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Using an abundant, if toxic, resource to power the maritime fleet. A mature future fuel already in use - but will it become dominant? LNG is currently the most popular lower carbon fuel, but with bio and e-LNG it could move beyond its current transition fuel status supported by extensive existing infrastructure. Numerous NGOs protested against the IMO earlier this year putting biofuels in its Global Fuel Standard, but the “fuel versus food” debate seems to have been solved by deriving fuels from waste. Technically the cleanest possible fuel source available to the maritime world and one that has the longest history, dating back to the 1950s. Why is it not in common, non-military use? Read More Read More Read More Read More Read More
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NewsChina advances ammonia fuelled shipping
Is China’s hegemony of shipping extending into ammonia?
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NewsSilverstream deepens ties with China’s CCS
Silverstream Technologies has signed an Agreement in Principle (AiP) with China Classification Society (CCS), confirming that CCS provides an independent class verification of its generic system design following a review and verification of the Silverstream System’s design drawings.
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NewsExperience Builds Wind-Assist Technology Confidence
The calculations made for IMO efficiency regulations are theoretical and generic, so work is continuing to provide shipowners with a means of accurately measuring energy savings from wind-assist technologies in practice, but confidence is growing nonetheless.
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NewsCCS awards AiP to LH2 fuel supply system
Classification society CCS (China Classification Society) has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Weishi Energy Technology Hebei for a liquid hydrogen fuel supply system design suitable for use aboard marine vessels. The AiP is the first to be awarded by CCS for an LH2 fuel supply system.
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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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NewsFirst newbuilding order for SMDERI onboard CCUS unit
The first order for an onboard carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) device developed by China’s Shanghai Marine Diesel Engine Research Institute (SMDERI) in connection with a newbuilding project has been placed.
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NewsSDTR and SDARI Develop Ammonia-Fuelled Bulker with CCS
Singaporean shipowner SDTR Marine, the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) and the China Classification Society (CCS) have jointly designed an 85,000dwt ammonia-fuelled bulk carrier.
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NewsCSSC independently designs cruise ship
China Classification Society (CCS) has issued Approval in Principle (AiP) for an 80,000gt cruise ship independently developed and designed by China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC).
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NewsCCS establishes sustainability initiative
China Classification Society (CCS) has launched a Sustainable Shipping Innovation and Development Initiative with partners China Petrochemical Corporation, China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited, China Merchants Energy Transportation and ICBC Financial Leasing.
