Alternative Fuels & Lubricants

DNV has released the latest updates to its rules for ship classification, with a raft of new class notations designed to enable the maritime industry to tackle the decarbonisation challenge.

Researchers from the University of Minnesota have patented a thermochemical recuperation reactor that can improve the efficiency of ammonia-diesel dual-fuel combustion.

e1 Marine’s methanol-to-hydrogen generator and fuel cell system is set to make low-to-no emissions a near-term reality and a financially attractive choice to replace today’s diesel generators.

A consortium of 26 companies and associations, led by DNV, has launched a new road map to help address the uncertainties surrounding hydrogen as ship fuel.

Stena Line is thought to have achieved a world first with the powering of one of its RoPax ferries on methanol recycled from residual steel gases.

TotalEnergies has joined with 22 other industry participants to develop a joint study of common issues on ammonia as an alternative marine fuel. The coalition includes leading companies in the energy, mining,…

Concordia Damen has signed a historic contract with Lenten Scheepvaart to build the first inland waterway vessel to run on hydrogen.

In what is said to be a world first, CMB.TECH is opening the first multimodal hydrogen refuelling station producing green hydrogen for ships, tube trailers, cars, trucks and buses.

The d’Amico Group has brought together a joint industry project (JIP) to test the biofuel blends (B30) derived from advanced second generation feedstock on board of one of its LR1 product tanker…

Yara, the fertilizer producer and clean ammonia developer, has signed a memorandum of understanding to join a R&D project including NYK Line, Nihon Shipyard, and ClassNK to study the practical application of…

DNV awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Norwegian cryogenic storage technology developer IC Technology (ICT) for the development of a new liquid hydrogen membrane containment system, the classification society announced.

Nitrous oxide emissions are just one of the challenges facing researchers into ammonia-fuelled engines but ship owner interest is building, Paul Gunton hears

Itochu, Itochu Enex, Vopak, Pavilion Energy, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Total have joined forces to develop ammonia as a new marine fuel in Singapore.

A dual-fuelled chemical tanker which can run on methanol has completed the first barge-to-ship methanol bunkering.

Swedish emethanol developer Liquid Wind has awarded a front-end engineering contract to Worley for its first commercial scale eMethanol production facility in northern Sweden. The award follows the announcement that Siemens Energy…