Alternative Fuels & Lubricants – Page 33
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NewsSwedish methanol conversion project targets smaller engine sizes
A new project to develop dual-fuel kits for conversion of new and existing diesel engines to methanol operation has been launched. The project is being developed by marine design and engine developer ScandiNAOS AB, Chalmers University of Technology and the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) as a follow-up the successful conversion ...
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NewsCSL and Algoma place joint 4+2 order for methanol-fuelled bulkers
Canadian operators Algoma Central Corporation (Algoma) and CSL have placed an order with Jiangsu Yangzi-Mitsui Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (YAMIC) to construct four new methanol-ready ocean-going self-dischargers.
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NewsP&O Maritime Logistics to convert MCV to MeOH-fuelled hybrid Cable Layer
P&O Maritime Logistics has announced plans to convert one of its Modular Carrier Vessels (MCVs) into a Cable-Laying Vessel (CLV). The conversion will see the MCV equipped with an energy storage supply (ESS) and the conversion of its engines to allow them to operate on methanol fuel.
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NewsHanwha Group to acquire HSD Engine
Hanwha Group has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a 33% stake in HSD Engine, the Korean engine builder, and intends to acquire the engine builder in the third quarter of 2023.
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NewsUK project to trial UK H2-fuelled engine on general cargo vessel
Carisbrooke Shipping, the UK shipowner, is participating in a demonstration project to develop an innovative zero-emission hydrogen-fuelled auxiliary engine. The project has been awarded £2.3 million as part of the UK government’s Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC3).
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NewsHMM places order 9 methanol-fuelled 9,000 teu newbuildings
HMM has placed an order with Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries for 7 x 9,000 teu container vessel newbuildings, and an order with HJ Shipbuilding and Construction (HJSC) for 2 x 9,000 teu vessels. Both orders specify dual-fuel engines capable of operating on methanol for the newbuildings.
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NewsHMM and Costa focus on methanol supply partnerships
News that HMM, the largest shipping company in Korea, had announced an agreement with potential methanol supply partners on 14 February was followed by an agreement between Costa Cruises and Proman to collaborate on the implementation of methanol as a marine fuel for the cruise industry on 16 February.
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NewsUS hydrogen-fuelled research vessel to be ABS Class
A hydrogen fuel cell powered research vessel commissioned by the University of California San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography will be built to ABS Class.
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NewsGTT digital subsidiary participating in French H2-fuelled ICE project
A project to develop a hydrogen-fuelled internal combustion engine (ICE) for light utility vehicles (HyMOT) has been awarded funding by France’s ADEME as part of its Future Investments Programme (PIA). The project includes GTT’s digital intelligence affiliate, OSE Engineering, among its participants.
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NewsTsuneishi inks methanol-fuelled bulker contract
Mitsui E&S Machinery has been awarded the contract to supply a dual-fuel engine capable of operating on methanol for a 65,700 dwt bulk carrier slated for construction at Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
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NewsABB and RINA sign technology MoU
ABB and classification society RINA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreeing to work together to contribute to the ongoing decarbonisation of the marine industry, with a focus on developing new concepts for the reduction of emissions from various vessel types.
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NewsLNG Barge Deal Boosts German Yard
Resurgent German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has landed a major deal for a series of LNG bunker tankers. Three 4,500m3-capacity newbuilds have been ordered by a consortium made up of the German companies Nordic Hamburg Shipmanagement and Wessels Marine and the Dutch firm Titan Clean Fuels.
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NewsFirst Singaporean Biofuel Bunkering For Hapag-Lloyd Boxship
TotalEnergies Marine Fuels has concluded its first refuelling of a Hapag-Lloyd containership with biofuel in Singapore’s port waters. The bunkering marks the start of a term supply agreement between the two companies.
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NewsFuel cell supplier selected for Norwegian ferry project
A Sweden-based fuel cell supplier, PowerCell Sweden AB, has been selected as the preferred supplier of two 6MW fuel cell systems for a pair of hydrogen-powered fuel cell ferries.
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NewsTianjin Southwest opts for further LPG retrofits
COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Guangdong) has announced that has been awarded the contract to retrofit the main engines aboard two LPG carriers operated by Tianjin Southwest Maritime Ltd., the Chinese gas carrier operator.
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NewsEurope’s ‘first’ green methanol powered bunker barge
Dutch fuel producer OCI has joined forces with barge operator Unibarge to develop ‘Europe’s first’ dual-fuel bunker barge powered by green methanol
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NewsLNG Capesize+ newbuild completes first mission
First of ten LNG Capesize+ newbuilds is helping Anglo American achieve its net zero goal by 2040
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NewsEuropean funding for LOHC fuel cell retrofit project
A project to equip an offshore wind vessel with a solid oxide fuel cell power and heat generation system fuelled by hydrogen converted from toluene-based LOHC has been awarded EUR15 million from the European Climate Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA).
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NewsWinGD and CMB.TECH to co-develop large NH3-fuelled engine
Swiss marine power company WinGD and Belgian shipping and cleantech group CMB.TECH have signed an agreement on the development of ammonia-fuelled two-stroke engines. The companies aim to install the ammonia dual-fuel X72DF engine on a series of ten x 210,000 DWT bulk carriers to be built at a Chinese shipyard in 2025 and 2026.
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NewsWärtsilä to supply FGSS for new LNG dual-fuel vessels
Wärtsilä is to supply a range of equipment for four new LNG dual-fuel container ships
