News

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Halliburton AS, the oil fields service provider, has awarded Høglund Gas Solutions AS a turnkey contract to manage the conversion of a RoRo combination carrier to operate on LNG fuel.

15th March 2021

Halliburton commissions LNG retrofit for RoRo combi carrier

15th March 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Dutch shipbuilding has reinforced its leading European position in short-sea vessel design and construction by way of a EUR 21 million (US$25m) contract for two 6,080dwt multi-purpose cargo vessels, writes David Tinsley.

15th March 2021

SHORT-SEA FOCUS ON EFFICIENCY GAINS

15th March 2021

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Uniper has teamed up with Liberty Pier Maritime Projects and engineering firm Ship Design & Consult (SDC) to establish green methanol as a sustainable and carbon-neutral marine fuel.

12th March 2021

Advancing green methanol in shipping

12th March 2021

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Climate Investor Two (CI2) has approved an investment to support the lease of Damen’s portable ballast water treatment solution to customers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

12th March 2021

Damen BWTS investment

12th March 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Shell has signed long-term charter agreements for ten newbuild LNG-fuelled very large crude carriers (VLCC). The ten vessels will be built at DSME in South Korea, with the first vessel scheduled to…

12th March 2021

SHELL SIGNS CHARTERS FOR 10 x LNG-FUELLED VLCCS

12th March 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Germany’s MV Werften (MVW) has completed sea trials on the first of an originally planned trio of unique Polar expedition cruise ships as Covid threatens the future of the shipbuilding group, writes…

11th March 2021

Trials for unique newbuild as MVW faces cutbacks

11th March 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Stena Bulk has unveiled its InfinityMAX concept design for a fuel cell hybrid ship with detachable modules that the company says represents a paradigm shift in bulk cargo transportation.

11th March 2021

ZERO-EMISSION, MODULAR SHIP DESIGN FOR STENA BULK

11th March 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Responding to the UN Secretary-General’s call for urgent action on climate change, the global shipping industry is giving full backing to a ‘moon-shot’ proposal for the large scale deployment of zero-carbon ships…

11th March 2021

Industry backs decarbonisation plan

11th March 2021

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a new equipment order for four pure car truck carriers being built at the China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Nanjing) for Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line).

11th March 2021

MacGregor to equip new NYK Line PCTCs

11th March 2021

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A new design platform being developed as part of the EU CHEK project will initially be used to design a near-zero emissions bulk carrier and a cruise ship, but it is also…

10th March 2021

NEW DESIGN PLATFORM TARGETS INTEGRATION OF MULTIPLE LOW-EMISSION TECHNOLOGIES

10th March 2021

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Green methanol is establishing itself as a contender in the 2050 bunker fuel market, with the chemical industry motivated to go green and new production facilities and new ships raising optimism around…

10th March 2021

METHANOL PRODUCTION IS TURNING GREEN AND SHIPPING IS TAKING NOTE

10th March 2021

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Shipowners want to return to a water lubricated propulsion arrangement, but shipyards are preventing the wider take up of the environmentally sustainable solution, writes Patrik Wheater.

10th March 2021

Shipyard inertia preventing wider adoption of water-based lubrication

10th March 2021

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

Maine ferry operator, Casco Bay Lines, is installing ABB’s integrated hybrid-electric power and propulsion solution on its new vessel, cutting around 800 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year and significantly improving air…

10th March 2021

ABB hybrid solution for new Maine ferry

10th March 2021

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Brunvoll has won a long-term contract for shock-qualified retractable azimuth thrusters from Navantia in Spain. Navantia has ordered the thruster systems for the construction of five F110 frigates for the Spanish Navy.

9th March 2021

Long term Navantia order strengthens Brunvolls naval order book

9th March 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Reducing emissions and investment in decarbonisation are continuing industry priorities, according to leaders of the Round Table of International Shipping Associations.

9th March 2021

Decarbonisation remains an industry priority

9th March 2021

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Geislinger has launched a new Mark 6 version of its Geislinger Monitoring System, adding remote digital services functionality to the continuous monitoring and measuring system for large marine engines.

9th March 2021

New Geislinger GMS Mk6 adds digital services functionality

9th March 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Classification society DNV granted an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) for a new design of intra-Europe 1,900 TEU feeder container ships on 8 March.

8th March 2021

DNV awards AiP to HMD for Euro-Congreen 1900 feeder design

8th March 2021

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Major tests of methanol as a marine fuel will soon begin at the Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre in Aalborg, Denmark.

8th March 2021

Alfa Laval to begin large-scale testing of methanol at Aalborg

8th March 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Dutch design and German production are combined in a new project for geared, multi-purpose cargo vessel tonnage, writes David Tinsley.

8th March 2021

NEW VERSION OF VERSATILE ECOBOX CLASS

8th March 2021

REGULATION

REGULATION

ClassNK has released new guidelines detailing the performance and safety requirements for remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs) and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs).

8th March 2021

ClassNK releases new drone guidelines

8th March 2021

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Maritime IT company, IB, has partnered with Verifavia Shipping to help shipping companies meet environmental regulations, including EU Monitoring Reporting and Verification, the International Maritime Organisation’s Data Collection System, and Inventory of…

5th March 2021

IB and Verifavia partner on IHM reporting

5th March 2021

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

Torqeedo and Poseidon have developed a fully electric, steerable thruster system ideal for manoeuvring climate-friendly ferries and water taxis on Europe’s inland waterways.

5th March 2021

Torqeedo/Poseidon unveil new electric drive

5th March 2021

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Holland Shipyards Group will retrofit a zero-emissions hydrogen propulsion system on to the inland container ship Maas after months of energy profiling onboard the vessel undertaken by Future Proof Shipping.

5th March 2021

HOLLAND SHIPYARDS GROUP TO RETROFIT HYDROGEN SYSTEM ON INLAND CONTAINER SHIP

5th March 2021