10
March
News
We are pleased to announce that Prime Marine has received the 2018 GREEN4SEA Tanker Operator Award at a prestigious awards ceremony which successfully concluded on March the 6th at the Yacht Club of Greece in Athens, the evening ahead of the GREEN4SEA Conference.
Prime Marine received the 2018 GREEN4SEA Tanker Operator Award, sponsored by ABS, for its various initiatives towards GHG emissions reductions, becoming the first shipping company globally that received from ABS the Assessment letter of a Monitoring Plan for Compliance with the EU MRV Regulation, prepared for vessel M/T Emerald Shiner.
Other short-listed nominees for this category were: AET Tankers, SCF Group, Teekay and Waterfront Shipping.Presenting the award Mr. Elias Kariambas, Director Global Ship Systems Center, ABS, on behalf of the sponsor, said “There can be no doubt that environmental issues are at the top of the shipping industry’s agenda as we are challenged to minimize the environmental impact of our global marine activities and to ensure sustainability for future generations. ABS considers its role to be at the center of the marine environmental arena and as the classification society who issued the EU MRV Assessment Compliance letter, ABS is particularly proud to present this award to Prime Marine.”Accepting the award on behalf of Prime Marine, Mr. Frantzeskos Kontos, Technical Manager – DPA, stated “The close monitoring of the vessels’ performance and the continuous efforts of increasing the operational efficiency led us to install energy saving devices improving propeller efficiency in 16 vessels of our fleet. Also it led us to the advanced painting scheme including silicon and to installation of online performance monitoring and ME diagnostic system onboard our vessels.
All these contributed to develop our own MRV data monitoring and evaluating system.”Prime Marine specializes in shipping oil refined products, including a variety of other liquid products, LPG and Ammonia anywhere in the world in a safe, timely and reliable manner. PRIME’s management team has more than eighty years of combined industry experience having been through a number of cycles. The company’s efforts to sustainability are not limited only to vessel’s performance but also extend to company’s office environmental performance. Being member of Green Angels, Prime became the first shipping company that completes successfully the ISO 14064-1:2012 Verification regarding the GHG emissions (CO2equivalent) related to Office operations.Prime Marine attracted the most votes by the end of the voting period which held online during a 30-days period.
GREEN4SEA Conference & Awards within the scope of awarding environmental excellence and performance above average in any aspect of maritime activity.
LAST NEWS
15
November
Technologies that will change the future of shipping
Not long ago, UNCTAD published its traditional annual review of the maritime industry Review of Maritime Transport 2018, which contains in-depth internal analysis of shipping over the past year and a fairly accurate forecast for the next few years. According to experts, the shipping industry shows good results. In 2017, the increase was 4%, and the […]
12
November
The Gala Ceremony of Christening of vessel of our partners – CLdN Cobelfret SA
In September, the gala ceremony was held for the christening of the new ship DELPHINE of our partners – the company CLdN Cobelfret SA. The management of the company “Univis LTD” became the honored guests of this event and was impressed by the ceremony. We want to share the impressions with you :
09
November
Vacancy: Superintendent
One of our partners requires a superintendent with experience as a Master or a Chief Officer on oil tankers, in the office of Osaka, Japan. For more information please call: +38 (048) 780 05 12 or +38 (048) 358 658, Tatyana Viktorovna.
08
November
Confidential hotline for seafarers is opened
On November 5, a new affiliate program “Mind Matters” was launched (literally, reason is important), part of which is a confidential hotline for ship crews. The campaign aims to raise awareness of mental health and well-being at sea.Members of the North P & I Club and their crews will have access to resources and materials […]
05
November
Active weekend together with Seaspan
Dear friends, good morning! For productive week , you need to have a fun and active weekend, as Илья Кудинов (Illya Kudinov) and seafarers of Seaspan Ship Management Ltd. did:
02
November
Seaspan&Univis: live
We often share our seafarer’s photos, here is one of them: Bing Chen, President & Chief Executive Officer of Seaspan Shipmanagement Ltd.during the visit to COSCO KOREА.
31
October
Dynamic Positioning System
Dynamic positioning (DP) is a computer-controlled system to automatically maintain a vessel’s position and heading by using its own propellers and thrusters. Position reference sensors, combined with wind sensors, motion sensors and gyrocompasses, provide information to the computer pertaining to the vessel’s position and the magnitude and direction of environmental forces affecting its position. Examples of vessel types […]
29
October
Electronic fuel supply control system
Engine manufacturers have long sought to create such an engine management system that would provide flexibility in controlling the fuel supply and valve timing.This would allow them to be optimized for each specific job in order to achieve high efficiency in a wide range of loads and speeds, reduce emissions of harmful exhaust components, etc. […]
26
October
Electronic control system of MAN-B&W
The beginning of work on electronic control systems of two-stroke low-speed engines dates back to 1991, in 2003 the first 7SC50ME-C and 6SC70ME-C engines with electronic control were built and installed on tankers. The company was primarily developed and laid the basis for the electronic system software. Read more