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wärtsilä ship design chosen for state-of-the-art fishing vessel

The technology group Wärtsilä will provide the ship design, as well as the main engine and other propulsion equipment, for a new state-ofthe-art fishing vessel. The ship will be built at the Balenciaga shipyard in Spain for Castlehill, the Fraserburgh, Scotland based owners.

The 69.8 metre-long ‘Resolute’ will replace an existing trawler of the same name in the owner’s fleet. When delivered in 2020, this innovative vessel will provide high efficiency, and will represent the latest in ship designs for fishing industry purposes. It will operate in the fishing grounds of the North Sea.

“Wärtsilä’s Smart Marine vision supports the development of efficient and environmentally sustainable solutions, and this ship will certainly meet those criteria,” says Riku-Pekka Hägg, Director, Ship Design, Wärtsilä Marine.

In addition to the ship design and relevant documentation, Wärtsilä will also supply a Wärtsilä 32 main engine, as well as the gear, shaft line, stern tube and controllable pitch propeller (CPP). Under a separate agreement, the company will also develop a concept that can be used for the owner’s application for an extended fishing quota. Visit: www.wartsila.com

E.oN and Clever form JV for ultra-fast electric car charging

Denmark-based E-mobility Service Provider Clever and Germany’s E.ON have announced a joint venture for building and operating ultra-fast chargers along the freeways throughout Scandinavia. ‘Ultra-Fast Charging Venture Scandinavia’ will aim to connect cities in Denmark, Norway and Sweden with a total of 48 ultra-fast charging sites.

The joint venture is fulfilling a promise to the European Commission’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) programme to build 28 co-financed sites in Denmark and Sweden. The joint venture will also deploy 20 sites in Norway outside of the funding scope.

The joint venture will be a charge point operator, where the partners share the vision to provide more ultra-fast charging stations and better customer experience for drivers of electrical vehicles across borders. In 2020 all 48 sites are planned to be operational. E-mobility customers of Clever, E.ON and third party operators will get access to the charging stations.

“This is a major leap forward for Scandinavian and European EV drivers alike. With this new joint venture, we’re journeying into the new era of borderless sustainable e-mobility,” says Casper Kirketerp-Møller, CEO of Clever. Visit: www.eonenergy.com

PNE Group wins 174 MW Polish wind energy contracts

The internationally operating German wind power company PNE Group has achieved further success in Poland with two new wind energy projects.

Under the terms of the contract, wind power turbines with a nominal capacity of total 174 MW will be constructed by PNE at the ‘Barwice’ (42 MW) and ‘Jasna’ (132 MW) wind farms.

Both projects are located in windy regions in northern Poland and have been developed by subsidiary WKN. Construction of the wind farms is scheduled to begin in the first half of 2019. 14 wind power turbines will be erected at the Barwice wind farm. 39 turbines are planned for the Jasna wind farm. Completion and start of operation are scheduled for 2019 and 2020.

Markus Lesser, CEO of PNE AG, said: “This is a great success for us. Our intensive and multi-year project development in Poland is now paying off. The internationalisation of our core business has taken another major step forward. In addition to our successful developments in France, Sweden and the USA, the market for wind energy in Poland is now also developing extremely well for us.” Visit: www.pne-ag.com

Nouryon signs deal with Itaconix for bio-based polymers

Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) will expand its offering to customers in the detergents market through a supply agreement with bio-based polymers maker Itaconix. Itaconix will produce and supply polymers with chelating properties that Nouryon will market to customers in household, institutional, and industrial detergent and cleaner applications. In addition, the companies will work together to transition many of Itaconix’s current detergent customers to Nouryon. This is the first supply agreement resulting from a joint development agreement signed by the two companies in 2017 to explore opportunities for polymers made from bio-based itaconic acid using technoloy from Itaconix. Peter Kuijpers, General manager Chelates and micronutrients at Nouryon, said: “These polymers will generate new opportunities for our customers in key detergent applications, enabling greener formulations without compromises on technical performance.” Visit: www.nouryon.com

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SmS Group to supply 5000-tonne press to musashi Europe

Musashi Europe has placed an order with SMS group for the delivery of a 5000-tonne eccentric forging press, type MT 5000, for its plant in Bockenau, Germany. Commissioning of the new MT 5000 closed-die forging press is scheduled for Q4 2019. The new forging press will enable Musashi Europe to produce large rotationally-symmetric forgings for passenger cars and truck applications in a highly efficient production process.

