by Statoil along the Norwegian coastline, and in November 2011 she began sailing with her the two Wärtsilä 6L50DF main engines fuelled by LNG. Bit Viking is the first, and still the only, gas mechanical LNG powered vessel in service and has been operating during the most demanding winter storms in North Sea on gas. Her operational record on gas fuel to date shows over 99% availability.

Encouraged by the track record of medium speed dual-fuel engines, Wärtsilä announced, in February 2011, the development of a low speed dual-fuel engine. The following September, Wärtsilä released information about the successful trials on the test engine in Trieste. The development work on the 50cm-bore converted Wärtsilä RT-flex50 continues, and further information is expected to be announced to the marine industry duringHBO drama The Night Of and workplace comedy The Office are to be remade in India after BBC Worldwide struck format deals with Aditya Birla Group’s Applause Entertainment. The British distributor closed the pair of deals at BBC Showcase, its annual programming event in Liverpool.

Criminal Justice, the British drama that The Night Of is based on, originally aired on the BBC in 2008. The show will now transfer to Mumbai, where it will be remade as a ten-part series. Featuring a cast of “notable Bollywood talent both on and off screen”, the show will aim to shine a light on modern India, following a working-class student moonlighting as a taxi driver and the wealthy passenger he picks up. The original show was written by Peter Moffat.

Applause Entertainment Chief