Norway

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Turkish shipyard Tersan is set to build a series of four groundbreaking zero-emission, autonomous ferries for Norwegian operator Fjord1.

10th October 2024

Schottel to power zero-emission ferries in Norway

10th October 2024

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Next year it will be a decade since the first battery powered ferry, the aptly named Ampere, started operations on domestic, short haul service in Norway.

12th June 2024

Electric power gains momentum in ferry industry

12th June 2024

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Together with 12 research institutes and 50 industrial partners, Vard is setting up a new research centre to speed up the transition to greener fuels.

29th May 2024

Alternative fuel research collaborative

29th May 2024

HYDROGEN

HYDROGEN

Ocean Hyway Cluster and partners are exploring the potential for retrofitting PSVs for hydrogen or ammonia fuel, including what value a local industry could create for Vestland in western Norway.

23rd February 2024

Norway’s Vestland Evaluating Hydrogen Value Chain

23rd February 2024

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

Ecospray, the Italian decarbonisation solutions supplier, has announced that it will participate as a technical supplier in a groundbreaking pilot project to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from seawater in Norway.

8th February 2024

Ecospray awarded ocean based carbon capture pilot in Norway

8th February 2024

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norway’s state innovation agency, Innovation Norway, launched risk-based loans for environmental investments in the country’s short-sea shipping sector.

4th September 2023

Innovation Norway offers green shipping funding

4th September 2023

HYDROGEN

HYDROGEN

Norwegian operator Thor Dahl has qualified for government funding to support the initial phase of its plan for a fleet of newbuild zero-emission, short-sea bulk carriers.

26th September 2022

Norway Backs Green Newbuild Scheme

26th September 2022

NEWS

NEWS

One of Havila Kystruten’s cruise ships can’t be insured because of its financial link to Russia

10th May 2022

Sanctions render cruiser uninsurable

10th May 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A marine electrification company is expanding into Norway on the back of continued growth

1st March 2022

Battery developer expands

1st March 2022

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Solvang ASA, a Norwegian shipping company, has agreed to a full-scale pilot retrofit installation of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) system on one of its ECO series of ethylene carriers, the 21,000-cbm…

21st October 2021

Solvang to pilot Wärtsilä CCS system on ethylene carrier by 2023

21st October 2021