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CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels has published a white paper to offer insights for ship operators and owners seeking to manage the energy transition in their own fleet over the short to long term.La Mède biorefinery…

10th December 2021

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels offers perspective on marine fuels

10th December 2021

LNG

LNG

Winterthur-based marine engine technology developer WinGD has presented a number of steps which will enable deep-sea shipping to decarbonise in line with IMO provisions. The choices for shipowners are contained in a…

10th December 2021

WinGD publishes deep-sea shipping decarbonisation white paper

10th December 2021

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A.P. Møller-Maersk has revealed more details about the design of its new series of 16,000-teu methanol-fuelled container vessels. While the design’s enhanced unloading and loading speeds will attract attention, and will help…

10th December 2021

A.P. Møller-Maersk outlines new methanol-fuelled container vessel design

10th December 2021

NEWS

NEWS

ClassNK has released a third version of its remote survey guidance.

10th December 2021

ClassNK updates remote survey guidance

10th December 2021

NEWS

NEWS

North Star Group has secured a long-term charter contract to deliver an additional ship as part of its new hybrid-powered renewables fleet to support the third phase of the Dogger Bank Wind…

9th December 2021

New Vard SOV for North Star Dogger Bank contract

9th December 2021

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

With the arrival of the first approved Category II cylinder oils, ship operators will finally have a single, simple solution for safeguarding piston cleanliness in two-stroke engines running on very low sulphur…

8th December 2021

First MAN Energy Solutions Category II oils offer next-generation cylinder piston cleanliness

8th December 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

BIMCO has announced the development of a new clause intended to address the upcoming introduction of EEXI regulations from the IMO.

8th December 2021

BIMCO releases EEXI Transition Clause before IMO efficiency regulation

8th December 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has used its machine learning technology to identify new, previously unseen insights surrounding lifeboat accidents, which will help improve lifeboat safety at sea.

8th December 2021

Machine learning offers insights into causes of lifeboat accidents

8th December 2021

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Wärtsilä Voyage has entered into a strategic partnership with Microsoft, which will bring together Wärtsilä Voyage products on a common platform, enabling faster deployment and easier maintenance of all Wärtsilä Voyage technologies and software. The…

8th December 2021

Microsoft strategic partnership marine IoT deal with Wärtsilä Voyage

8th December 2021

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) and Shin Kurushima Dockyard Co. Ltd. for their jointly developed design of an ammonia-fuelled PCC.

8th December 2021

K Line Awarded AiP for Ammonia-fuelled PCC By ClassNK

8th December 2021

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Danelec Marine has agreed a deal to acquire KYMA A.S., the Norway-based digital ship performance monitoring specialist. The combined company is expected to become the world’s largest maritime data collection solutions provider.

8th December 2021

Danelec Marine acquisition to create digital vessel performance management and monitoring leader

8th December 2021

NEWS

NEWS

Zéphyr & Borée has been given approval in principle (AiP) by Bureau Veritas for its first open-top containership, demonstrating the feasibility of using wind propulsion on this type of vessel.

8th December 2021

BV approval for wind-propelled containership

8th December 2021

NEWS

NEWS

The first all-electric tug reported to be built and operated in the United States will be equipped with a fully integrated electrical package from Schottel.

8th December 2021

Schottel package for first US all-electric tug

8th December 2021

NEWS

NEWS

The ‘world’s first’ methanol fuelled towboat looks set to launch in 2023

7th December 2021

First methanol fuelled towboat

7th December 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

DNV has taken the opportunity of the release of a report chronicling improvements in ship safety in the past decade to reiterate a warning that emerging risks from new fuels and digital…

7th December 2021

DNV repeats warning that emerging risks from new fuels need to be mitigated

7th December 2021

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Classification society ABS has granted Alfa Laval the first marine approval for operating boilers on methanol. Alfa Laval received an approval in principle (AIP) on 4 November 2021, based on extensive solution…

7th December 2021

Alfa Laval receives first AIP for firing boilers with methanol

7th December 2021

LNG

LNG

Höegh LNG has signed a long-term agreement to supply the first Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) in Australia. The unit will operate at the Port Kembla Energy Terminal in New South…

6th December 2021

Australian FSRU deal includes clean energy terminal development plan

6th December 2021

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The Port of València plans to become the first port in Europe to incorporate hydrogen technologies into its terminal machinery operations.

6th December 2021

Port of Valencia looks to set hydrogen precedent

6th December 2021

NEWS

NEWS

A pair of Harvey Gulf International Marine Offshore Support Vessels has been awarded the ABS Sustainability Class 1 Notation in recognition of how their design and operation is aligned with the UN’s…

6th December 2021

Sustainability notation for Harvey Gulf OSVs

6th December 2021

NEWS

NEWS

Svitzer has teamed up with Robert Allan and Sanmar Shipyards to build a next generation multipurpose tug.

6th December 2021

Next generation multipurpose tug

6th December 2021