General News

METHANOL

METHANOL

Shanghai International Port Group and Evergreen Marine have teamed up to supply green methanol to ships in port.

23rd January 2024

Shanghai and Evergreen team up on methanol

23rd January 2024

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A purpose-designed, shipbuilding training centre is to be constructed for BAE Systems on the banks of the River Clyde to help accelerate the modernisation of Glasgow’s historic industry.

23rd January 2024

Training Academy For Clyde Shipbuilders

23rd January 2024

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Russia plans to accelerate the volume of domestic shipbuilding activities despite the impact of sanctions and the ever growing isolation of the country in the international arena.

18th January 2024

Russia plans to accelerate the domestic shipbuilding activities

18th January 2024

METHANOL

METHANOL

Logistics and tonnage needs will influence design choices for both newbuildings and retrofitsWith IMO’s revised GHG strategy setting new targets for emissions reductions, many are focusing on how ship designers will respond…

18th January 2024

Fuel uncertainty complicates ship concepts

18th January 2024

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

The successful operation of an ammonia to hydrogen cracker was successfully demonstrated on 18 November on an offshore supply vessel operated by Zumaia Offshore in the Bay of Biscay, according to a project…

16th January 2024

First successful demonstration of onboard ammonia-H2 cracking

16th January 2024

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

BMA Technology has been awarded a contract by Sedef Shipyard in Istanbul for the delivery of a electrical solution package for two A2B-online dual-fuel container feeders capable of operating on methanol as a fuel.

16th January 2024

Hybrid MeOH container feeder contract for BMA Technology

16th January 2024

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

DNV is to class a pair of very large ethane carriers (VLECs) for gas transportation specialist Purus. The ships will be built in South Korea at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI). The contract is for…

16th January 2024

DNV claims Purus VLEC class contract

16th January 2024

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

A UK consortium has awarded GE Vernova the contract to supply an advanced hybrid propulsion solution for three Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships on order for the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD).

16th January 2024

GE Vernova to provide hybrid-electric propulsion package for auxiliaries

16th January 2024

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

In a rare case of a European shipbuilding success on the Japanese market, the VARD Group has won an order from Toyo Construction for a cable lay and construction vessel.

16th January 2024

Norwegian Yard Lands Japanese Contract

16th January 2024

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

A consortium to encourage the development of a common standard for data exchange relating to 3D design data has added SSI, the specialist provider of shipbuilding software as a member.

15th January 2024

Consortium to drive digital standards for 3D vessel design approval expands

15th January 2024

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Prominent short-sea specialist Erik Thun has extended its fleet development programme by placing a further tranche of orders with Ferus Smit in the Netherlands.

15th January 2024

Thun Bolsters Short-Sea Fleet Investment

15th January 2024

HYDROGEN

HYDROGEN

Euronav NV and CMB NV, its controlling shareholder, entered into a share purchase agreement for the acquisition of 100% of the shares in CMB.TECH in December 2023, and CMB.TECH CTO Roy Campe…

15th January 2024

CMB.TECH puts technology at heart of Euronav reorientation

15th January 2024

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has signed a four-year Service, Spares and Technical Support agreement with Carnival Corporation. The contract covers a platform for providing the support needed to maintain and operate the onboard waste-handling equipment…

11th January 2024

Wärtsilä signs four-year agreement to to support Carnival’s waste handling

11th January 2024

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Karpowership, the world’s largest operator of power barges, has signed a contract with MAN Energy Solutions for the delivery of 48 dual-fuel engines for Karpowership’s fleet of power plant ships (Powerships). The…

11th January 2024

Karpowership inks contract for 48 DF engines with MAN ES

11th January 2024

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The IMCA has released guidance on biofouling not just to save fuel and cut emissions but also to minimise the transfer of invasive marine species to foreign waters.

11th January 2024

IMCA calls on ship operators to clean hulls

11th January 2024

HYDROGEN

HYDROGEN

A number of Atlantic ports on the Iberian peninsular are to play host to a variety of pilot schemes exploring the use of hydrogen and methanol for shipping and port vehicles.

11th January 2024

Iberian Atlantic ports to explore H2 and methanol

11th January 2024

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

HD Hyundai Marine Solution (HD HMS) has signed an agreement with Accelleron to simplify access to Accelleron’s digital turbocharger optimisation solutions for vessels built or serviced by HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering. As…

10th January 2024

HD Hyundai Marine Solution integrates turbo analytics into digital ship system

10th January 2024

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Spurred by growing demand for interconnector and offshore windfarm cable systems, Milan-headquartered Prysmian Group has ordered two high capacity cable laying ships. This further stage of fleet development represents a capital expenditure…

10th January 2024

Further Boost To Prysmian Cableship Fleet

10th January 2024

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

MAN Energy Solutions has been awarded the contract by Royal Boskalis B.V., the Dutch dredging and marine services company, to supply 3 × MAN 49/60 engines for a 31,000 cbm Trailing Suction…

10th January 2024

First marine application for MAN 49/60 engine

10th January 2024

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The latest stats from DNV’s Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) platform found that a total of 298 ships with alternative fuel propulsion were ordered in 2023 – an 8% increase year on year.…

9th January 2024

DNV data sees orders for alternative-fuelled vessels grow

9th January 2024