Industry News – Page 6
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NewsMAN Propulsion Package to Power Tanker Quartet
Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding and Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry in China have ordered 4 × MAN 10L32/44CR main engines in connection with the construction of 4 × 41,000 dwt oil-and-chemical tankers for German Tanker Shipping (GTS).
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NewsBrunvoll DP2 System Passes Sea Trial
Brunvoll has announced that the first Brunvoll BruCon DP2 dynamic positioning system has passed third party verification onboard the offshore vessel Stril Mar. Following the successful installation and testing of the BruCon DP2 system, Brunvoll plans to offer the BruCon DP2 system as a solution for both newbuilds and as a retrofit solution.
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NewsAnemoi awarded UK grant to test and develop its 3.5m Rotor Sail design
Anemoi Marine Technologies (Anemoi) has been awarded a grant from the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC) Round 4. The CMDC Round 4 is part of a suite of interventions launched by the UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions (UK SHORE). The aim of this competition is to fund real world demonstrations, trials and feasibility studies into clean maritime technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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NewsAIPs for 150k cbm LH2 carrier design and LH2 membrane containment system
Bureau Veritas (BV) has granted an approval in principle (AIP) for the design for a 150,000 cbm liquefied hydrogen (LH2) carrier and an AiP for the design of a cryogenic membrane containment system for liquefied hydrogen (LH2) developed by GTT. The certificates were presented at the Hyvolution Summit 2024 trade show in Paris on 31 January 2024.
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NewsUK electric offshore vessel scheme takes shape
Technical consultancy Longitude Engineering has been retained for the design of the all-electric, offshore service operation vessel (SOV) planned by a Bibby Marine-led international consortium.
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NewsDNV awards AIP to NH3-fuelled container feeder design
DNV has granted approval in principle (AIP) to a design for an ammonia-fuelled 3,5000 container vessel, developed by a consortium including the classification society, the Singapore-based liner operator ONE and Nihon Shipyard Co., Ltd. (NSY).
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NewsLR agrees strategic partnership to lead training solutions for methanol as a marine fuel
Lloyd’s Register (LR) and Green Marine, a Danish consulting service provider that specialises in methanol as marine fuel, have joined forces to offer value-adding solutions to maritime stakeholders that aim to build or retrofit and operate vessels with methanol-as-fuel technology, with a prime focus on training.
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NewsGreener shore power derived from wastewater
A Scottish consortium has been awarded a UK Government grant to develop the use of green hydrogen to reduce carbon emissions from vessels while berthed in port.
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NewsUK announces awards fourth round of clean maritime funding
The British government awarded USD42 million (£33 million) towards a number of maritime green technology projects on Friday 26 January. The funding was awarded as part of the fourth round of the government’s Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC4) to a number of ports and ship projects, encompassing a range of clean maritime technologies including electric, hydrogen, ammonia, methanol and wind power.
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NewsFirst renewable LNG bunker project set to proceed in Oman
The world’s first large scale renewables-based green LNG project is set to proceed following the expected appointment of Technip Energies as the EPC contractor in early 2024. The project is expected to create the world’s first supply of green LNG for bunkering, with production of low-emission LNG expected to begin in 2027, eventually ramping up to 1m tonnes per year.
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NewsFrench Ferry Upgrade Yields Big Fuel Saving
The fuel efficiency of Brittany Ferries’ 20 year-old flagship Pont-Aven is expected to improve by around 10% as a result of the incorporation of a duck tail projection at the stern.
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NewsPerception Study Unpicks Complexity Of Maritime Pathway To Net-Zero
Thetius, the marine technology research consultancy, has launched a Maritime Alternative Fuels Barometer, measuring the gaps between the shipping industry’s perception of alternative marine fuels and the reality in terms of availability, supply, technological readiness and impact on emissions.
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NewsLSEG analysis identifies cost pressures from Red Sea diversions
The incremental costs of diverting a tanker from Asia to NW Europe via the Cape of Good Hope is accounting for an extra USD932,905 per voyage while increasing transit time from 16 days to 32 days according to a report by LSEG Shipping Research.
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NewsABB to acquire weather routing business
ABB has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the shipping business of DTN Europe BV and DTN Philippines Inc. (hereinafter DTN Shipping), expanding the company’s offering in maritime software. This will establish ABB as one of the market leaders in ship route optimisation.
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NewsOdfjell opts for Italian ShaPoLi supplier
Odfjell, the wet products transportation specialist, has selected Italy-based technology developer Oceanly as the supplier of Shaft Power Limitation (ShaPoLi) technology for its fleet.
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NewsRolls-Royce Power Systems opens US remanufacturing service centre
Rolls-Royce Power Systems Division opened a new Remanufacturing and Overhaul Center on its mtu Aiken campus in South Carolina (USA) on 24 January. The new facility is connected to the existing manufacturing operations and represents a low double-digit million dollar investment.
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NewsUK Island Ferry Deal Goes To France
Replacement of the time-served ferries linking the Isles of Scilly with the English mainland is finally in sight through the confirmation of contracts with French shipbuilder Piriou.
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NewsCarnival inks 12-month extension of performance based agreement with Wärtsilä
Carnival Corporation has signed a one-year extension to its Performance based agreement with Wärtsilä, which has been in place since 2017. The agreement, which was due to expire in March 2029, will now be valid until March 2030. It covers the maintenance, technical support, optimisation and fuel saving solutions for 57 cruise ships within the global Carnival Corporation fleet. The contract was signed in October 2023.
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NewsAiPs for MAN Cryo NH3 FSS
MAN Cryo has announced that its design for an ammonia fuel-supply system to safely provide ammonia to marine-engine applications has been awarded an Approval in Principle from classification societies, DNV and Bureau Veritas.
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NewsWinGD expects to claim ‘majority’ of QatarEnergy phase two engine orders
WinGD is expecting to secure the majority of dual-fuel engine orders for LNG carriers being built in the second phase of QatarEnergy’s newbuilding project. With initial engine and technical specifications confirmed for nearly half of the orders in the second round, WinGD’s X-DF2.0 engines are already the preferred choice to be installed on most vessels.
