General News

METHANOL

METHANOL

Auramarine has received an order for three methanol fuel supply system packages for a series of hybrid tankers on order in China for Swedish shipowner Terntank.

5th September 2023

Auramarine wins methanol fuel supply system orders

5th September 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) is reported to have placed an order for three Newcastlemax bulk carriers with Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry, with an option for a further three vessels, according to…

4th September 2023

EPS reported to place 3+3 dual-fuel NH3 Newcastlemax order

4th September 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Resurgent UK shipyard group Harland & Wolff (H&W) has woven another strand in its business development strategy by pitching for the construction and operation of ferries to serve the Isles of Scilly.…

4th September 2023

Harland & Wolff Pitch For Ferry Business

4th September 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norway’s state innovation agency, Innovation Norway, launched risk-based loans for environmental investments in the country’s short-sea shipping sector.

4th September 2023

Innovation Norway offers green shipping funding

4th September 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

China’s shipbuilding industry has reached a new milestone through the production of its first large-scale cruise vessel, the 135,500gt Adora Magic City. An extended trials campaign was implemented by builder Shanghai Waigaoqiao…

1st September 2023

China In New Challenge To European Yards

1st September 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

The second phase of the Nippon Foundation’s MEGURI2040 project was announced in July 2023. The project, which intends to support the full-scale commercialisation of fully autonomous ship technology by 2025, will focus…

31st August 2023

Japanese fully autonomous vessel project targets 2025 commercialisation

31st August 2023

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

DNV has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and MISC Berhad (MISC) for their Floating CO2 Storage Unit (FCSU) concept. The innovative design is capable of functioning as an intermediate CO2 storage unit or as…

31st August 2023

AiP For Floating CO2 Storage Unit Concept

31st August 2023

METHANOL

METHANOL

China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) is planning to place an order with Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co for a dual-fuel methanol-powered very large crude carrier (VLCC), according to a stock exchange filing.

30th August 2023

CMES to order methanol-fuelled VLCC

30th August 2023

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

DNV has confirmed that Erma First’s alternative maritime power (AMP) system, BLUE CONNECT, meets the requirements to be categorised as an ‘energy-saving device’ (ESD). In the same document, DNV recognises the solution’s ability…

29th August 2023

Erma First’s AMP solution recognised as Energy Saving Device

29th August 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

K Line has inked a memorandum of understanding with Navtor to develop K Line’s global fleet monitoring and support system. Under the terms of the agreement, K Line will extend the functionality of NavFleet,…

29th August 2023

K Line adopts Navtor fleet monitoring platform

29th August 2023

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

Wärtsilä is announcing that it has begun to offer carbon capture and storage (CCS) feasibility studies to shipowners and operators. The studies have already been conducted on a range of vessel types including…

29th August 2023

Wärtsilä to offer onboard CCS feasibility studies

29th August 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Testing of a mobile robotic welding solution to raise shipbuilding efficiency has begun in Italy. The MR4Weld outdoor automated system is the first issue of a collaboration agreement implemented in 2021 by…

29th August 2023

Flexible Robot To Work In Italian Yards

29th August 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The European Commission (EC) launched an online consultation to evaluate its Ship Recycling Regulation that ran until early June 2023. The results of the work will probably increase the number of ships recycled…

24th August 2023

EC ship recycling consultation likely to drive change towards responsible practices

24th August 2023

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

Norwegian shipmanagement specialist OSM Thome has announced that it has entered into a Letter of Intent with Norwegian green shipping specialist Pherousa Green Shipping AS (PGS) to collaborate on a series of 63,000dwt ammonia-fuelled Ultramax…

22nd August 2023

OSM Thome inks NH3-fuelled Ultramax series deal

22nd August 2023

HYDROGEN

HYDROGEN

Classification society CCS (China Classification Society) has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Weishi Energy Technology Hebei for a liquid hydrogen fuel supply system design suitable for use aboard marine vessels. The…

21st August 2023

CCS awards AiP to LH2 fuel supply system

21st August 2023

HYDROGEN

HYDROGEN

UK engineering company TWI is one of 14 partners that has received EU funding to develop a 160,000cbm liquified hydrogen (LH2) containment system for ships

21st August 2023

Consortium to develop 16,000cbm LH2 containment system

21st August 2023

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Dutch group Damen has been compelled to give up management and operational control of the Mangalia shipyard, Romania’s largest shipbuilder and the biggest in Damen’s international network. The move has been precipitated…

21st August 2023

Strain On Damen’s Romanian Links

21st August 2023

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

The Porthos carbon capture use and storage project at the Port of Rotterdam is set to advance, following the dismissal of a challenge by Dutch environmentalists to the project. The project’s developers…

17th August 2023

Port of Rotterdam CCUS project set to proceed

17th August 2023

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

A bulk carrier vessel equipped with Anemoi Marine Technologies’ rotor sails has concluded its first voyage from China to Western Australia, following the successful installation of the rotor sails in Chengxi Shipyard, China, in…

17th August 2023

Initial rotor sail results suggest Kamsarmax will achieve 10% fuel efficiencies

17th August 2023

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Odfjell has announced that it has signed a deal to retrofit fixed suction sails on board a chemical tanker.

17th August 2023

Odfjell to retrofit suction sails on board chemical tanker

17th August 2023