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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

An initiative to help stimulate orders for UK-built vessels has been launched by the UK Government. The Shipbuilding Credit Guarantee Scheme (SCGS) is designed to help owners or operators access finance for…

3rd August 2023

Step Change For UK Shipbuilding?

3rd August 2023

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Damen Shipyards and Turkey’s Feyz Group have inked a deal for the delivery of three new Damen Combi Freighters 3850 for delivery in early 2025.

3rd August 2023

Damen in Turkish combi freighter deal

3rd August 2023

BATTERIES, SUPERCAPACITORS, FUEL CELLS AND OTHER ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY

BATTERIES, SUPERCAPACITORS, FUEL CELLS AND OTHER ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY

Yanmar Power, a subsidiary of Yanmar, has announced that it has added hydrogen fuel-cell systems to its product portfolio, making fuel cell systems commercially available from 1 August.

2nd August 2023

Yanmar launches PEM FC solution

2nd August 2023

HYDROGEN

HYDROGEN

Researchers from Texas-based Southwest Research Institute studied the effects of introducing hydrogen on a diesel engine that had not been optimised for its use and found no short-term noticeable change in engine…

2nd August 2023

1MW Scale SWRI Tests Reveal Positive H2 Results

2nd August 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Testament to the reach and resolve of the Japanese shipping industry, the essential trading tool of the world’s third largest economy, the NYK Group has taken delivery of the initial vessels in…

2nd August 2023

New Chapter In Vehicle Carrier Evolution

2nd August 2023

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

Rumours of seaborne coal’s demise have been greatly exaggerated, to paraphrase Mark Twain, but shipowners should eye proposed restrictions on new projects in Asia.

2nd August 2023

Does seaborne thermal coal’s future depend upon CCUS or NH3 co-firing?

2nd August 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Wärtsilä has awarded Damen Marine Components (DMC) a contract to provide steering equipment to two landing platform docks (LPD) of the Chilean Navy.

2nd August 2023

DMC wins LPD steering equipment deal

2nd August 2023

METHANOL

METHANOL

X Press Feeders has agreed an offtake agreement with OCI Global’s subsidiary OCI Hyfuels to supply green methanol from the Port of Rotterdam from 2024.

1st August 2023

Port of Rotterdam green methanol offtake agreement

1st August 2023

METHANOL

METHANOL

The world’s first methanol bunker quantity survey (BQS) operation was completed in Singapore on 27 July 2023. 

1st August 2023

First methanol fuel bunker quantity survey

1st August 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Wärtsilä has been awarded an order to supply the methanol-fuelled auxiliary engines for six newbuild container vessels on order for the French shipping company CMA CGM.

1st August 2023

Wärtsilä to supply MeOH-fuelled auxiliaries for CMA CGM newbuildings

1st August 2023