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OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Anglo-Eastern Ship Management has struck a deal with Orca AI that will see the ship manager support installation of the company’s situational-awareness platform across its vast, multi-client fleet.

8th December 2025

AI deal reshapes ship management

8th December 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) and its French counterpart, Shom, have begun what experts describe as the most wide-ranging real-world test yet of the emerging S-100 data standards.

8th December 2025

Global S-100 sea trials begin

8th December 2025

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Incat Tasmania and Danish ferry operator Molslinjen have signed a contract for a third fully battery-electric high-speed ferry in what is described as the world’s largest maritime electrification project.

5th December 2025

Incat to supply third battery-electric ferry for Molslinjen

5th December 2025

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

DNV has granted a Type Approval Design Certificate to CMES-Tech for its new tilting rotor sail, giving China its first domestically developed system cleared under DNV’s wind-assisted propulsion rules.

5th December 2025

China unfurls certified rotor sail

5th December 2025

BIOFUELS

BIOFUELS

World Fuel Services has coordinated one of the first commercial biofuel bunkerings for a cruise vessel in Greece, supplying Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings’ Norwegian Viva with a waste-based marine fuel blend in…

4th December 2025

Cruise sector advances biofuel use with bunkering of Norwegian Viva in Piraeus

4th December 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Alfa Laval has unveiled a new compact ballast water treatment system designed to reduce complexity for shipyards and simplify operation and compliance for vessel operators.

4th December 2025

Compact ballast water system unveiled

4th December 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Accelleron has released the second report in its ’Accelerating to Net Zero’ series, highlighting the Asia Pacific region as a critical proving ground for the global e-fuel systems needed to decarbonise shipping.

4th December 2025

Asia Pacific driving e-fuels

4th December 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

WinGD has presented its first high-pressure LNG dual-fuel engine, the X-DF-HP, designed for the demanding operating patterns of ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs).

3rd December 2025

WinGD unveils high-pressure LNG dual-fuel engine for ULCV

3rd December 2025

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Notwithstanding the predominant shift of temperature-controlled cargoes to the containerised mode and the major deep-sea container lines, the remaining breakbulk reefer fleet has been boosted by a vessel of record-breaking capacity.

3rd December 2025

Cold chain carrier at record scale

3rd December 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

New research cites methanol as one of the most practical alternative fuels for deep-sea shipping due to scalability and existing industrial infrastructure.

2nd December 2025

Shipping pushes methanol toward readiness

2nd December 2025