Other Alternative Fuels

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

Wärtsilä has signed a Decarbonization Agreement with Raízen, an integrated energy company with a broad portfolio of renewables, to explore the potential use of ethanol as a marine fuel and to advance the development of the first…

19th October 2023

Wärtsilä inks deal to study feasibility of ethanol as marine fuel

19th October 2023

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

Babcock LGE has been awarded the contract to supply cargo handling system and fuel supply system for a series of 15 Very Large Ethane Carriers (VLEC) at China’s Jiangnan shipyard.

5th October 2023

Cargo handling and FSS contract for large Jiangnan VLEC series

5th October 2023

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

US shipping and logistics group Crowley has teamed with a nuclear power specialist in a scheme for a vessel type to supply small-scale nuclear energy to shoreside locations.

2nd October 2023

Crowley Makes A Move Into Nuclear Energy

2nd October 2023

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

Wärtsilä Gas Solutions Norway has selected Høglund to supply a high-end cargo control system for a series of Very Large Ethane Carriers (VLEC). The modern gas carrier newbuildings will be constructed at Jiangnan Shipyard in China.

19th September 2023

Jiangnan VLEC FGSS undercontract awarded

19th September 2023

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Four new partners have joined an initiative to decarbonise a key container trade shipping corridor.

25th August 2023

Silk Alliance welcomes four new members

25th August 2023

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

Avance Gas has taken up an option for two 40,000 cbm LPG/ammonia carrier newbuildings with Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering (CIMC SOE). The dual-fuel newbuildings will be powered by engines capable of operating…

21st August 2023

Avance Gas takes up LPG-fuelled LPG/ammonia carrier options

21st August 2023

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A cooperation agreement aims to provide training for existing and future crew operating on bunker tankers so that they’re ready for methanol bunkering on a larger scale.

25th July 2023

Cooperating to deliver methanol bunkering training

25th July 2023

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

The scaling up of e-fuels production has started, and with it, the technological advances that aim to reduce upstream emissions and bring costs down.

30th June 2023

Industrialisation of e-fuels is accelerating

30th June 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Singapore-based shipping company, Petredec, took delivery of the first vessel in a series of 93,000cbm gas carriers at Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co. Ltd on 26 April. The vessel, the Harzand, is the first of the 93,000cbm class…

2nd May 2023

First of Petredec’s 93,000cbm LPG carrier series delivered

2nd May 2023

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Osaka Gas and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries are joining forces to develop carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) technology, in an effort to achieve net-zero by 2050.

5th April 2023

Osaka Gas and MHI team up on CCUS exploration

5th April 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Croatian operator Jadroplov has purchased two newly-built, short-sea LPG carriers powered by LPG-capable dual-fuel machinery. The 7,500m3-capacity gas tankers are two in a series of three ordered from Sasaki Zosen in Japan…

28th March 2023

LPG-Fuelled Gas Tankers For Croatia

28th March 2023

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply cargo handling and fuel supply systems on board four very large ethane carriers (VLEC) to be built by Jiangnan Shipyard in China.

6th March 2023

VLEC fuel supply system orders for Wärtsilä

6th March 2023

OPINION

OPINION

Refreshed technologies hold promise in addressing shipping’s clean energy needs, but solutions won’t emerge in the short term, writes Patrick Ryan, VP, Technology, ABS

2nd March 2023

Putting the nuclear opportunity for shipping into context: ABS

2nd March 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Russia is planning to extend its nuclear icebreaker shipbuilding programme, in support of Arctic energy export flows.

2nd March 2023

More Atomic Icebreakers For Russia

2nd March 2023

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Guangdong) has announced that has been awarded the contract to retrofit the main engines aboard two LPG carriers operated by Tianjin Southwest Maritime Ltd., the Chinese gas carrier operator.

7th February 2023

Tianjin Southwest opts for further LPG retrofits

7th February 2023

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Anglo American’s new LNG dual-fuelled Capesize+ has loaded its first cargo of iron ore from its Kumba operations in South Africa.

3rd February 2023

LNG Capesize+ newbuild completes first mission

3rd February 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

The ship will be built at the KHI Sakaide Works shipyard and is set for delivery in 2026.

27th January 2023

NYK to build ammonia-ready LPG dual-fuel VLGC

27th January 2023

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

Bureau Veritas has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Oceans of Energy, a market leader in offshore solar farms, for their system design of a high wave offshore solar farm system.

10th January 2023

AiP for high wave offshore solar farm system

10th January 2023

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

An innovative nuclear power barge design from Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has been granted Approval in Principle (AiP) by ABS.

4th January 2023

ABS AiP for SHI MSR-based power barge design

4th January 2023

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

Nuclear power technology developer ThorCon has signed an agreement with Bureau Veritas for the Technology Qualification and the subsequent development of a 500 MW nuclear power barge for operations in Indonesia. The…

14th December 2022

BV and ThorCon advance molten salt nuclear power barge project

14th December 2022