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AMMONIA

AMMONIA

Oman’s hydrogen promotion agency, Hydrogen Oman (Hydrom), granted a consortium led by Korean diversified industrial manufacturer POSCO and ENGIE a 47-year lease on a site for green hydrogen production project, which is intended…

27th June 2023

POSCO and ENGIE to develop 1.2m tpy green ammonia export project

27th June 2023

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

Yara Clean Ammonia and Bunker Holding are working together to supply the shipping industry with ammonia as a clean marine fuel.

27th June 2023

Yara Marine aims to build a supply chain for ammonia bunkering

27th June 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Bangladesh and Liberia have concluded the ratification of the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Hong Kong Convention, the ship recycling treaty, which will allow the HKC to enter into force within 24 months.  

27th June 2023

Hong Kong Convention to enter effect following ratifications

27th June 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

South Korea’s first home-grown, mixed-fuel LNG/hydrogen engine has been demonstrated for the first time to potential buyers. The versatile four-stroke design has been jointly developed by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Engine &…

27th June 2023

Korea Promotes Hydrogen Co-Firing Engine

27th June 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

A long-term partnership between Shell and Orca AI is helping develop tools to significantly enhance safety at sea.

26th June 2023

Automated navigation tool collaboration

26th June 2023

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

RINA has awarded approval in principle (AiP) for a green retrofit package solution designed by naval architecture designer, Aurelia, in partnership with Econowind, Wattlab and Vertom.

26th June 2023

AiP for green retrofit solution

26th June 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) has ordered six 9,000 teu container ships capable of operating on methanol as a fuel from Yangzijang Shipbuilding in China. 

26th June 2023

Maersk adds six methanol dual fuel container ships to orderbook

26th June 2023

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Shipowners are shifting towards hybridised and electrified vessels as they slow down and adopt clean technologies. This takes them further towards full electrification, with many options along the way.

26th June 2023

Electrification takes shipping further along its decarbonisation path

26th June 2023

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Class societies are actively collaborating with yards and manufacturers to ensure successful and timely engine retrofit projects, but there are challenges.

26th June 2023

Retrofit challenges could hamper timely reduction of emissions

26th June 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Assuming the mantle as Japan’s largest container ship in domestic trade, the 1,096TEU Kiso has entered service on the coastal route network maintained by Imoto Lines.

26th June 2023

Japanmax Design Boosts Coastal Feeder Traffic

26th June 2023

LNG

LNG

An upgraded version of South Korea’s home-grown LNG cargo containment solution has had its first application in a newly-delivered bunker tanker.

26th June 2023

Debut For Revised Korean LNG Tank System

26th June 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kongsberg Maritime has opened a dedicated manufacturing facility and service team to provide support for its waterjet customers in the United States.

23rd June 2023

Kongsberg expands US waterjet support

23rd June 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABS has signed a research agreement with a research and development agency affiliated to Texas A&M University. As part of the research agreement, ABS and Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) have initiated a…

23rd June 2023

ABS Inks Research Deal To Support Marine and Offshore Sector

23rd June 2023

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

A recent media controversy in the UK press surrounding P&O Ferries’ two latest Chinese-built ferries, Pioneer and Liberté, is indicative of the confusion relating to battery-hybrid ferries’ charging solutions. Reports that there would not be sufficient grid…

23rd June 2023

Shore power: confusion and piecemeal adoption slow the current

23rd June 2023

OPINION

OPINION

This week will see the latest attempt by a group of world leaders to push industries to accelerate their journey to net zero emissions while finding new ways to finance the energy…

23rd June 2023

Building shipping industry pressure requires building engine pressure

23rd June 2023

REGULATION

REGULATION

The 80th meeting of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) at the IMO in London will consider a wide range of important topics.

23rd June 2023

Looking ahead at MEPC80

23rd June 2023

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ExxonMobil has successfully completed a commercial marine biofuel oil bunkering in the port of Singapore.

22nd June 2023

ExxonMobil and Evergreen in biofuel bunkering success

22nd June 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

MAN Energy Solutions has confirmed that it will upgrade a 48/60 engine to a 51/60 using a low-pressure injection strategy as its first retrofit of a 4-stroke diesel to dual-fuel MeOH.

22nd June 2023

First MAN 48/60 MeOH retrofit will use low-pressure port fuel injection

22nd June 2023

LNG

LNG

The 82.5-metre long Richmond, the first inland ferry in Europe to be powered by pure gas engines, is now conducting test runs on Lake Constance.

22nd June 2023

Trials for new Lake Constance ferry

22nd June 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

A.P. Moller – Maersk, the Danish logistics company, has awarded MAN PrimeServ a contract to retrofit the main engines aboard 11 container vessels equipped with MAN B&W 8G95ME-C9.5 prime movers. These will be…

22nd June 2023

Maersk to retrofit 11 container vessels to dual-fuel methanol operation

22nd June 2023