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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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NewsNeptun bags a dozen more for Viking
German shipyard Neptun Werft has taken firm orders for six more inland cruise ships with Caterpillar/Schottel propulsion systems and secured options for a further six, reports Tom Todd.
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NewsNeptun names 10 newbuilds at one go
Germany’s Neptun Shipyard has named six ships at a single ceremony in Warnemuende while a further three built by the yard were simultaneously named in Amsterdam, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsNeptun helps as parent Meyer cuts costs
German shipyard Neptun is reported transferring work to Meyer Werft to help its parent company cut costs and further raise productivity to meet stiffer competition, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsViking orders 10 more river cruise ships
Following close behind the order for small cruise ships for Viking Ocean Cruises, Basel-based Viking River Cruises has placed an order for 10 new Longship class river cruise vessels with Neptun Werft in Rostock-Warnemünde.
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NewsDual-fuel LNG ship nears finish at Neptun
Neptun Werft in Warnemünde has completed the hull of what is billed not only as the first ship to be built in Germany with a dual-fuel main engine plant but also as the first LNG tanker from the Meyer Group, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsNeptun adds to bulging cruise newbuild list
Busy German shipbuilder Neptun Werft in Rostock-Warnemuende has booked another two Viking Longship river cruise newbuilds bringing the number of orders taken for the popular new vessel type to 14, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsMixed fortunes in German yards as offshore booms
Tom Todd relates a story of mixed fortunes currently in German newbuilding with some yards busy and prospering while others struggle to find work and stay afloat. Proving a blessing is offshore work, specifically tough wind power transport and installation newbuildings and yards continue to switch production to join in ...
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NewsMeyer news lifts poor year for Germans
German newbuilding yards in general can look back on a depressing production year in 2011, but leading facility Meyer Werft reports good business and work in hand on 20 ships up to 2014, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsDouble-ender enters WDR fleet
Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei (WDR) has announced that the double-ended ferry ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ is about to enter service, just 18 months after ordering. Neptun Werft in Rostock took ten months for the construction.
