Sea and west of the Shetland Islands. This is also where the Victory gas field is located, for which Shell received the development and production licence from the NSTA at the beginning of the year. The licences will only be confirmed once the associated environmental and habitat assessments have been carried out by the British...

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Ammunition in the sea: demands and details of the government's emergency programme

Ammunition in the sea: demands and details of the government's emergency programme

Gepostet von | 15 Apr 2024 | , , | 0

From a press release by GMT, MCN and SMN On 11 April 2024, the event "Munitions in the sea - perspectives and value creation potential" took place in Rostock-Warnemünde under the organisation of the Gesellschaft für Maritime Technik e. V. (GMT), the Maritime Cluster Norddeutschland e. V. (MCN) and the Subsea Monitoring Network e. V. (SMN). The focus was on the German government's immediate action programme "Ammunition Waste in the North and Baltic Seas" (2023-2025). The aim of the programme is to create the conditions for a systematic start to the industrial removal of munitions waste in German marine areas. The munitions that have lain at the bottom of the North Sea and Baltic Sea for decades represent a...

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Netherlands - largest floating solar plant in the world planned

Netherlands - largest floating solar plant in the world planned

Gepostet von | 13 Apr 2024 | , , | 6

The Nautical Sunrise project is an initiative of various energy companies and specialists in the fields of wind and solar energy as well as offshore floating solar (OFS) in order to close important knowledge gaps relating to the design and environmental impact of offshore solar energy. Various university departments are therefore also involved. The project of the world's largest floating offshore solar energy system was launched in December 2023, is expected to cost 8.4 million euros and is funded by the Horizon Europe research framework programme with 6.8 million euros to advance research and development of OFS and its components. This project aims to develop a floating 5 megawatt offshore solar system as a modular solution through the company SolarDuck, the Dutch-Norwegian specialist in offshore solar...

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