Motorship News – Page 81
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NewsEU attempts to promote recycling risk perverse consequences: opinion
Shipowners are unlikely to welcome well-intentioned plans to promote domestic steel recycling chains in the EU. Outside Turkey, no large scale ship-based recycling chains exist in Europe, and yards cannot afford automation to offset labour costs disparities.
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NewsBMT appoints new chair
The new chair of BMT Group’s board brings a wealth of experience from a range of industries
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NewsChina launches first hydrogen powered vessel
China’s first hydrogen fuel cell powered vessel “Three Gorges Hydrogen Boat No. 1” was launched in Guangdong on 17 March.
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NewsDNV forecasts oil demand in transportation to halve by 2050
The fuel mix in the maritime sector will change significantly over the coming decades, according to DNV’s latest ‘Transportation in Transition’ report. The report forecasts that it will likely transition from being almost entirely oil-based to an energy mix comprising of 50% low- and zero-carbon fuels, 19% natural gas and 18% biomass by 2050.
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NewsTrading EU Emissions Allowances Could Create Compliance Risks
The extension of the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) to cover EU shipping from April 2023 will create additional compliance for shipping companies, as Smith Reed’s Brett Hillis explains.
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NewsHuisman unveils equipment management portal
Huisman’s new digital portal allows users to manage their equipment, share key information and access technical support and servicing
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NewsChart expands maritime carbon capture and hydrogen focus
TECO and Chart Industries have signed an agreement to extend the scope of their previous carbon capture and storage technology collaboration to include liquid cryogenic fuel storage and supply systems, as well as its recently acquired hydrogen solutions. The two companies originally signed an agreement to work together on carbon capture technology in 2021.
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NewsKongsberg Digital platform’s data infrastructure recognised by ABS
Kongsberg Digital’s cloud infrastructure Vessel Insight has received the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Product Design Assessment Certificate for SMART (INF) for data infrastructure in accordance with the ABS Smart Functions Guide, in addition to ABS CyberSafety PDA certification.
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NewsWärtsilä and DNV cooperate to ease digital emissions reporting
Wärtsilä has announced a digital partnership with DNV’s industry cloud platform Veracity to create secure and seamless connectivity between Wärtsilä’s Fleet Optimisation Solution (FOS) and Veracity. The integration will allow Wärtsilä to send real-time operational data to Veracity, with customer consent, where it is quality assured and made ready for DNV’s verification services, making emissions compliance reporting more efficient for the partners’ common customers.
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NewsPurus Marine confirms 4+2 NH3-ready ammonia carrier order
Purus Marine, a UK-based shipowner, has confirmed that it has placed an order for four 45,000 cbm medium-sized gas carriers from Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in Korea. The order includes an option for two further newbuildings.
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NewsFirst of Petredec’s 93,000cbm LPG carrier series delivered
Singapore-based shipping company, Petredec, took delivery of the first vessel in a series of 93,000cbm gas carriers at Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co. Ltd on 26 April. The vessel, the Harzand, is the first of the 93,000cbm class of LPG/ethylene carriers to enter service.
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NewsPositioning Nor-Shipping at the heart of the maritime economy
One of the enduring paradoxes of Nor-Shipping is how it manages to offer visitors access to the latest developments in a wide range of maritime sectors, while maintaining its welcoming collegiate atmosphere.
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NewsNavantia contract marks first Azipod naval retrofit order
ABB has been awarded a first contract for the retrofit of its Azipod® units to a naval vessel. Navantia, the Spanish state-owned shipbuilding company, awarded a contract to retrofit the Spanish Navy flagship, Juan Carlos I, with an electrical propulsion system based on dual ABB Azipod units.
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NewsTorghattan Nord’s H2 Ferries Mark Shipping’s New Dawn
As a decision on a shipbuilder for the new H2 ferries for Torghatten Nord nears, The Norwegian Ship Design Company claims their ground-breaking design heralds the dawn of shipping’s zero-emissions era.
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NewsEffective safety management through remote monitoring of inert gas systems
Amid surging demand for LNG from end-user markets, finding ways to reduce vessel downtime and support LNG tanker crews – especially when it comes to safety - are now more critical than ever, explains Bernt Öhrn, General Manager of Maritime Protection at Survitec.
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NewsViking LH2 fuel cell project advances
Dr. Pierluigi Busetto of Trieste-based naval architects Navalprogetti s.r.l. discusses the progress of a retrofittable liquid hydrogen (LH2) container-based system in an interview with The Motorship
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NewsAustal Sets New Record With Danish Ferry
Australian lightweight shipbuilding technology has a new reference in the Nordic market by way of the 37-knot catamaran ro-pax ferry Express 5. Although not the longest vessel delivered to date by Austal, the 115m addition to the Molslinjen fleet ranks as the largest newbuild in terms of volume produced to date by any of the Australian group’s yards.
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NewsMacGregor equips eighth offshore wind service vessel
Edda Wind repeat order confirms MacGregor as offshore wind service vessel technology of choice
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NewsNorth Sea partners commit to rapid expansion of offshore wind capacity
Seven members of the European Union along with Norway and the UK announced ambitious plans at the Belgian port of Ostend to increase offshore wind capacity in the North Sea to ‘at least’ 120GW by 2030 on 24 April 2023.
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NewsEU SRR: just one small problem…
Tentative EU Commission proposals to promote greater circularity in the EU’s shipping market may explain reluctance to expand the list of non-EU yards on the EU SRR proposals, but capacity constraints and the structure of the market present serious obstacles.
