2-Stroke & 4-Stroke

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

A gas engine developed by Kawasaki Heavy Industries is central to the hybrid propulsion system fitted in a Japanese limestone carrier due to be delivered next month. The purely gas-fuelled, L30KG reciprocating…

23rd February 2024

GAS HYBRID POWER FOR JAPANESE COASTAL BULKER

23rd February 2024

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

WinGD and Japanese shipbuilder and technology developer Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. have completed the initial design of an ammonia fuel supply system (AFSS) for vessels powered by WinGD’s X‑DF‑A ammonia-fueled engines.

22nd February 2024

WinGD and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding complete NH3 fuel supply system design

22nd February 2024

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Combining increased cargo volume with the ability to run on LPG fuel, the 230m Phoenix Harmonia gives first form to a new class of LPG/ammonia carrier at the top end of the…

22nd February 2024

Japanese Pact Advances LPG Carrier Design

22nd February 2024

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

CMB.TECH announced that it had placed an order for an ammonia-fuelled container vessel with Chinese shipyard Qingdao Yangfen Shipbuilding on 16 February. 

20th February 2024

CMB.TECH confirms order for NH3-fuelled container feeder

20th February 2024

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

Solvang ASA, the Norway-based shipowner, has ordered a full-scale, turnkey Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) retrofit on board one of its LPG carriers with Singaporean shipyard Seatrium. The contract is understood to be…

16th February 2024

Solvang orders world’s first full scale onboard CCS retrofit

16th February 2024

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Chilean shipbuilder, ASENAV (Astilleros y Servicios Navales S.A.), has ordered 4 × MAN 6L21/31 Mk2 PLO (Part-Load Optimised) GenSets for a 94-metre, polar expedition newbuilding for Antarctica21, the world’s leading provider of air-cruises.…

15th February 2024

MAN 21/31 Mk2 PLO GenSets for Chilean Polar Expedition ship

15th February 2024

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Dr Holger Gehring, Senior Manager at PrimeServ Academy in Augsburg, shared details of the first 4-stroke lubricating oil miscibility test, which was recently concluded

15th February 2024

MAN ES completes first 4-stroke miscibility test

15th February 2024

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Christhard Bongers, MAN PrimeServ’s head of spare parts sales, explains to The Motorship how the benefits of its MyPlace solution extend beyond inventory management.

13th February 2024

Digitalising spare parts management “is just the beginning”

13th February 2024

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

Seabound, a UK-based carbon capture solutions developer, has successfully concluded a test of its carbon looping carbon capture technology on a commercial container ship, Lomar’s container feeder Sounion Trader. The technology developer now plans…

9th February 2024

Successful onboard carbon looping CCS pilot

9th February 2024

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

Wärtsilä Gas Solutions has announced that it will deliver the fuel supply system for two new gas carriers that will operate with ammonia fuel. The EXMAR LPG medium-size gas carriers will be the first oceangoing…

8th February 2024

Wärtsilä NH3 FSS order for EXMAR gas carriers

8th February 2024