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SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

Low-speed permanent-magnet (PM) motors driving large propellers will become widespread “once electrification happens in segments that have traditionally been diesel engine driven”, believes Emil Cerdier, Product Director at Berg Propulsion.

19th August 2022

Slow-running PM motors to become ‘widespread’

19th August 2022

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

Berg Propulsion has reported an order for the delivery of an integrated propulsion solution for a new harbour tug, representing the company’s first foray into the Turkish market since the opening of Berg…

19th August 2022

Berg enters Turkish tug market with İÇDAŞ order

19th August 2022

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

Research company VTT has received a €1.2 million (US$1.21mn) grant from Business Finland for the UltraPropulsor Co-Innovation project.

19th August 2022

VTT to research better hull designs

19th August 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Norsepower has secured a contract with Dalian Shipbuilding Industry for the delivery of single Rotor Sails for two new LNG-powered, wind-assisted CO2 carriers. The 130 metre carriers have a cargo size of…

18th August 2022

Wind-assisted carbon carriers

18th August 2022

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

There are immediate benefits to using biofuels, such as reduced SOx, NOx and GHG, but there are challenges too, say Nikolaj Kristensen, R&D Manager, and Bjørn Christian Dueholm, Industrial Ph.D. student, both…

18th August 2022

Two-stroke diesel engines face lubricant challenges with biofuels

18th August 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The shipping industry is eliminating the barriers to the adoption of biofuels, despite the counter forces at play.

18th August 2022

The battle for biofuels heats up

18th August 2022

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

How an engine will be lubricated is just as important as any other design detail when developing new dual-fuel engines, Dr Bartosz Rozmyslowicz, WinGD’s Senior Expert, Fuels and Lubricants, tells The Motorship

18th August 2022

Lube oil is an engine component, says WinGD

18th August 2022

BATTERIES, SUPERCAPACITORS, FUEL CELLS AND OTHER ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY

BATTERIES, SUPERCAPACITORS, FUEL CELLS AND OTHER ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY

Future Proof Shipping’s inland container ship, the FPS Maas, has arrived at the Holland Shipyards Group ready for a retrofit that will see the vessel’s diesel engines replaced by a hydrogen and…

18th August 2022

Inland container ship ready for hydrogen retrofit

18th August 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded ABS a contract to research barriers to the adoption of advanced nuclear propulsion on commercial vessels.

18th August 2022

ABS to evaluate nuclear power on commercial ships

18th August 2022

NEWS

NEWS

The world’s first hydrogen-powered tug is to be equipped with Schottel propulsion systems.

17th August 2022

Schottel propels H2 tug

17th August 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Swedish Furetank and Canadian Algoma Central Corporation will each own a 50% share in joint venture (JV) company FureBear to build four dual-fuel product tankers.

17th August 2022

New JV orders four dual-fuel tankers

17th August 2022

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

TORM A/S has purchased an ownership stake of 75% in ME Production (MEP), a Danish industrial company specializing in the development and production of advanced and green marine equipment.

17th August 2022

TORM acquires Danish green equipment manufacturer

17th August 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

GoodFuels has supplied sustainable marine biofuel to NYK’s bulk carrier MV Frontier Explorer in Singapore.

17th August 2022

NYK vessel takes on biofuel in Singapore

17th August 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Rolling cargo operator UECC has signed a three-year contract for Svitzer’s EcoTow product that replaces fossil fuels with biofuels on Svitzer’s tugs.

17th August 2022

UECC signs up for biofuel tug services

17th August 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Yanmar has received orders for over 2,200 units of its proprietary exhaust gas after-treatment system.

16th August 2022

Yanmar reaches SCR milestone

16th August 2022

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

Steerprop has been awarded the contract to supply the complete propulsion package for a next generation Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV) under construction at SembCorp Marine.

16th August 2022

Contract Awarded For Complete Propulsion Package For WTIV

16th August 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Hutchison Ports and ScottishPower are exploring plans to create a green hydrogen production facility at the Port of Felixstowe, UK. The green hydrogen would be used to create hydrogen vectors, such as green…

16th August 2022

East Anglian green hydrogen production facility planned

16th August 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Singapore-based shipyard PaxOcean Engineering has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Singapore-based bunker vessel operator Hong Lam Marine and Bureau Veritas (BV) to jointly develop an ammonia bunker vessel design.

16th August 2022

Singapore yard to develop ammonia bunker vessel design

16th August 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The US Inflation Reduction Act will provide tax credits of up to $3 per kilogram of clean hydrogen.

16th August 2022

US offers tax credits for clean hydrogen

16th August 2022

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

The IMO’s short-term decarbonisation regulations are yet to consider onboard carbon capture and storage (CCS), but the industry is pushing ahead anyway.

15th August 2022

Future fuel uncertainty points towards onboard carbon capture

15th August 2022