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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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NewsInvestment In Trade To Swedish Lakes
A new generation of short-sea cargo vessels designed for adaptation to the future development of southern Sweden’s Trollhattan Canal is taking shape in the Netherlands. The waterway, accessed from the sea by the Gota Alv in Gothenburg, provides a vital link to the wider European market for various Swedish industries located around Lake Vanern.
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NewsThun extends battery-hybrid coastal tanker orders with Ferus Smit
Thun Tankers, the Sweden-based shortsea specialist, has extended its orderbook, placing an order for four further battery-hybrid R-type coastal tankers, lifting its orders for the new vessel type to six.
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NewsThun Puts Down Another Building Block
A further phase of fleet development has been initiated by Thun Tankers, a major player in the northern European shortsea distributive traffic.
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NewsTHUN RAISES SCOPE IN COASTAL TRADES
Despite the cessation of trade in oil products to many small, tidal ports and river berths in the British Isles over the past few decades, the NAABSA charter party clause denoting ‘Not always afloat, but safely aground’ remains wholly relevant to the region’s shortsea market, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsTHUN DRIVE INTO INTERMEDIATE TANKER SECTOR
Underscoring the company’s bid to develop in the intermediate tanker category, the first of five 18,650 dwt IMO Type 2 chemical/product carriers has been delivered in China to Swedish-owned Thun Tankers, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsWärtsilä dual-fuel engines for tankers
Finnish-owned Wärtsilä will supply the engines, propellers, and fuel supply systems for four new liquefied natural gas (LNG) and diesel-fuelled tanker vessels.
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News'First’ LNG short-sea dry cargo vessel
Dutch shipyard Ferus Smit is to build the ‘first’ two LNG-powered short-sea dry cargo vessels for Swedish shipping company, Erik Thun AB.
