General News

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Höegh Autoliners ASA has been awarded a NOK146 million (almost US$14m) grant from Enova towards the cost of enabling two of their Aurora class pure car and truck carriers to operate on ammonia as a fuel.

5th March 2024

Enova to provide funding for Hoegh Autoliners NH3-fuelled PCTC pair

5th March 2024

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

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Melding progressive European design with adept South Korean production, the first of a new flotilla of intra-regional boxships has been delivered to French carrier CMA CGM.

19th February 2024

FRENCH LINE REVITALISES SHORT-SEA TRADE

19th February 2024

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The results of the European Commission’s review of its Ship Recycling Regulations are expected to be published in Q2 2024. What it says and what changes may materialise remain to be seen.…

19th February 2024

WILL EU SHIP RECYCLING REVIEW MEAN CHANGES?

19th February 2024

REGULATION

REGULATION

As attention begins to focus on the results of the European Commission’s review of its Ship Recycling Regulations, which are expected to be published in Q2 2024, BIMCO has jointly submitted a paper…

19th February 2024

BIMCO warns of potential ship recycling regulatory inconsistencies

19th February 2024

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

Solvang ASA, the Norway-based shipowner, has ordered a full-scale, turnkey Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) retrofit on board one of its LPG carriers with Singaporean shipyard Seatrium. The contract is understood to be…

16th February 2024

Solvang orders world’s first full scale onboard CCS retrofit

16th February 2024

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

Maritime CCS is poised to play a crucial role in curbing shipping’s CO2 emissions, Sigurd Jenssen, Director, Wärtsilä Exhaust Treatment explains to The Motorship.

16th February 2024

Maritime CCS should play a crucial role in curbing shipping’s CO2 emissions

16th February 2024

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Chilean shipbuilder, ASENAV (Astilleros y Servicios Navales S.A.), has ordered 4 × MAN 6L21/31 Mk2 PLO (Part-Load Optimised) GenSets for a 94-metre, polar expedition newbuilding for Antarctica21, the world’s leading provider of air-cruises.…

15th February 2024

MAN 21/31 Mk2 PLO GenSets for Chilean Polar Expedition ship

15th February 2024

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Dr Holger Gehring, Senior Manager at PrimeServ Academy in Augsburg, shared details of the first 4-stroke lubricating oil miscibility test, which was recently concluded

15th February 2024

MAN ES completes first 4-stroke miscibility test

15th February 2024

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

Demand for carbon capture is set to grow and with it demand for the ships to carry it for storage or new applications, writes Tao Shen, Manager, ABS Global Sustainability Center -…

15th February 2024

Liquefied CO2 carriers will join the links in the carbon value chain

15th February 2024

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A project aimed at reducing the weight of ship structures has been taken to the second, developmental stage through UK Government funding. Large-scale additive manufacturing (LSAM) technologies are pivotal to the MariLight…

15th February 2024

BID TO DRIVE DOWN NEWBUILD WEIGHT

15th February 2024