Interviews

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

President and CEO of Wärtsilä Håkan Agnevall outlines the company’s strategy to the energy transition in the maritime sector in an exclusive interview with The Motorship

25th January 2022

Change starts at home: Wärtsilä’s Håkan Agnevall plots a course through decarbonisation and beyond

25th January 2022

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The ceo of DNV Maritime, Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, reiterates his call for greater collaboration, and notes that the multi-faceted nature of the energy transition will require bridge building with stakeholders outside the industry.

20th January 2022

DNV’s Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen sees a need for coalitions to meet grand challenges

20th January 2022

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Klaus Heim, CEO of WinGD and former-president of CIMAC, underlined WinGD’s commitment to adding ammonia and methanol burning engines to its programme by 2024 during a recent interview.

8th November 2021

Full steam ahead for methanol and ammonia

8th November 2021

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

WinGD has plans to gradually introduce fully self-tuning engines for its engine programme by the end of 2026, Peter Krähenbühl, WinGD’s Head of Digital Transformation & Technology tells The Motorship in an…

8th November 2021

WinGD eyes the introduction of fully self-tuning engines

8th November 2021

REGULATION

REGULATION

The EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) covering shipping is expected to enter effect by 2024, but ship owners can expect a 2-3 year tapered introduction period.

3rd November 2021

European Commission to monitor IMO MBM developments during ETS review

3rd November 2021

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Andrew Scott, Business Development Director at Babcock LGE, shares his thoughts on the emerging alternative fuel markets and gives an insight into the market leading technology of LGE in an exclusive interview…

3rd November 2021

Babcock LGE discusses multi-fuel future for shipping industry

3rd November 2021

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Passenger ship owners have started to look at moving back towards developing designs in house, with the help of consultant naval architects, amid concerns that current shipyard designs offer insufficient flexibility over the lifetime of the…

20th October 2021

Consultant Interest Revives Amid Need For Flexibility

20th October 2021

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

On Wednesday 29 October, on the sidelines of the first bunkering of a commercial vessel with renewable synthetic natural gas (SNG), Dr Lauber gave The Motorship an exclusive interview, in which he…

18th October 2021

PODCAST: MAN plots a course for hydrogen vectors for shipping amid a transforming market

18th October 2021

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Captain Richard von Berlepsch, Managing Director of Hapag-Lloyd’s Fleet Management arm, offered his thoughts about decarbonisation, regulatory changes and erroneous public perception in an interview with The Motorship.

13th October 2021

Capt von Berlepsch of Hapag-Lloyd: we’re navigating unknown waters

13th October 2021

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

The award of a first contract for a WinGD battery-hybrid powerpack represents a next step on the engine designer’s journey into electrification and system integration, Paul Gunton reports

4th August 2021

WinGD receives first order for integrated hybrid powerpack

4th August 2021

REGULATION

REGULATION

Every individual engine could require testing for biofuel under a strict interpretation of current Marpol rules, reports Paul Gunton

12th July 2021

PODCAST: MARPOL fuel regulations need to reflect market changes: WinGD’s Weisser

12th July 2021

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The journey towards carbon neutral shipping is a much wider challenge than simply meeting EEXI and CII standards, Esa Jokioinen and Mia Elg of Deltamarin explain to Kari Reinikainen.

7th July 2021

Keep eye on larger decarbonisation picture, Deltamarin urges

7th July 2021

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

A direct electric drive propulsion system from Berg Propulsion and The Switch aims to boost efficiency for shipowners looking to make the move to electrification.

2nd July 2021

DIRECT DRIVE SYSTEM BRINGS NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR ELECTRIFICATION

2nd July 2021

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Any ship with an irregular power demand profile and relatively large auxiliary power installed could be suitable for hybridisation, and WinGD is developing what it says is unmatched optimisation technology that is…

14th December 2020

OPTIMISATION STRATEGY PRODUCES STRONG RESULTS FOR HYBRID DESIGNS

14th December 2020

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Dominik Schneiter, Vice President of Research and Development at WinGD discusses the challenges and opportunities of developing solutions for upcoming transformations in the shipping market.

4th November 2020

Preparing for a transformed market: WinGD’s Dominik Schneiter

4th November 2020

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

While battery hybrid installations offer the potential of double-digit fuel efficiency savings for newbuildings, the potential savings for retrofits was even greater in some cases, Giulio Tirelli, Director Business Development at Marine…

23rd October 2020

Not just batteries: models key to ropax efficiency savings

23rd October 2020

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

CEO Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen of DNV GL - Maritime issues a call to arms for industry participants to come together, and mulls an extension of the EU’s Green Deal to cover shipping

15th October 2020

Time to pull together: Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen calls for collaboration not fragmentation

15th October 2020

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Christoph Rofka, Senior Vice President – Head of Global Product Group Medium, Low Speed and Rail, ABB Turbocharging discusses previous step changes in turbocharging technology and the challenge of designing solutions to…

7th October 2020

Christoph Rofka of ABB Turbocharging: step changes in turbocharging technology

7th October 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A Belgian pairing of influential shipping and engineering interests has given a fillip to the industry’s drive for viable low-carbon or carbon-free technologies by launching a hydrogen-fuelled medium-speed engine, writes David Tinsley.

18th September 2020

DEBUT FOR HYDROGEN ENGINE SERIES

18th September 2020

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

An-Magritt Ryste, Product Director, Next Generation Shipping at Kongsberg offers her perspective on autonomous vessel development, and the future of demand

3rd September 2020

Driving force: Kongsberg’s An-Magritt Ryste interview

3rd September 2020