General News

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BIO-UV Group, the manufacturer of the BIO-SEA ballast water management system, has opened a new 1,200m² maritime training, R&D, engineering, and production facility, increasing the footprint of its existing Lunel-based site to…

29th February 2024

BIO-UV GROUP OPENS NEW TRAINING FACILITY

29th February 2024

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Bureau Veritas (BV) has unveiled the results of new modelling research project, which confirmed the potential substantial cumulative impact of operational and technical efficiency measures in keeping shipping within its “carbon budget” to…

29th February 2024

BV research confirms central role of operational and energy efficiency in meeting shipping’s 2050 carbon budget

29th February 2024

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels has announced that it conducted its first digital bunker delivery for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) in Singapore in early February. The introduction of digitalisation is expected to boosting the efficiency…

29th February 2024

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels Completes First Digital Bunker Operation in Singapore

29th February 2024

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Turkish shiyard Tersan Shipyard has been awarded a contract to construct four double-ended full-electric vessels for Norwegian ship owner and operator, Fjord 1. The contract, the first of its kind for passenger…

29th February 2024

Tersan clinches order for first full-electric autonomous vessels

29th February 2024

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Liberian Registry, the world’s largest shipping registry, has announced the creation of an Innovation & Energy Transition Team focused on helping its partners reach net-zero GHG emissions.

27th February 2024

LISCR establishes Innovation & Energy Transition Team

27th February 2024

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) head Gianluigi Aponte is reported to have reached an agreement to acquire Wartsila’s extensive Trieste marine engine plant, according to local Italian sources. 

27th February 2024

CHANGE OF ROLE FOR TRIESTE ENGINE PLANT?

27th February 2024

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Pekka Järvinen, Product Portfolio Manager at ABB Motion, explains how sophisticated converter technology addresses key obstacles, such as operating frequencies used by onshore networks and vessels, to deliver reliable shoreside electrical power…

23rd February 2024

CONVERTER TECHNOLOGY BOOSTS ONSHORE POWER SOLUTIONS

23rd February 2024

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has announced that it has signed a deal to retrofit fixed suction sails on board an oil tanker.

22nd February 2024

EPS to retrofit suction sails on board oil tanker

22nd February 2024

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Safety and security of undersea infrastructure - installations such as oil and gas pipelines, telecom cables and power cables from off shore wind farms - has become major news in light of…

22nd February 2024

SUBSEA INFRA OUTAGES RAISE SAFETY ISSUES TO MAINSTREAM

22nd February 2024

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

A 1,000 hour demonstration of an on board carbon capture system concluded successfully in mid-February. The initial results of the EverLoNG prototype indicate that carbon capture rates of at least up to 85%…

20th February 2024

Pioneering on board CCS demo delivers promising initial results

20th February 2024