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VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Norway-based VARD has delivered its largest vessel to date in the shape of the 205m, polar-going cruiseship Viking Octantis. Handed over just before Christmas at the group’s Soviknes yard near Aalesund, the…

14th January 2022

Viking Debut in Expedition Cruise Sector

14th January 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

California-based Vertimass and European Energy have completed a Letter of Intent to integrate technologies for capturing carbon dioxide and converting it into hydrocarbon products around the world.

14th January 2022

Partnership will capture CO2 to produce methanol feedstock for Power-to-X fuels

14th January 2022

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Chevron Marine Lubricant’s low sulphated ash trunk piston engine oil Chevron HDAX 9700 has become the first lubricant to gain time-unrestricted approval for use with MAN Energy Solutions’ four-stroke engines running on…

14th January 2022

Chevron HDAX 9700 engine oil gains unique approval from MAN

14th January 2022

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Hitachi Zosen, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Yanmar Power Technology are cooperating on engine and catalyst developments to reduce methane slip from LNG fuelled vessels.

13th January 2022

New methane slip technology expected on MOL coal carrier by the end of 2023

13th January 2022

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

TECO 2030 and Gen2 Energy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate on projects involving green hydrogen for fuel cells.

13th January 2022

TECO 2030 signs green hydrogen MoU with Gen2 Energy

13th January 2022

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A.P. Moller - Maersk aims to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions in 2040 – one decade ahead of its initial 2050 ambition and has also set associated 2030 targets.

13th January 2022

A.P. Moller – Maersk accelerates Net Zero emission targets

13th January 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Ørsted will acquire a 45% ownership share in what could become the world’s first large-scale sustainable e-methanol project.

13th January 2022

Liquid Wind partners with Ørsted to produce e-methanol in Sweden

13th January 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Schottel has been chosen to supply main and auxiliary propulsion systems for a new LNG bunkering vessel currently under construction at Chinese Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore and Engineering shipyard.

13th January 2022

Schottel to propel new LNG bunkering vessel

13th January 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ABS has published a Guide for Methanol and Ethanol Fueled Vessels setting out classification criteria for associated equipment and systems.

13th January 2022

ABS Publishes Guide for Methanol-Fuelled Vessels

13th January 2022

LNG

LNG

Titan LNG has developed a new LNG tank design that overcomes regulatory limitations set for inland waterway vessels and will save space on the company’s latest bunker vessel newbuilding.

12th January 2022

New LNG tank design saves space on bunkering vessel

12th January 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Yanmar has developed and tested a new maritime fuel cell technology, aiming to commercialise a 300kW system for use on ships in 2023.

12th January 2022

Yanmar looks to a hydrogen-fuelled future

12th January 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Sembcorp Marine has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from ABS for the conceptual design of an ammonia bunkering vessel.

12th January 2022

Sembcorp Marine receives AiP for ammonia bunkering vessel design

12th January 2022

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding has started building the largest LNG bunkering barge ever built in the USA and expects it to be completed in late 2023.

12th January 2022

Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding starts building the largest USA-built LNG barge

12th January 2022

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A 3D-printed fuel injection nozzle developed by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and MAN Energy Solutions could reduce NOx emissions

12th January 2022

3D-printed fuel injection nozzle could reduce NOx emissions

12th January 2022

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Three different techniques for measuring black carbon in ship exhaust gas have been shown to give similar results for a range of engine and fuel types.

12th January 2022

Black carbon measurement techniques consistent over range of fuels

12th January 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Nakilat, one of the world’s largest LNG shipping operators, has partnered with ABS to develop a new decarbonisation strategy.

12th January 2022

Nakilat and ABS team up on decarbonisation

12th January 2022

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Danish Shipping (Danske Rederier) has launched a new three-year strategy titled Toward Zero.

11th January 2022

Danish Shipping Launches Toward Zero Strategy

11th January 2022

LNG

LNG

ABS has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to Samsung Heavy Industries’ (SHI) design for a one-side spread mooring system for a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility.

11th January 2022

ABS awards AiP for one-side spread mooring system

11th January 2022

NEWS

NEWS

DESMI Ocean Guard has unveiled a line of new and smaller ballast water management systems (BWMS).

10th January 2022

DESMI expands BWMS for smaller ships

10th January 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Damen Shipyards Group has acquired the Skoonbox from Skoon Energy.

10th January 2022

Damen acquires Skoonbox to cut emissions

10th January 2022