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Ammmonia
Methanol
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BioFuel & Clean Diesel
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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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The Motorship’s Propulsion & Future Fuels is the leading international conference on powering shipping’s emissions-cutting ambitions.
The 2025 Conference will take place from 25th - 27th November in Hamburg, Germany and will offer a meeting place to learn, discuss and knowledge-share the latest developments in efficient power and propulsion technology plus alternative low flashpoint and low carbon fuels.
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Viking Life-Saving Equipment A/S
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NewsHydroPen installed on entire CMA CGM fleet
CMA CGM Group is to adopt Viking Life-Saving Equipment’s container fire-fighting tool across is entire fleet
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NewsViking Life-Saving Equipment acquires HydroPen
Viking Life-Saving Equipment has acquired HydroPen, the company behind the HydroPen container firefighting solution currently in use on hundreds of ships.
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NewsViking signs major HydroPen contract
Safety solution company, Viking Life-Saving Equipment, has signed a fleetwide contract with a major container shipping operator to integrate the HydroPen System for container firefighting.
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NewsViking targets approvals for LifeCraft
Viking Life-Saving Equipment presented its LifeCraft alternative life-saving appliance (LSA) for passenger ships to the IMO Ships Systems and Equipment Sub-Committee on 25 March.
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NewsAccidents and the compelling need for more technology
There is debate about how much more lifesaving equipment next generation shipping will need, writes Wendy Laursen.
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NewsGetting out alive
Every second is critical if things turn out badly enough to require abandoning ship, but as Benny Carlsen of Viking tells Stevie Knight, there is the ‘last man’ issue.
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NewsExpansion for VIKING service network
VIKING continues its march forward in Europe and Asia with four new, well-equipped servicing stations opening in November.
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Quick-release evacuation system launched
Marine safety equipment company Viking Life-Saving Equipment is launching a 153-person liferaft and mini slide system, packed in a single aluminum stowage box and launched by a single push-button actuator.
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NewsSafety company opens in Panama
Marine safety equipment provider Viking Life-Saving Equipment has announced that it is adding a Latin American sales and service facility located at Colon, Panama to its network as from 1 November 2011.