The MT 5000 is one of the latest generation of eccentric presses from SMS group. The eccentric shaft and the flywheel are directly driven by dynamic torque motors. This type of drive separates the pure ram motion from the forging energy supply, and combines the advantages of servo presses with those of presses featuring a flywheel and conventional clutch-brake combination. This means the forging process is both highly energy-efficient and resource-friendly. The energy generated during the deceleration phase can be used for the reacceleration of the flywheel. Visit: www.sms-group.com

ncc wins sEk 330 million contract for swim centre in norway

NCC, Nuno Arkitektur and Bærum Municipality have signed an agreement for construction of the Rud swim centre. The order is valued at approximately SEK 330 million, and the centre will be open to the public in the summer of 2021.

“Swim centres are one of NCC’s specialties. We are the Nordic region’s largest contractor in the segment, with proven proprietary technical solutions and work processes. Our internal team of specialists has worked in a targeted manner, in partnership with external expert advisers, in order to offer Bærum Municipality an attractive facility,” says Olle Forsberg, swim centre project manager for NCC in Norway.

Bærum Municipality wants to make the Rud swim centre one of Norway’s most climate- and energy-friendly, and it will be Norway’s first BREEAM-certified swim centre. This includes 30% less energy consumption compared with similar buildings, a passive building standard and a recycling rate of over 90% for surplus material. In addition, the construction project will comply with NCC’s proprietary ‘Green Construction Site’ control system. Visit: www.ncc.se

Chevron chooses Maersk supply vessels for Gorgon project

Maersk Supply Service has won a contract with Chevron Australia, through which two of its newbuild anchor handling tug supply vessels will support the Chevron-operated Gorgon Stage Two drilling programme.

Maersk Mariner and Maersk Master will provide towing, anchor handling, supply, and WROV services for the programme in the Northwest Shelf of Western Australia starting in Q2 2019.

Maersk Mariner and Maersk Master have been working in Western Australia since September 2017 and March 2018 respectively, where they will remain until the contract commences. Throughout the programme, both vessels will be operated by local crews and supported from Maersk Supply Service’s Perth shorebase.

Maersk Mariner and Maersk Master are the first two vessels of Maersk Supply Service’s Starfish newbuilding series, designed to minimise fuel consumption while maximising reliability and onboard safety. Following their delivery in 2017, three more vessels of the series have joined the fleet, with the final scheduled for delivery in early 2019. Visit: www.maersksupplyservice.com

Langh Tech to deliver scrubber systems to Polaris fleet

langh Tech and STX offshore & Shipbuilding (STX o&S) have signed a deal covering scrubber retrofits on seven vessels in the Polaris fleet. The four 180K bulkers and the three 300K VloCs in the fleet will be equipped with langh Tech’s open loop scrubbers.

The scrubber installations will be carried out as turnkey deliveries by STX o&S. on each of the vessels the main engine and the three auxiliaries are connected to the scrubber. The scrubbers are multi-inlet type and langh Tech will deliver all the equipment necessary for a fully working open loop system. The component deliveries will start in summer 2019 and the installations will follow soon after component delivery. langh Tech is well established in Korea and locally represented by Regional manager mr. Simon Kim. “I believe that this scrubber retrofit contract with Polaris Shipping will be a great milestone for langh Tech to cooperate with many other esteemed Korean shipping companies in the future,” says mr Kim. Visit: www.langhtech.com