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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has announced that seven candidates have been nominated for the post of Secretary-General of the organisation. The term of the current incumbent, Kitack Lim of the Republic of Korea, expires on…

3rd April 2023

Candidates announced for IMO Secretary-General

3rd April 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Although the much-vaunted scheme to realise at least 30 domestically-produced, zero-emission ships by 2030 under the Maritime Master Plan has yet to be endorsed by government, Dutch shipbuilders continue to show resilience…

3rd April 2023

Resilient Dutch Build Business Platform

3rd April 2023

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

Will IMO acknowledge carbon capture’s potential in reducing a ship’s carbon intensity?

3rd April 2023

CII and CCS: a quick route to 2050

3rd April 2023

BIOFUELS

BIOFUELS

Seventeen companies will save 2023 tonnes of CO2 this year by providing several Samskip owned vessels with biofuel - also known as the ‘insetting’ concept.

3rd April 2023

Carbon insetting offers a route to reducing emissions

3rd April 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Marking the debut of the MSC Group’s luxury cruise brand Explora Journeys, the 248m Explora I is being readied in Italy for a July service start.

3rd April 2023

First Ship In Offing For Explora Brand

3rd April 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Vard Electro, the marine electrical systems supplier, has signed a multi-million-euro agreement with Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch to supply full DC distribution systems along with its protection devices.

30th March 2023

Vard Electro inks DC distribution system deal

30th March 2023

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

RC Dock Engineering has achieved a milestone with the first Class approval from RINA for its first remotely controlled unmanned workboats to operate up to 200 nautical miles from shore.

30th March 2023

Approval for RC Dock remote-controlled workboats

30th March 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Wärtsilä has introduced a new radical derating retrofit solution – Wärtsilä Fit4Power - to extend the emissions-compliant lifetime of merchant vessels by providing the existing two-stroke fleet with leaner, healthier and more…

30th March 2023

Wärtsilä launches radical derating solution for two-stroke engines

30th March 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Rolls-Royce Power Systems confirmed that it plans to develop a high-speed internal combustion engine concept for ships that can run on green methanol in a CO2-neutral manner by the end of 2025 at…

30th March 2023

Rolls-Royce announces plans to develop methanol-engine by end-2025

30th March 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

MAN Energy Solutions’ new MAN 49/60DF four-stroke engine has been approved by six classification societies after successfully passing a five-day programme of type approval tests (TAT) at MAN ES’s Augsburg facility in…

30th March 2023

Successful TA test for MAN 49/60DF

30th March 2023

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Christoph Rofka, Accelleron’s president Medium & Low Speed products and VP Communications at CIMAC, discusses changes that are affecting the wider maritime propulsion market, and Accelleron’s response in an exclusive interview with…

30th March 2023

Accelleron’s Christoph Rofka sees upcoming changes in the turbocharging market

30th March 2023

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

An ABB study based on three years of operational ship data mounts the compelling case for integrating battery power onboard modern icebreakers, Samuli Hänninen, who specializes in icebreaking vessels at ABB Marine & Ports, tells The Motorship.

30th March 2023

Battery power to breakthrough in ice

30th March 2023

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The latest in Celebrity Cruises’ Edge Series will be powered by methanol-ready engines supplied by Wärtsilä, advancing the use of alternative fuels in the cruise industry.

29th March 2023

Methanol-ready engines for new cruise ship

29th March 2023

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Tamara de Gruyter of Wärtsilä discusses the challenges of balancing footprint, solvent and energy requirements when marinising carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology for onboard CCS systems, and calls for regulators to…

28th March 2023

PODCAST: Shrinking mature CCS systems without increasing parasitic energy requirements

28th March 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Hydrogen-natural gas blends of up to 25% hydrogen by volume have been confirmed to reduce CO2 emissions by up to 10% without significantly impacting engine performance.

28th March 2023

Hydrogen testing on unmodified Wärtsilä 50SG engine confirms performance

28th March 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

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Spanish operator Balearia has signed an initial six-month charter on an innovative ro-pax ferry, which has lain idle in Poland since completion last May. Originally ordered by Brittany Ferries for cross-Channel duty…

28th March 2023

Spanish Charter For Former Honfleur

28th March 2023

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMCZCS) has published a paper Managing emissions from ammonia-fueled vessels explaining the need for multiple different treatment technologies to manage emissions. 

27th March 2023

Mix of existing and new solutions could manage ammonia emissions

27th March 2023

OPINION

OPINION

The dust has barely settled on the draft agreement of the EU’s FuelEU Maritime legislation, which has seen difficult issues surrounding the admissibility of carbon-based fuels, the range of renewable fuels of…

27th March 2023

FuelEU Maritime rune reading

27th March 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

WinGD (Winterthur Gas & Diesel) has confirmed the receipt of a landmark order to supply a 92-bore low-speed, dual-fuel engine to run on methanol for a series of newbuildings for COSCO Shipping Lines. 

24th March 2023

WinGD Confirms First Chinese Orders for 92 bore Methanol Dual-Fuel Engine

24th March 2023