Opinion
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NewsAll eyes turn to CCUS: LR’s van der Post
The emergence of a new trade in carbon transportation is likely to depend upon regulatory developments to support investments, Lloyd’s Register’s Sean van der Post tells The Motorship in an exclusive interview.
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SEA\LNG challenges scrubber/VLSFO payback
Industry group SEA\LNG finds significant benefits to a business choosing an LNG retrofit over fuelling with VLSFO or retrofitting an HFO vessel with scrubbers, based on a 10-year payback period.
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Ammonia and LCO2 among Babcock LGE’s development targets
Andrew Scott, Business Development Director at Babcock LGE, assesses the emerging alternative fuel markets and gives an insight into the company’s development priorities in an exclusive interview with The Motorship.
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Design changes would reduce enclosed spaces risks
In 2018, InterManager launched a survey on enclosed space deaths. Now, as a driving force behind the action being taken on those deaths, the organisation is calling for changes to vessel design, procedures and regulations.
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Don’t compare LNG with green ammonia: SEA\LNG
SEA\LNG urges the industry to make like-for-like comparisons when discussing alternative marine fuels.
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Strategy and conversion expertise central to decarb focus: Holm
Customers’ future flexibility needs informs Wärtsilä’s product and technology solutions strategy, Roger Holm, Executive Vice President and President of Marine Power, explains in an interview in Vaasa, Finland.
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ABS’ Patrick Ryan looks forward to digital Freedom in 2023
Patrick Ryan, Senior Vice President of Global Engineering and Technology discusses the upcoming migration of ABS customers to the Freedom platform and the rollout of the Class Digital Twin in an exclusive interview with The Motorship at Posidonia 2022.
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WinGD’s Schneiter looks forward to further efficiency savings
Dominik Schneiter, WinGD’s Vice President R&D discusses improvements in operational performance for the engine maker’s customers in an interview with The Motorship.
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Tougher measures needed to meet IMO targets: WoodMac
Will the IMO’s efficiency measures be enough to reach current emission targets? “No,” says Iain Mowat, Principal Analyst, EMEARC Refining and Oil Product Markets at Wood Mackenzie.
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Fuel Flexibility Strategy Underpins Engine Launch Plans: Stefan Nysjö
Stefan Nysjö, Vice President Power Supply – Marine Power at Wärtsilä discusses the importance that fuel flexibility is likely to play in the new multi-fuel operating environment, and locates the new 46TS-DF engine in a broader context.
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ABB’s Christoph Rofka: ‘new approach’ in low speed turbocharging in 2023
Christoph Rofka, Senior Vice President, Medium & Low Speed and Rail, ABB Turbocharging, hinted at a step change in low-speed turbocharging in a recent interview with The Motorship.
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MSC Cruises maintains interest in hydrogen: Francioni
MSC Cruises is continuing to examine the possibility of using fuel cells and hydrogen aboard its vessels and hopes to use liquefied hydrogen as fuel onboard its ships in the future, Michele Francioni, Senior Vice President – Cost Optimisation and Process Improvement at MSC Cruises in Geneva tells The Motorship.
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Green hydrogen: the European Union nails its colours to mast
The European Union’s USD221 billion (EUR210bn) REPowerEU scheme will accelerate the emergence of a hydrogen economy in the EU, while ending the trading bloc’s reliance upon imported Russian hydrocarbons by 2027.
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Pathfinding during a time of transitions: Mark Darley of LR
Mark Darley, Director, Marine & Offshore at Lloyd’s Register offered his perspectives on the rapidly changing commercial maritime market in an exclusive interview with The Motorship at Nor-Shipping in Lillestrom
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Is LNG the shipping industry’s dirty secret?
Transport & Environment recently released colourful images of gas and heat plumes from the stacks of two vessels, claiming to have exposed “Europe’s dirty secret at sea,” but industry organisation SEA-LNG is disappointed with what it sees as misinformation.
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Bold Shipbuilding Strategy Needs Delivery To Match
The extension of the UK National Shipbuilding Strategy to commercial maritime shipbuilding, as well as a renewed focus on improving export competitiveness is a welcome step.
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VDR calls for support on decarbonisation
The German Shipowners’ Association (VDR) has released new figures on the German shipping sector and called for action on decarbonisation.
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Call to change bilge water separator regulations
It is impossible to expect a bilge water separator approved according to MEPC 107 (49) which came into force in 2005 to work with the same efficiency today, says Benny Carlson, Owner of Marinfloc.
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Taking charge: the arrival of alt fuels will expand the use of batteries
“We expect to see ESS systems installed on every vessel powered by alternative fuels in future”, Corvus Energy’s Chief Commercial Officer Halvard Hauso tells The Motorship.
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Taking a systemic approach to digitalisation: Eero Lehtovaara
Eero Lehtovaara, Head of Regulatory and Public Affairs at ABB Marine & Ports calls for greater collaboration within the industry to ensure regulatory alignment as the pace of technological development in the digitalisation space accelerates.
