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

NEWS

NEWS

Norway’s maritime and offshore energy expertise could be the key to unlocking the renewable energy growth the world demands, says a director of Norwegian Energy Partners (Norwep), Jon Dugstad.

18th October 2021

Norway’s ambitions to help unlock renewables

18th October 2021

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Norway’s goal is to be a low-emission society by 2050, and its plan encompasses hydrogen production and export, offshore wind and carbon capture and storage.

30th September 2021

NORWAY MOVES AHEAD WITH HYDROGEN PLANS

30th September 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A high capacity, DP3-class vessel for laying, connecting and repairing subsea power cables and umbilicals is taking shape at Ulsteinvik, writes David Tinsley.

30th September 2020

CUSTOM-MADE CABLESHIP FROM NORWAY

30th September 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A consortium of industry partners has been awarded a government grant of NOK 33.5 million (US$3.8m) towards the development of a liquid hydrogen fuel supply chain in Norway for marine applications, writes…

9th January 2020

NORWAY PLANS HYDROGEN NETWORK FOR SHIPS

9th January 2020

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

The era of autonomous commercial shipping will move a step closer in 2020 with the launching of the coastal container carrier Yara Birkeland, writes David Tinsley.

9th January 2020

NORWAY BANKING ON A GAME-CHANGER

9th January 2020

REGULATION

REGULATION

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and government of Norway have launched a major international project to support the IMOs strategy for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from shipping.

15th May 2019

IMO and Norway launch global green project

15th May 2019

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Canadian energy storage specialist, Corvus Energy, has announced that contracts for a new maritime batteries factory in Norway have been finalised.

26th November 2018

New Corvus battery factory in Norway

26th November 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norway’s third autonomous shipping test-bed has been opened on the Oslofjord in Horten, near Kongsberg Maritime’s local facility.

11th December 2017

Norway extends autonomous shipping test-bed policy

11th December 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A recent oil and chemical spill exercise in Norway offered an international audience an insight into the country’s emergency preparedness.

27th October 2017

Norway showcases spill response capabilities

27th October 2017

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

UPDATED. UK company Automated Ships and Kongsberg Maritime have signed an MoU to build what the companies say will be the first unmanned and fully automated vessel for offshore operations.

1st November 2016

UK/Norway venture to build first unmanned offshore vessel

1st November 2016