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More than 150 shipping leaders have forged a draft Action Plan addressing GHG reductions and quick and effective decarbonisation.

Findings of a project to review the capability of CFD technology in accurately modelling the aerodynamic forces that act upon vessels above the waterline have been presented.

The first day of The Motorship’s Gas Fuelled Ships conference, being held this week on the Viking Line ferry ‘Mariella’, offered abundant evidence that LNG as a marine fuel is nearing maturity.

The challenges and opportunities posed by alternative fuels, safety management and social media dominated Interferry’s forty-second annual conference in Split, where a record 370 delegates shared insights on ship technologies, safety issues…

Winterthur Gas & Diesel has continued its digitalisation drive with membership of the Shipdex programme, which aims to simplify the sharing of technical project data.

Main engines, as well as components such as pumps and purifiers, will be the subject of a condition monitoring research project conducted by Mitsui OSK Lines and Asahi Kasei Engineering Corporation.

Japanese engine maker Yanmar is to add a dual-fuel genset to its range of four-stroke engines.

Wilhelmsen is exploring concrete ways of leveraging its data and making efficiency gains using DNV GL’s Veracity industry platform.

A four-way partnership including Sembcorp Marine and DNV GL is investigating 3D printing, drone and digital twin technologies in a bid to improve Singapore’s competitiveness in the offshore and maritime sectors.

ClassNK has released the latest version of its ‘Good Maintenance Onboard Ships’ guide.

Caterpillar Marine has introduced a new fuel reduction tool which aims to achieve the lowest possible fuel consumption for multi-engine vessels.

Victor Hugo wrote, ‘What leads and pulls the world along is not locomotives, it is ideas.” And as ideas go, autonomy is quite a big one.

Shipping companies could reduce fuel consumption and improve efficiency with new exhaust gas sensor technology.

A SGD$15m research centre to develop innovative and sustainable solutions for Singapore’s maritime industry has been launched.

BMT Smart (BMT), the specialist fleet and vessel performance management arm of BMT Group, has secured a new contract with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI).

With five major windfarm projects off the Dutch coast in the pipeline, the Port of Rotterdam is stepping up efforts to attract the sector – including the construction of reclaimed island to…

There are so many potential applications for 3D printing in shipping, it can be difficult to know where to start. One Danish project is hoping to explore some of the most promising…