methane slip

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel (SGMF) has released its latest Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of liquefied natural gas, highlighting improved greenhouse gas reductions compared with conventional marine fuels.

23rd April 2026

LNG study shows emissions progress

23rd April 2026

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A new at-sea trial is set to test whether ships can move beyond cutting their own emissions to actively removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere during normal operations, marking a potential shift in maritime decarbonisation strategies.

20th April 2026

EXCLUSIVE: Ships trial methane removal technology

20th April 2026

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Many LNG-powered ships may be unable to fully use shorepower in ports without creating new emission or safety risks, according to a new study.

5th February 2026

Shorepower clashes with LNG, says study

5th February 2026

LNG

LNG

Rene Baart, head of retrofit solutions at WinGD, writes:At WinGD, we spend a lot of time looking ahead – at future fuels, new engine concepts and long-term decarbonisation pathways. But we are…

19th December 2025

Why Variable Compression Ratio technology is a practical retrofit path to 2030

19th December 2025

LNG

LNG

It can be a debatable point as to whether liquefied natural gas (LPG), which has methane as its principal constituent, can really be counted as a ‘future fuel’. It is relatively widely…

13th October 2025

Industry tackles methane slip issues with LNG engines

13th October 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

WinGD and Hanwha Engine have unveiled what they say is the world’s first LNG carrier engine using Variable Compression Ratio (VCR) technology.

2nd September 2025

A milestone in VCR engine technology

2nd September 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

WinGD has become the first engine designer to join the Methane Abatement in Maritime Innovation Initiative (MAMII), marking a significant expansion of the coalition’s cross-sector efforts to address methane emissions from LNG-fuelled…

2nd September 2025

WinGD joins MAMII

2nd September 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

WinGD has been involved with marine engine innovation for some time, focusing on future fuels but also with refining engines running on existing fuels such as LNG as seen with its Variable…

26th June 2025

WinGD’s advances in VCR, alternative fuels and methane slip reduction

26th June 2025

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wärtsilä has integrated its advanced NextDF technology into a third engine, the Wärtsilä 46TS-DF dual-fuel engine.

30th April 2025

Wärtsilä adds NextDF to 46TS

30th April 2025

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wärtsilä will equip Ibaizabal’s new LNG bunkering vessel with methane busting 25DF dual-fuel engines featuring NextDF technology.

25th March 2025

Tackling methane slip on LNG bunkering vessels

25th March 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

WinGD has successfully completed shop tests of its new variable compression ratio (VCR) technology, marking a significant step forward in reducing methane emissions from marine engines.

10th March 2025

WinGD tests methane slip reduction tech

10th March 2025

LNG

LNG

South Korean shipyard Hanwha Ocean has placed an order for four MAN B&W 5G70ME-GI Mk10.5 engines to be installed in two 174,000 cbm LNG carriers for an undisclosed shipowner.

13th February 2025

MAN ES’ ME-GI engine orders pick up in LNG carrier segment

13th February 2025

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Daphne Technology, in collaboration with Williams, has been awarded a grant of nearly $6 million from the US Department of Energy’s Methane Emissions Reduction Programme (MERP).

16th January 2025

Daphne Technology and Williams secure DOE grant for Methane reduction tech

16th January 2025

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Wärtsilä recently broadened the scope of its NextDF technology with the release of its 25DF dual-fuel engine. We spoke to Juha Kytölä, director of R&D and engineering at Wärtsilä, about its new…

31st December 2024

Wärtsilä’s Juha Kytölä on reducing methane slip

31st December 2024

LNG

LNG

Wärtsilä has increased the scope of its NextDF technology, now available for the Wärtsilä 25DF dual-fuel engine, marking a significant advancement in emission reduction for liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel use.

31st October 2024

Wärtsilä broadens methane slip reduction technology to its 25DF engine

31st October 2024

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

When LNG was first seriously proposed as a mainstream alternative ship fuel, much was made of its environmental benefits. Compared with conventional fuels it produced negligible amounts of SOx and particulate matter,…

28th October 2024

LNG and bio-methane: A pathway to lower carbon

28th October 2024

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A study conducted by the Transport Emission Control Team at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has documented how methane slip and other emissions from a dual-fuel LNG engine change under real-world…

16th October 2024

Cruise ship study demonstrates how methane slip changes with engine load

16th October 2024

LNG

LNG

Wärtsilä, has joined forces with Chevron Shipping Company is set to convert one engine on six of Chevron Transport Corporation LNG carriers from dual-fuel (DF) to spark gas (SG) operation.

19th September 2024

Wärtsilä and Chevron partner to reduce methane slip

19th September 2024

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Industry coalition SEA-LNG has issued a statement on the significant progress being made to eradicate methane slip on the same day the Say No to LNG lobby group seeks to halt the…

1st August 2024

SEA-LNG defiant in face of lobby group pressure

1st August 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Lloyd’s Register has approved an innovative methane slip reduction system which uses plasma-catalytic technology.

1st July 2024

New methane slip system approved

1st July 2024