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ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Cargill, Mitsubishi Corporation, BAR Technologies and Yara Marine Technologies have announced that Mitsubishi Corporation’s Pyxis Ocean will be the first vessel to undergo installation and deployment of BAR Tech’s wind propulsion technology…

23rd June 2022

Mitsubishi vessel to be retrofitted with Windwings

23rd June 2022

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Following a meeting during the 2022 Posidonia trade fair in Athens, MAN Energy Solutions and the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) have announced their mutual commitment to a policy of decarbonisation.

23rd June 2022

MAN and Greek owners make decarbonisation commitment

23rd June 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ABS has issued approval in principle (AiP) to Keppel Offshore & Marine for the ammonia-fuelled ammonia bunker vessel at the heart of Project Sabre, an initiative from a consortium of leading maritime…

21st June 2022

AIP granted for ammonia-fuelled, ammonia bunker vessel

21st June 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Finnish shipping company ESL Shipping will become the world’s first shipping company to start utilizing new low-emission Neste Marine™ 0.1 Co-processed marine fuel in its vessels in Finland and Sweden.

21st June 2022

ESL Shipping first to use new Neste fuel

21st June 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Proman Stena Bulk, a joint venture between global methanol producer Proman and tanker shipping company Stena Bulk, has taken delivery of the first methanol-powered newbuild vessel under its partnership.

21st June 2022

Proman Stena Bulk takes delivery of first methanol-powered newbuild

21st June 2022

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

The electric ferry Ellen sailed 50 nautical miles (92 kilometres) on a single battery charge during the International Energy Agency’s 7th Annual Conference on Energy Efficiency. The distance marks a new world…

21st June 2022

E-ferry sails 50 nautical miles on single battery charge

21st June 2022

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Vard Electro aims to facilitate a new generation of larger robotic vessels with the launch of SeaQ Remote to provide centralised remote operation of automated ship control systems and deck machinery.

21st June 2022

Vard Electro launches SeaQ Remote

21st June 2022

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has acquired OneOcean, a supplier of voyage compliance, safety and environmental solutions.

21st June 2022

LR acquires OneOcean

21st June 2022

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

Encapsulating the innovative spirit behind new developments in the European inland shipping fleet, the diesel-electric Type C tanker Synthese 18 was formally named in Rotterdam last week.

21st June 2022

Diesel-Electric Drive For Inland Trade

21st June 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A 35-tonnes-per-day green hydrogen generation plant will be built at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges

20th June 2022

Port of Antwerp awards concession for green hydrogen plant

20th June 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The Port of Rotterdam ammonia import terminal is to be expanded to keep up with the demand for the hydrogen vector.

20th June 2022

Rotterdam ammonia terminal to expand throughput capacity

20th June 2022

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Alfa Laval has signed an agreement to acquire Scanjet, a leading supplier of marine tank cleaning equipment. 

20th June 2022

Alfa Laval acquires Scanjet

20th June 2022

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Dutch shipping group Splietfhoff’s is boosting the scope of its multi-purpose, dry cargo vessel fleet with a new class of dynamic-positioning, heavy-lift carrier from China.

20th June 2022

Offshore Muscle For Dutch Heaver-Lifter

20th June 2022

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

French high-speed engine maker Moteurs Baudouin is set to unveil an especially compact new model targeted at small vessel and workboat propulsion applications.

20th June 2022

Compact Contender In High-Speed Stakes

20th June 2022

SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

Dr. Chris Leontopoulos, Director of Global Ship Systems Center, ABS Athens discussed the benefits of a new sterntube design for a container feeder vessel design at Posidonia 2022.

20th June 2022

New SDARI design uses torsional damper to eliminate BSR

20th June 2022

NEWS

NEWS

ClassNK has granted its Innovation Endorsement for Products & Solutions to a range of combustion catalysts.

20th June 2022

ClassNK backing for combustion catalysts

20th June 2022

NEWS

NEWS

GTT has received an order from its partner the Chinese shipyard Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding for the tank design of six new LNG carriers on behalf of an Asian ship owner.

17th June 2022

GTT LNGC tank design deal

17th June 2022

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has granted Approval in Principle (AiP) for an Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI) designed 210,000 DWT Newcastlemax bulk carrier installed with Anemoi rotor sails. 

16th June 2022

AiP granted for Oldendorff Newcastlemax with Anemoi rotor sails

16th June 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Acta Marine has signed a contract for the construction of two methanol MDO/HVO powered DP2 Construction Service Operating Vessels (CSOVs) at Turkish shipyard Tersan with two optional vessels for delivery at a…

16th June 2022

Acta Marine orders two methanol powered CSOVs

16th June 2022

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

The IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) 78th session agreed in principle to develop a Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention Review Plan and established a Correspondence Group to finalise it.

16th June 2022

MEPC 78 reviews BWMS experience

16th June 2022