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ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

As the shipping industry edges closer to its 2050 net-zero target, the search for workable alternatives to heavy fuel oil has never been more urgent. What once seemed a distant ambition has now become a technical, regulatory and financial imperative.

23rd December 2025

A look back at this year’s Special Reports

23rd December 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, Imabari Shipbuilding, K Line, MOL, NYK, JMU and NSY have joined forces to create a unified standard design framework for liquefied CO2 carriers and next-generation vessels powered by greener fuels such as ammonia.

1st December 2025

Japan unifies future ship design

1st December 2025

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Over nearly half a century in the reefer trade, Cool Carriers has endured the sweeping changes that reshaped global shipping — from the rise of containerisation and the decline of European and Japanese operators — to industry…

20th November 2025

How Cool Carriers flourished while others withered

20th November 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation and NYK have confirmed positive results for a six-month trial of a B24 FAME blend on a pure car and truck carrier.

9th October 2025

Long-term operational performance confirmed for B24 blend

9th October 2025

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

Yara Clean Ammonia Switzerland SA has signed the world’s first time-charter contract with NYK for an ammonia-fuelled medium gas carrier.

11th February 2025

Yara and NYK sign deal for ammonia-fuelled gas carrier

11th February 2025

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

TMC Compressors (TMC) has won a deal with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to equip four LNG carriers with marine air lubrication system compressors.

24th June 2024

TMC wins HHI LNG carrier deal

24th June 2024

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

The development of ammonia-fuelled 2-stroke and 4-stroke engines is underway in Japan in readiness for a first application in a gas carrier.

22nd May 2024

Japanese group target first ammonia-powered gas carrier

22nd May 2024