News

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Wärtsilä Water and Waste’s Aquarius UV ballast water management system (BWMS) is being launched with a new filtration solution.

24th July 2023

New filtration solution for Wärtsilä BWMS

24th July 2023

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Provaris Energy has begun a tank prototype testing programme for final class approval from ABS and DNV for the H2Neo compressed hydrogen carrier.

24th July 2023

Provaris begins testing H2 carrier tank prototype

24th July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Shell International Trading and Shipping Company is joining forces with design and engineering consultancy, Houlder, to help decarbonise the maritime industry.

21st July 2023

Shell and Houlder team up on decarbonisation

21st July 2023

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding is to supply 12 LNG fuel gas supply systems (FGSS) for Imabari Shipbuilding.

20th July 2023

Mitsubishi in Imabari LNG FGSS deal

20th July 2023

TURBOCHARGER

TURBOCHARGER

At CIMAC 2023, Raphael Ryser, R&D principal engineer at Accelleron, discussed what changes customers can expect to be made to turbochargers for large engines operating on new fuels.

20th July 2023

New fuel adaptions to turbochargers will include layout and material changes

20th July 2023

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

Different onboard CO2 capture technology types result in different levels of purity, and this will have a significant impact on containment systems, says Rupert Hare, CEO of design and engineering consultancy, Houlder.

20th July 2023

CO2 purity will impact onboard containment system design

20th July 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Methanol has already proven to have the potential to become one of the key solutions for the marine industry to reach net carbon neutrality, and Wärtsilä has multiple newbuild and retrofit solutions…

20th July 2023

Wärtsilä targets high injection pressure for methanol

20th July 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Wärtsilä has put a considerable R&D effort in developing the next generation of its dual-fuel lean burn gas engine, with about 300 hours testing completed.

20th July 2023

Wärtsilä advances testing of new combustion concept

20th July 2023

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco has been elected the new secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

19th July 2023

IMO elects first Latin American as new secretary-general

19th July 2023

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Estonian-based shipping company Amisco has placed the first commercial order for Damen’s new air lubrication system, DACS. DACS, which was developed by a collaboration between Damen and the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), will be…

19th July 2023

First Damen air lubrication retrofit contract agreed

19th July 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

MAN Energy Solutions has launched a project to develop retrofit solutions for medium-speed marine engines. The ‘CliNeR-ECo’ project includes partners from industry and research institutes, and will run until the end of…

19th July 2023

MAN ES participating in 4-stroke methanol retrofit research project

19th July 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Whereas average sailing speed in the containership sector increased by up to 4% during the Covid-19 pandemic on the back of strong demand and in the face of widespread port congestion, the…

19th July 2023

Boxship Lines Adopt Slower Speeds

19th July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Maritime decarbonisation company, VPS, has appointed a new head of sustainable fuels.

19th July 2023

VPS appoints new sustainable fuels boss

19th July 2023

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A new report says that technology readiness is high for methanol, but pricing, availability and carbon accounting are obstacles to its widespread adoption.

18th July 2023

Making methanol a viable fuel for the shipping industry

18th July 2023

BIOFUELS

BIOFUELS

DB Schenker and Volvo Cars are teaming up on more sustainable ocean freight, shipping 12,000 standard containers with automotive spare parts on vessels using biofuel.

18th July 2023

Automotive shipping turns to biofuels

18th July 2023

METHANOL

METHANOL

FincoEnergies and the Port of Amsterdam will now supply biomethanol by truck extending the port’s alternative fuel offering to customers.

18th July 2023

Amsterdam moves to extend its alt fuels offering

18th July 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

UZMAR Shipyards in Turkey has placed an order for 4 × 12V175D-MM IMO Tier II engines, each rated at 2,400 kW @ 1,800 rpm, for two TRAnsverse tug newbuilds.

18th July 2023

MAN 175Ds for Svitzer tugs

18th July 2023

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

Brunvoll has been chosen as the supplier of a complete propulsion and manoeuvring system for a Service Operations Vessel (SOV) designed to operate on green fuel, currently being built for ESVAGT at Cemre Shipyard.

18th July 2023

ESVAGT chooses Brunvoll propulsion package

18th July 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

WinGD has stated that it is on track to deliver the first X-DF-A dual fuel engine capable of operating on ammonia by Q1 2025, and expects the first vessel powered by X-DF-A…

18th July 2023

First NH3-fuelled X-DF-A engine to be delivered in Q1 2025

18th July 2023

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

HAV Design has been chosen to develop another methanol hybrid offshore wind service operation vessel (SOV) for Esvagt.

17th July 2023

11th SOV from HAV Design for Esvagt

17th July 2023

LNG

LNG

Hapag-Lloyd’s container vessel Berlin Express has received a bunkering of bonded LNG in China. The delivery was supplied by World Fuel Services Corporation, and marked the first LNG bunkering operation at a Chinese port for a Hapag-Lloyd vessel.

17th July 2023

Hapag-Lloyd in landmark bonded LNG bunkering in China

17th July 2023

METHANOL

METHANOL

A Maersk container feeder vessel has received the world’s first bunkering of green methanol. The delivery in South Korea marked the first time any vessel has been bunkered with green methanol.

17th July 2023

First green methanol bunkering in Korea

17th July 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

The first low-pressure ME-GA engine to be equipped with a new engine control feature, ‘ME-GA-opti’, has successfully completed LNG gas trials in South Korea, MAN ES has announced.

17th July 2023

First ME-GA engine with individual cylinder control option completes gas trials

17th July 2023