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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has announced that seven candidates have been nominated for the post of Secretary-General of the organisation. The term of the current incumbent, Kitack Lim of the Republic of Korea, expires on…

3rd April 2023

Candidates announced for IMO Secretary-General

3rd April 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Although the much-vaunted scheme to realise at least 30 domestically-produced, zero-emission ships by 2030 under the Maritime Master Plan has yet to be endorsed by government, Dutch shipbuilders continue to show resilience…

3rd April 2023

Resilient Dutch Build Business Platform

3rd April 2023

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

Will IMO acknowledge carbon capture’s potential in reducing a ship’s carbon intensity?

3rd April 2023

CII and CCS: a quick route to 2050

3rd April 2023

BIOFUELS

BIOFUELS

Seventeen companies will save 2023 tonnes of CO2 this year by providing several Samskip owned vessels with biofuel - also known as the ‘insetting’ concept.

3rd April 2023

Carbon insetting offers a route to reducing emissions

3rd April 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Marking the debut of the MSC Group’s luxury cruise brand Explora Journeys, the 248m Explora I is being readied in Italy for a July service start.

3rd April 2023

First Ship In Offing For Explora Brand

3rd April 2023

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

RC Dock Engineering has achieved a milestone with the first Class approval from RINA for its first remotely controlled unmanned workboats to operate up to 200 nautical miles from shore.

30th March 2023

Approval for RC Dock remote-controlled workboats

30th March 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Vard Electro, the marine electrical systems supplier, has signed a multi-million-euro agreement with Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch to supply full DC distribution systems along with its protection devices.

30th March 2023

Vard Electro inks DC distribution system deal

30th March 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Wärtsilä has introduced a new radical derating retrofit solution – Wärtsilä Fit4Power - to extend the emissions-compliant lifetime of merchant vessels by providing the existing two-stroke fleet with leaner, healthier and more…

30th March 2023

Wärtsilä launches radical derating solution for two-stroke engines

30th March 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Rolls-Royce Power Systems confirmed that it plans to develop a high-speed internal combustion engine concept for ships that can run on green methanol in a CO2-neutral manner by the end of 2025 at…

30th March 2023

Rolls-Royce announces plans to develop methanol-engine by end-2025

30th March 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

MAN Energy Solutions’ new MAN 49/60DF four-stroke engine has been approved by six classification societies after successfully passing a five-day programme of type approval tests (TAT) at MAN ES’s Augsburg facility in…

30th March 2023

Successful TA test for MAN 49/60DF

30th March 2023