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Ammmonia
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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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NewsHydrogen’s viability as fuel for long haul ferries some years in the future
Hydrogen has been in use for a short haul ferry service in Norway but can the fuel be used for longer voyages?
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NewsDFDS eyes CO2-neutral cross-Channel ferries by 2030
DFDS has committed to introducing a new generation of hybrid-electric ferries on the busiest and shortest crossing of the English Channel by 2030.
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NewsShipowners ally to create emethanol hub in Gothenburg
The Port of Gothenburg has joined forces with Stena Line, DFDS, Ørsted and Liquid Wind in a project to create Europe’s ’first’ green electrofuel hub at the port, with the intention of producing eMethanol at the hub in 2025.
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NewsCapacity Boost For Baltic Trade Bridge
Copenhagen-based DFDS has commissioned its largest ro-pax ferry in terms of cargo capacity. The 230m Aura Seaways, constructed by Guangzhou Shipyard International, has arrived in the Baltic following passage from China and will be phased into service between Karlshamn (Sweden) and Klaipeda (Lithuania).
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NewsModelling suggests biofuels first then ammonia for climate-neutral shipping
Analysis by researchers from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) indicates that the cheapest solution for reducing emissions from the shipping industry is initially to use green fuels produced from sustainable biomass - first in the form of pyrolysis oil and then in the form of bio-e-methanol. Ammonia is optimally ...
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NewsMore Demand And Demand For More, Says ABB
Collaboration is key to ABB Marine & Ports’ fuel cell ambitions and it allows Jostein Bogan, its product manager for energy storage and fuel cells, to take a broad view of the sector as well as at its own involvement.
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NewsCOMPETITION INTENSIFIES ON CHANNEL ROUTES
Raising its game on the English Channel, DFDS is poised to introduce a newly-built E-Flexer type ro-pax ferry to the Dover/Calais route, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsHYBRID METHANOL FUEL CELL SYSTEM BEING TESTED FOR MARINE AUXILIARY POWER
A hybrid, methanol-fuelled, high-temperature proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell system is being tested as part of a joint venture between Blue World Technologies, Alfa Laval and vessel owners DFDS, Maersk Drilling and Hafnia.
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NewsLEADING LIGHTS BACK FUEL CELL RESEARCH
Upscaling and affordability are vital if fuel cells are to become part of the power mix in commercial shipping, writes David Tinsley
