Alternative Fuels

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Deltamarin is partnering with ESL Shipping to develop innovative methanol-fuelled multipurpose vessels for a wide range of needs and routes.

9th October 2024

Flexible methanol-fuelled vessels partnership

9th October 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A more aggressive policy push is needed if hard-to-abate sectors such as maritime meet the targets laid down in the Paris Agreement.

9th October 2024

Urgent action needed on emissions targets

9th October 2024

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Wallenius Wilhelmsen has announced that four of its twelve Shaper Class vessels on order from Jinling Shipyard will be upsized, making them reportedly the largest pure car and truck carriers ever built.

25th September 2024

Upsizing creates world’s largest PCTCs

25th September 2024

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group has chosen Schottel to provide an advanced propulsion system for four new offshore construction vessels (OCVs).

23rd September 2024

Schottel powers new offshore vessels

23rd September 2024

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

DNV has awarded approval in principle (AiP) to HD Hyundai Mipo (HMD) for its design of a 60,000m³ LPG/NH3/VCM carrier.

20th September 2024

DNV approves HMD gas carrier design

20th September 2024

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Korean Register has announced a duo of initiatives aimed at furthering the use of ammonia as a maritime fuel.

19th September 2024

KR advances ammonia as maritime fuel

19th September 2024

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has successfully participated in an ammonia ship-to-ship (STS) trial organised by the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD).

18th September 2024

MOL completes ammonia STS transfer trial

18th September 2024

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Drawing on its expertise with fuels such as methanol and LPG, Alfa Laval is now turning its sights to ammonia, developing a range of new technologies to accelerate its uptake.

5th September 2024

Alfa Laval advances ammonia fuel technologies

5th September 2024

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Alfa Laval has been granted approval in principle from DNV for its gas combustion unit (GCU) to be used on liquid hydrogen carriers.

4th September 2024

DNV approves Alfa Laval H2 carrier GCU

4th September 2024

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Industry and COSCO SHIPPING Container Lines have inked a deal for 12 new dual-fuel methanol container ships.

30th August 2024

COSCO orders 12 dual-fuel methanol ships

30th August 2024

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

The New Times Shipbuilding Co. in China has ordered MAN 8G95ME Gas Injection Mk10.5 main engines for 12 new container ships for Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping.

28th August 2024

MAN GI engines for 12 EPS newbuilds

28th August 2024

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ClassNK has classed a tugboat completed by NYK Line and IHI Power Systems as an ammonia-fuelled vessel.

23rd August 2024

World’s first ammonia tugboat classed

23rd August 2024

METHANOL

METHANOL

Trinidad and Tobago has cemented its position as a growing force in the methanol bunkering sector, with the recent refuelling of the Stena Prosperous at Point Lisas. The 49,900 DWT IMOIIMeMAX vessel,…

20th August 2024

Trinidad and Tobago growing as a methanol bunkering hub

20th August 2024

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

WinGD has completed type approval and factory acceptance testing of its new medium-bore 2-stroke engine.

10th July 2024

WinGD completes new 2-stroke engine tests

10th July 2024

ALTERNATIVE LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE LUBRICANTS

Wärtsilä Gas Solutions (WGS) will deliver the fuel supply and cargo handling systems for two new gas carriers that will operate with ammonia fuel.

2nd July 2024

Wärtsilä ammonia expertise for Exmar gas carriers

2nd July 2024

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

The keel laying ceremony for the first of two NewMax hybrid ferries has taken place on 28 June at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in WeiHai, China.

1st July 2024

Keel laid for NewMax hybrid ferry

1st July 2024

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Energy firm Preem is to charter two newbuild tankers from Sirius Shipping to transport renewable fuels and feedstock.

26th June 2024

Preem to charter Sirius newbuilds

26th June 2024

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

Blue World has successfully tested a 200 kW maritime fuel cell system which runs on green methanol, bringing new technology into play which could push forward the decarbonisation of the maritime industry.

25th June 2024

A milestone for green methanol powered fuel cells

25th June 2024

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

MAN Cryo has supplied a liquid-hydrogen gas-fuel supply system to the world’s first H2-powered superyacht.

24th June 2024

MAN powers world’s first H2 superyacht

24th June 2024

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

MAN Energy Solutions has teamed up with Eastern Pacific Shipping to train crews on the use of ammonia as a shipping fuel.

5th June 2024

MAN and EPS team up on ammonia training

5th June 2024