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MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

A long-term partnership between Shell and Orca AI is helping develop tools to significantly enhance safety at sea.

26th June 2023

Automated navigation tool collaboration

26th June 2023

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

RINA has awarded approval in principle (AiP) for a green retrofit package solution designed by naval architecture designer, Aurelia, in partnership with Econowind, Wattlab and Vertom.

26th June 2023

AiP for green retrofit solution

26th June 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) has ordered six 9,000 teu container ships capable of operating on methanol as a fuel from Yangzijang Shipbuilding in China. 

26th June 2023

Maersk adds six methanol dual fuel container ships to orderbook

26th June 2023

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Shipowners are shifting towards hybridised and electrified vessels as they slow down and adopt clean technologies. This takes them further towards full electrification, with many options along the way.

26th June 2023

Electrification takes shipping further along its decarbonisation path

26th June 2023

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Class societies are actively collaborating with yards and manufacturers to ensure successful and timely engine retrofit projects, but there are challenges.

26th June 2023

Retrofit challenges could hamper timely reduction of emissions

26th June 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Assuming the mantle as Japan’s largest container ship in domestic trade, the 1,096TEU Kiso has entered service on the coastal route network maintained by Imoto Lines.

26th June 2023

Japanmax Design Boosts Coastal Feeder Traffic

26th June 2023

LNG

LNG

An upgraded version of South Korea’s home-grown LNG cargo containment solution has had its first application in a newly-delivered bunker tanker.

26th June 2023

Debut For Revised Korean LNG Tank System

26th June 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kongsberg Maritime has opened a dedicated manufacturing facility and service team to provide support for its waterjet customers in the United States.

23rd June 2023

Kongsberg expands US waterjet support

23rd June 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABS has signed a research agreement with a research and development agency affiliated to Texas A&M University. As part of the research agreement, ABS and Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) have initiated a…

23rd June 2023

ABS Inks Research Deal To Support Marine and Offshore Sector

23rd June 2023

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

A recent media controversy in the UK press surrounding P&O Ferries’ two latest Chinese-built ferries, Pioneer and Liberté, is indicative of the confusion relating to battery-hybrid ferries’ charging solutions. Reports that there would not be sufficient grid…

23rd June 2023

Shore power: confusion and piecemeal adoption slow the current

23rd June 2023

OPINION

OPINION

This week will see the latest attempt by a group of world leaders to push industries to accelerate their journey to net zero emissions while finding new ways to finance the energy…

23rd June 2023

Building shipping industry pressure requires building engine pressure

23rd June 2023

REGULATION

REGULATION

The 80th meeting of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) at the IMO in London will consider a wide range of important topics.

23rd June 2023

Looking ahead at MEPC80

23rd June 2023

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ExxonMobil has successfully completed a commercial marine biofuel oil bunkering in the port of Singapore.

22nd June 2023

ExxonMobil and Evergreen in biofuel bunkering success

22nd June 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

MAN Energy Solutions has confirmed that it will upgrade a 48/60 engine to a 51/60 using a low-pressure injection strategy as its first retrofit of a 4-stroke diesel to dual-fuel MeOH.

22nd June 2023

First MAN 48/60 MeOH retrofit will use low-pressure port fuel injection

22nd June 2023

LNG

LNG

The 82.5-metre long Richmond, the first inland ferry in Europe to be powered by pure gas engines, is now conducting test runs on Lake Constance.

22nd June 2023

Trials for new Lake Constance ferry

22nd June 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

A.P. Moller – Maersk, the Danish logistics company, has awarded MAN PrimeServ a contract to retrofit the main engines aboard 11 container vessels equipped with MAN B&W 8G95ME-C9.5 prime movers. These will be…

22nd June 2023

Maersk to retrofit 11 container vessels to dual-fuel methanol operation

22nd June 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Leading names in the Malaysian maritime sector have forged new global alliances to help drive the development and operation of ammonia-fuelled engines. Through the group’s shipowning and academic entities, MISC Berhad has…

22nd June 2023

Malaysian Group Looks To Ammonia

22nd June 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

DNV is to fully acquire cyber security firm Nixu after taking ownership of more than 93% of its shares in a deal worth €98 million.

21st June 2023

DNV acquires cyber security firm Nixu

21st June 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Manufacturing giants Cadeler and Eneti have announced they are merging to form a ‘business combination agreement’ that aims to build the next generation of wind turbine installation and foundation vessels.

20th June 2023

New partnership to produce fleet of 10 WTIVs and WFIVs

20th June 2023

HYDROGEN

HYDROGEN

The Port of Bilbao and Port of Amsterdam have joined forces to develop a renewable hydrogen corridor in order to develop the hydrogen market and ramp up its associated infrastructure.

20th June 2023

European ports join forces to create hydrogen corridors

20th June 2023

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

BAR Technologies’ wind propulsion technology WindWings has been awarded a Type Approval Design Certificate (TADC) from classification society DNV.

20th June 2023

BARTech WindWings wind-assist propulsion solution

20th June 2023

BIOFUELS

BIOFUELS

Energy major ExxonMobil has signed a contract with Wallenius Wilhelmsen to supply renewable biofuel to Wilhelmsen’s vessels calling in Europe. The contract specifies deliveries at Zeebrugge, with an option for Rotterdam.

20th June 2023

Biofuel supplier for Wallenius Wilhelmsen

20th June 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Two newbuild boxships under construction in China for intra-European trade under charter to North Sea Container Line (NCL) will combine Berg Propulsion’s direct-drive solution with the use of methanol fuel. Besides the…

20th June 2023

A Sea Change In Regional Box Trade

20th June 2023