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VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Damen Shipyards Group has delivered a new Shoalbuster 3209 to SAFEEN Group, a subsidiary of AD Ports Group.

24th August 2023

Second Damen Shoalbuster for SAFEEN

24th August 2023

TURBOCHARGER

TURBOCHARGER

Dirk Bergmann, Chief Technical Officer of Accelleron shared his thoughts with The Motorship in an exclusive interview at the CIMAC conference in Busan.

24th August 2023

PODCAST: Bergmann: decarbonisation requires regulatory as well as technical solutions

24th August 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Representatives from MAN Energy Solutions and A.P. Moller – Maersk presented an update on the methanol engines powering recent newbuilding orders at CIMAC 2023, including the new 95-bore developed for larger vessels.

24th August 2023

MAN’s 95-bore LGIM engine ready for Maersk newbuildings

24th August 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

The developments from the X-DF1.0 to X-DF2.0 involved inclusion of the iCER EGR technology without changing brake mean effective pressure (BMEP), but now WinGD is looking to further increase efficiency and reduce…

24th August 2023

WinGD plans next updates to X-DF engine

24th August 2023

OPINION

OPINION

The confirmation by Tasmanian aluminium shipbuilder Incat that it will be building the world’s largest full-electric ferry – a 130-metre lightweight ferry that will carry 2100 passengers and 226 vehicles for Buquebús…

24th August 2023

Shape of things to come

24th August 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The European Commission (EC) launched an online consultation to evaluate its Ship Recycling Regulation that ran until early June 2023. The results of the work will probably increase the number of ships recycled…

24th August 2023

EC ship recycling consultation likely to drive change towards responsible practices

24th August 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Pioneering Australian aluminium shipbuilder Incat has announced that it will deliver the world’s first full-electric large lightweight ferry for South American ferry operator Buquebús.

24th August 2023

Incat to deliver first large lightweight full-electric ferry

24th August 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Chemicals transportation specialist Stolt Tankers is augmenting its fleet with a series of newbuilds readied for adaptation to ammonia fuel.

24th August 2023

Ammonia-Ready Chemtankers For Stolt Fleet

24th August 2023

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Silverstream Technologies is making inroads in the LNG carrier segment with a raft of orders for its air lubrication technology.

23rd August 2023

Silverstream grows LNGC order book

23rd August 2023

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

Norwegian shipmanagement specialist OSM Thome has announced that it has entered into a Letter of Intent with Norwegian green shipping specialist Pherousa Green Shipping AS (PGS) to collaborate on a series of 63,000dwt ammonia-fuelled Ultramax…

22nd August 2023

OSM Thome inks NH3-fuelled Ultramax series deal

22nd August 2023

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Wind-assisted propulsion technology developer GT Green Technologies is collaborating with classification society Bureau Veritas to obtain approval in principle for its innovative wing concept.

22nd August 2023

GT Green Technologies targets AiP for AirWing’s aerofoil design

22nd August 2023

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has announced the beginning of demonstration tests of the ammonia gas abatement system (AGAS) at its testing facility at Nagasaki District MHI…

22nd August 2023

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding begins NH3 abatement system demonstration tests

22nd August 2023

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Brunvoll is to supply a propulsion and manoeuvring package for a new stun and bleed vessel being built by Fitjar Mekaniske Verksted.

21st August 2023

Brunvoll to propel new fishing vessel

21st August 2023

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

BAR Technologies and Cargill Ocean Transportation have announced that the retrofit installation of BAR Tech’s wind propulsion technology WindWings on Mitsubishi Corporation’s Pyxis Ocean has been completed successfully. 

21st August 2023

Bulker equipped with rigid wing sails begins first voyage

21st August 2023

HYDROGEN

HYDROGEN

Classification society CCS (China Classification Society) has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Weishi Energy Technology Hebei for a liquid hydrogen fuel supply system design suitable for use aboard marine vessels. The…

21st August 2023

CCS awards AiP to LH2 fuel supply system

21st August 2023

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

Avance Gas has taken up an option for two 40,000 cbm LPG/ammonia carrier newbuildings with Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering (CIMC SOE). The dual-fuel newbuildings will be powered by engines capable of operating…

21st August 2023

Avance Gas takes up LPG-fuelled LPG/ammonia carrier options

21st August 2023

HYDROGEN

HYDROGEN

UK engineering company TWI is one of 14 partners that has received EU funding to develop a 160,000cbm liquified hydrogen (LH2) containment system for ships

21st August 2023

Consortium to develop 16,000cbm LH2 containment system

21st August 2023

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Dutch group Damen has been compelled to give up management and operational control of the Mangalia shipyard, Romania’s largest shipbuilder and the biggest in Damen’s international network. The move has been precipitated…

21st August 2023

Strain On Damen’s Romanian Links

21st August 2023

BIOFUELS

BIOFUELS

Chevron’s US subsidiary Chevron U.S.A. Inc., signed a memorandum of understanding with Cummins on 10 August extending the scope of an existing 2021 strategic collaboration agreement to cover biofuels, including renewable natural gasoline blends and biodiesel,…

18th August 2023

Chevron broadens collaboration with Cummins into biofuels

18th August 2023

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

TB Global Technologies Ltd. (TBG), the Japanese cargo handling equipment specialist, has signed an agreement with NYK to jointly develop Japan’s first bunkering boom for ammonia, a device used to supply ammonia fuel between…

18th August 2023

NYK to collaborate in NH3 bunker boom project

18th August 2023