Motorship News – Page 107
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NewsViking Neptune to test fuel cell technology
Viking Neptune, the newest ocean cruise ship which Fincantieri has built for the shipowner Viking, has been delivered with a test installation of a hydrogen-powered fuel cell.
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NewsLR launches Zero Ready Framework
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has launched a five-level framework for assessing the actual readiness of a vessel for the transition to zero carbon fuels.
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NewsDNV strengthens wind propulsion ties
DNV strengthens support for wind propulsion with International Windship Association membership
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NewsGreen corridor for Great Lakes and US-UK
The United States and Canada have announced a Great Lakes/Saint Lawrence Seaway System Green Shipping Corridor Network Initiative at COP27.
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NewsMarubeni opts for wind-assisted propulsion solution
A Singapore-based subsidiary of Marubeni Corporation, MMSL PTE. LTD., has signed an agreement to retrofit four suction sails on the Crimson Kingdom, with the Spanish wind-assisted propulsion developer bound4blue. The 26m-high eSAILs currently specified for the project will be the largest suction sails ever built and installed on a vessel.
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NewsStena and OljOla team up on methanol bunker tanker
Sweden-based Stena Oil, Stena Teknik and OljOla are entering into a new joint venture agreement for a 2,000dwt oil and chemical tanker to supply bunker fuels in the north European region.
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NewsNew JV to build multi-fuel bulkers
Two Norwegian shipowners, Peak Group and Grieg Edge, have announced the establishment of a new joint venture, Skarv Shipping. The new JV has plans to build up to four multi-fuel bulk carriers ‘before long’, which are expected to operate in northern Europe.
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NewsHalten Bulk to order two H2-fuelled bulk vessels
Halten Bulk has received NOK 142 million in grants from the Norwegian government’s innovation fund ENOVA to build two hydrogen-fuelled bulk vessels.
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NewsEcoPeller retrofit cuts ferry’s energy consumption
Norwegian ferry operator Torghatten Trafikkselskap recently upgraded one of its ferry’s propulsion system with two Schottel EcoPellers and reduced the vessel’s energy consumption by up to 25%.
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NewsFID taken on bio-LNG plant in Netherlands
Attero, Nordsol, and Titan have announced final investment decision (FID) on a facility in Wilp in the Netherlands to supply bio-LNG to shipping.
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NewsCarbon emissions index
A new carbon emissions index will ‘shine a spotlight of truth’ on carrier emissions
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NewsChristiania adopts CII Simulator
StormGeo’s CII Simulator will help a Danish ship owner and charterer decarbonise its fleet
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NewsMethanol orders exceed LNG in October
Methanol fuelled ship orders outnumbers those for LNG for the first time in October, according to Martin Christian Wold, Principal Consultant at DNV.
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NewsABS grants AiPs for ammonia systems
ABS has awarded two approvals in principle (AiPs) to COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry and COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Technology for their ammonia-fuelled vessel and ammonia supply system designs which are being trialled on a tugboat.
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NewsBureau Veritas joins the Maritime Battery Forum
BV is looking to help accelerate the adoption of on-board battery systems
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NewsMaersk teams up with Spanish Government on fuels
A.P. Moller - Maersk and the Spanish Government have signed a General Protocol for Collaboration to explore the opportunities for large-scale green fuels production in Spain.
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NewsGreen corridor planned between Busan and US Northwest Seaports
The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA), the marine cargo partnership between the Port of Tacoma and the Port of Seattle, has announced a partnership with the Republic of Korea, the Busan Port Authority, and the US Government, to study the feasibility of creating a green cargo shipping corridor between the NWSA ...
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NewsSingapore, POLA and POLB to establish trans-Pacific green corridor
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), Port of Los Angeles (POLA), Port of Long Beach (POLB) and C40 Cities have begun discussions to establish a green and digital shipping corridor between Singapore and the San Pedro Bay port complex.
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NewsThree more governments join Clean Energy Marine Hubs initiative
Panama, Uruguay, and Norway signed up to the Clean Energy Marine Hub Initiative (CEM-Hubs), a group of representatives from across the global energy-maritime value chain, at COP27.
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NewsNorwegian partners aim to halve emissions by 2030
A group of Norwegian maritime businesses have committed to cooperate on the goal of reducing emissions by 50% by 2030 in response to the Green Shipping Challenge formulated jointly by the Governments of Norway and the US in May.
