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CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

Infineum has announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement with World Fuel Services. World Fuel Services will act as the global distributor for Infineum’s Marine Fuel Additives product line.

7th August 2023

Infineum appoints World Fuel Services as global distributor

7th August 2023

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

VPS has released an update to its 10 July 2023 advisory warning about a marine fuel contamination issue in Houston.

7th August 2023

Update on recent Houston bunker contamination issue

7th August 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG) has announced the opening of its first customer support center in China. The office in Shanghai opened on 1 August.

7th August 2023

J-ENG expands China customer support

7th August 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fondo Italiano d’Investimento is to acquire a minority stake in RINA, a multinational company based in Genoa, Italy.

7th August 2023

Investment fund acquires RINA minority stake

7th August 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Fincantieri has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an Italian underwater vehicle designer and supplier, C.A.B.I. Cattaneo (CABI), to cooperate in the potential development of underwater vehicles and their integration with larger vessels for…

7th August 2023

Fincantieri signs MoU with underwater vehicle developer

7th August 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

In a seminal development for China’s expansive inland shipping sector, a battery-electric container vessel is set to be commissioned during the autumn on the Yangtze River. The 700TEU newbuild was launched on…

7th August 2023

All-Electric Boxship For Yangtze Route

7th August 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Tailored to China’s domestic and feeder trade between inland and coastal ports, a new generation of container ships in the 1,000 TEU category has been ordered from Taizhou Jianxing Heavy Industry.

7th August 2023

Chinese Investment In Open-Top Feeders

7th August 2023

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Corvus Energy has announced that Geir Bjørkeli has decided to pursue other opportunities and will leave his role as Chief Executive Officer before the end of 2023.

3rd August 2023

Corvus announces leadership change

3rd August 2023

BIOFUELS

BIOFUELS

Tanker operator Norden has acquired a minority stake in a biofuel developer, with the intention of helping the renewable fuel producer to bring its biofuel to the maritime market.

3rd August 2023

Norden takes stake in biofuel developer

3rd August 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

German short-sea specialist Vega Reederei has placed an order for a series of ten diesel-electric multi-purpose cargo vessels.. The vessels will be built by Sinomach Group to a design developed by Conoship International of…

3rd August 2023

German Short-Sea Investment

3rd August 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

An initiative to help stimulate orders for UK-built vessels has been launched by the UK Government. The Shipbuilding Credit Guarantee Scheme (SCGS) is designed to help owners or operators access finance for…

3rd August 2023

Step Change For UK Shipbuilding?

3rd August 2023

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Damen Shipyards and Turkey’s Feyz Group have inked a deal for the delivery of three new Damen Combi Freighters 3850 for delivery in early 2025.

3rd August 2023

Damen in Turkish combi freighter deal

3rd August 2023

BATTERIES, SUPERCAPACITORS, FUEL CELLS AND OTHER ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY

BATTERIES, SUPERCAPACITORS, FUEL CELLS AND OTHER ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY

Yanmar Power, a subsidiary of Yanmar, has announced that it has added hydrogen fuel-cell systems to its product portfolio, making fuel cell systems commercially available from 1 August.

2nd August 2023

Yanmar launches PEM FC solution

2nd August 2023

HYDROGEN

HYDROGEN

Researchers from Texas-based Southwest Research Institute studied the effects of introducing hydrogen on a diesel engine that had not been optimised for its use and found no short-term noticeable change in engine…

2nd August 2023

1MW Scale SWRI Tests Reveal Positive H2 Results

2nd August 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Testament to the reach and resolve of the Japanese shipping industry, the essential trading tool of the world’s third largest economy, the NYK Group has taken delivery of the initial vessels in…

2nd August 2023

New Chapter In Vehicle Carrier Evolution

2nd August 2023

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

Rumours of seaborne coal’s demise have been greatly exaggerated, to paraphrase Mark Twain, but shipowners should eye proposed restrictions on new projects in Asia.

2nd August 2023

Does seaborne thermal coal’s future depend upon CCUS or NH3 co-firing?

2nd August 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Wärtsilä has awarded Damen Marine Components (DMC) a contract to provide steering equipment to two landing platform docks (LPD) of the Chilean Navy.

2nd August 2023

DMC wins LPD steering equipment deal

2nd August 2023

METHANOL

METHANOL

X Press Feeders has agreed an offtake agreement with OCI Global’s subsidiary OCI Hyfuels to supply green methanol from the Port of Rotterdam from 2024.

1st August 2023

Port of Rotterdam green methanol offtake agreement

1st August 2023

METHANOL

METHANOL

The world’s first methanol bunker quantity survey (BQS) operation was completed in Singapore on 27 July 2023. 

1st August 2023

First methanol fuel bunker quantity survey

1st August 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Wärtsilä has been awarded an order to supply the methanol-fuelled auxiliary engines for six newbuild container vessels on order for the French shipping company CMA CGM.

1st August 2023

Wärtsilä to supply MeOH-fuelled auxiliaries for CMA CGM newbuildings

1st August 2023