News

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco has been elected the new secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

19th July 2023

IMO elects first Latin American as new secretary-general

19th July 2023

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Estonian-based shipping company Amisco has placed the first commercial order for Damen’s new air lubrication system, DACS. DACS, which was developed by a collaboration between Damen and the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), will be…

19th July 2023

First Damen air lubrication retrofit contract agreed

19th July 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

MAN Energy Solutions has launched a project to develop retrofit solutions for medium-speed marine engines. The ‘CliNeR-ECo’ project includes partners from industry and research institutes, and will run until the end of…

19th July 2023

MAN ES participating in 4-stroke methanol retrofit research project

19th July 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Whereas average sailing speed in the containership sector increased by up to 4% during the Covid-19 pandemic on the back of strong demand and in the face of widespread port congestion, the…

19th July 2023

Boxship Lines Adopt Slower Speeds

19th July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Maritime decarbonisation company, VPS, has appointed a new head of sustainable fuels.

19th July 2023

VPS appoints new sustainable fuels boss

19th July 2023

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A new report says that technology readiness is high for methanol, but pricing, availability and carbon accounting are obstacles to its widespread adoption.

18th July 2023

Making methanol a viable fuel for the shipping industry

18th July 2023

BIOFUELS

BIOFUELS

DB Schenker and Volvo Cars are teaming up on more sustainable ocean freight, shipping 12,000 standard containers with automotive spare parts on vessels using biofuel.

18th July 2023

Automotive shipping turns to biofuels

18th July 2023

METHANOL

METHANOL

FincoEnergies and the Port of Amsterdam will now supply biomethanol by truck extending the port’s alternative fuel offering to customers.

18th July 2023

Amsterdam moves to extend its alt fuels offering

18th July 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

UZMAR Shipyards in Turkey has placed an order for 4 × 12V175D-MM IMO Tier II engines, each rated at 2,400 kW @ 1,800 rpm, for two TRAnsverse tug newbuilds.

18th July 2023

MAN 175Ds for Svitzer tugs

18th July 2023

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

Brunvoll has been chosen as the supplier of a complete propulsion and manoeuvring system for a Service Operations Vessel (SOV) designed to operate on green fuel, currently being built for ESVAGT at Cemre Shipyard.

18th July 2023

ESVAGT chooses Brunvoll propulsion package

18th July 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

WinGD has stated that it is on track to deliver the first X-DF-A dual fuel engine capable of operating on ammonia by Q1 2025, and expects the first vessel powered by X-DF-A…

18th July 2023

First NH3-fuelled X-DF-A engine to be delivered in Q1 2025

18th July 2023

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

HAV Design has been chosen to develop another methanol hybrid offshore wind service operation vessel (SOV) for Esvagt.

17th July 2023

11th SOV from HAV Design for Esvagt

17th July 2023

LNG

LNG

Hapag-Lloyd’s container vessel Berlin Express has received a bunkering of bonded LNG in China. The delivery was supplied by World Fuel Services Corporation, and marked the first LNG bunkering operation at a Chinese port for a Hapag-Lloyd vessel.

17th July 2023

Hapag-Lloyd in landmark bonded LNG bunkering in China

17th July 2023

METHANOL

METHANOL

A Maersk container feeder vessel has received the world’s first bunkering of green methanol. The delivery in South Korea marked the first time any vessel has been bunkered with green methanol.

17th July 2023

First green methanol bunkering in Korea

17th July 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

The first low-pressure ME-GA engine to be equipped with a new engine control feature, ‘ME-GA-opti’, has successfully completed LNG gas trials in South Korea, MAN ES has announced.

17th July 2023

First ME-GA engine with individual cylinder control option completes gas trials

17th July 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Makeen, the joint venture formed between HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co., Saudi Arabian Industrial Investments (Dussur) and Saudi Arabian Development Co. (SADCO), has broken ground on the construction of a new engine production and…

17th July 2023

Ground broken on Saudi engine factory

17th July 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Germany’s marine equipment and systems sector achieved a further advance in order volume and a recovery in turnover last year on the back of rising, global fleet investment. While contract intake has…

17th July 2023

German Equipment Makers Sustain Business Growth

17th July 2023

REGULATION

REGULATION

The International Seabed Authority (ISA) has met to discuss allowing deep-sea mining to reconvene following the lapsing of an earlier prohibition.

14th July 2023

ISA discusses deep-sea mining

14th July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Carbon emissions from the container industry feel during the first quarter of 2023 across ten of the world’s busiest 13 ocean freight lanes, according to analysis by Xeneta.

13th July 2023

Falling container CO2 emissions – dip or trend?

13th July 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Maersk has taken delivery of the company’s first container vessel capable of operating on methanol. The 2,100 teu vessel, which has yet to be named, was handed over by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard and…

13th July 2023

Maersk takes delivery of first methanol-fuelled boxship

13th July 2023