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ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Australian energy producer Woodside has entered into front-end engineering design (FEED) activities on a hydrogen project for the first time, awarding a contract for FEED engineering services to Kellogg, Brown & Root…

19th January 2022

Woodside starts FEED for Oklahoma hydrogen project

19th January 2022

REGULATION

REGULATION

The Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) has published the full set of questions that may be asked during a SIRE 2.0 tanker inspection, when its new inspection regime is implemented during…

19th January 2022

OCIMF publishes SIRE 2.0 Question Library

19th January 2022

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

The Nippon Foundation, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, and Shin Nihonkai Ferry Company have successfully completed a demonstration test of the world’s first fully autonomous ship navigation systems on a large car ferry.

19th January 2022

Fully autonomous ship navigation systems tested on Japanese ferry

19th January 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Damen has signed its first contract with the Greek ballast water treatment systems (BWTS) company, Erma First for the supply of its oneTANK system, said to be the world’s smallest BWTS.

19th January 2022

Damen signs new BWTS deal

19th January 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Bureau Veritas (BV) has been selected to undertake the project certification of the first offshore windfarm in the Celtic Sea, in Wales, UK and one of the largest floating offshore wind projects…

19th January 2022

BV to certify Celtic Sea’s first windfarm

19th January 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has signed a Partnership Agreement with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to support the decarbonisation of the shipping sector.

19th January 2022

ICS and IRENA partner to advance global green fuel transition

19th January 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Singaporean shipowner SDTR Marine, ABS and the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) have designed an 85,000dwt methanol-fuelled bulk carrier.

19th January 2022

ABS, SDTR and SDARI Develop Methanol-Fuelled Bulker

19th January 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Benin has awarded a contract to digitise and safeguard its coastline

18th January 2022

Benin coastal monitoring system

18th January 2022

LNG

LNG

Titan LNG has secured the tender for the delivery of LNG and bioLNG at the Port of Marseille for Corsica Linea’s new Ro-Pax LNG-fuelled ferry.

18th January 2022

Corsica Linea awards tender for LNG supply

18th January 2022

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

The Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean engineering (KRISO) has developed Korea’s first damage control system which assesses and predicts ship accident impact in real time.

17th January 2022

Korean researchers develop ship-mounted damage management system

17th January 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The Korean Register has granted Approval in Principle (AiP) for two types of the liquid hydrogen fuel tanks for ships. The award, the first of its type awarded to South Korea-based enterprises,…

17th January 2022

Korean partners gain AiP for liquid hydrogen fuel tanks

17th January 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Incat Tasmania has won a contract to build a new fast ferry for Daezer Construction of South Korea.

17th January 2022

New Incat Tasmania cat for South Korea

17th January 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Optimarin has made a number of key appointments to its sales force in Turkey, Hong Kong and Singapore in response to growing demand for its ballast water treatment system (BWTS).

17th January 2022

Optimarin makes key sales team appointments

17th January 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Shell has signed a contract with thyssenkrupp for the supply of the electrolysers for a new facility that will produce green hydrogen at the Maasvlakte in the Port of Rotterdam.

17th January 2022

Shell signs contract with thyssenkrupp for green hydrogen plant in Rotterdam

17th January 2022

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Michelin’s WISAMO inflatable wing sail system will be tested on a Compagnie Maritime Nantaise - MN ro-ro starting from the end of 2022.

17th January 2022

Inflatable sail to be tested on French Ro-Ro Containership

17th January 2022

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Researchers from SINTEF Industry and Brevik Engineering have conducted an energy assessment of a carbon capture system onboard a CO2 carrier and concluded that an afterburner would be required to augment the…

17th January 2022

Modelling suggests afterburner required for CO2 capture on carrier ship

17th January 2022

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

Italian companies FPT Industrial and Sealence have developed a hybrid electric jet propulsion system for the leisure and workboat markets which externally resembles an aviation jet.

17th January 2022

New hybrid electric jet system offers low-noise propulsion

17th January 2022

SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

DNV reports an increase in reported propeller shaft bearing damage on older vessels, typically above 10 years of age, operating with environmentally acceptable lubricants (EALs).

17th January 2022

Reports of propeller shaft bearing damage increasing

17th January 2022

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Despite the continual waxing and waning of the plan for a bridge across the Strait of Messina, reinvestment in the train ferry connection has gained momentum. November’s delivery of the 147m newbuild Iginia,…

17th January 2022

New Railship For Sicilian Link

17th January 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Damen Marine Components (DMC) has been awarded the contract for Optima nozzles, plug and play Piston-type steering gear and TIMON flap rudders for four coasters being built by Thecla Bodewes Shipyards.

14th January 2022

DMC to steer new coasters

14th January 2022