Opinion – Page 6
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NewsChristoph Rofka of ABB Turbocharging: step changes in turbocharging technology
Christoph Rofka, Senior Vice President – Head of Global Product Group Medium, Low Speed and Rail, ABB Turbocharging discusses previous step changes in turbocharging technology and the challenge of designing solutions to new fuels.
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NewsHydrogen hedge: Rolls-Royce Power Lab sees benefits of parallel approach
Rolls-Royce Power Systems, the designer of MTU engines and systems, plans to begin full-scale multi-cylinder tests on a spark-ignited low-pressure hydrogen engine design in 2021, Dr. Peter Riegger, Rolls-Royce Power Systems Vice President Power Lab tells The Motorship in an exclusive interview.
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NewsDEBUT FOR HYDROGEN ENGINE SERIES
A Belgian pairing of influential shipping and engineering interests has given a fillip to the industry’s drive for viable low-carbon or carbon-free technologies by launching a hydrogen-fuelled medium-speed engine, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsDriving force: Kongsberg’s An-Magritt Ryste interview
An-Magritt Ryste, Product Director, Next Generation Shipping at Kongsberg offers her perspective on autonomous vessel development, and the future of demand
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NewsAMMONIA RELEASE STUDIES HIGHLIGHT IMPORTANCE OF HAZID ANALYSIS
The development of rules and regulations for the safe use of ammonia as ship fuel will take time and will need to be developed on the back of a solid program of research and development
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NewsBridging the gap: designing solutions to meet demand after 2030
While LNG remains the best near-term choice as a transition fuel, work to meet market demand after 2030 is accelerating, Volkmar Galke, WinGD’s Global Director of Sales, tells The Motorship.
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NewsJulien Bec of GTT: collaboration holds key to meeting future challenges
Julien Bec, Vice President, LNG as Fuel division at French technology and engineering company Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT), offers his perspective on the lessons that the introduction of LNG into the fuel mix offers for other alternative fuels, and discusses the challenges of anticipating customer demand.
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NewsGROWTH IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS
Geir Bjørkeli, CEO at battery supplier Corvus, cites the strength of the company’s maritime heritage and technologies in an interview with The Motorship
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NewsMAN ES 2-stroke R&D chief prepares for multi-fuel future
Brian Østergaard Sørensen, Vice President, Head of R&D 2-Stroke Business, at MAN Energy Solutions, looks back at technological developments and discusses the challenges of choosing between research priorities.
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NewsWärtsilä advances ammonia and hydrogen research
Kaj Portin, General Manager, Fuel & Operational Flexibility, Wärtsilä Marine, discussed progress in developing solutions to use hydrogen vectors, such as ammonia and hydrogen
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NewsA techno-economic view on the zero carbon fuel landscape
Lloyd''s Register and UCL''s University Maritime Advisory Services (UMAS) have published a report looking at the economic viability, technology readiness and stakeholder engagement of different zero carbon fuels. While the fuels will be technologically possible in the next few years, confidence in the availability of such fuels and the supply ...
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NewsInto the blue: WinGD hybridisation programme takes flight
Stefan Goranov, Program Manager - Hybridisation at engine designer WinGD discusses efficiency gains and the next steps in the engine designer’s hybridisation programme.
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NewsThe path to hydrogen with a zero-carbon footprint
Renewable hydrogen is crucial to shipping’s decarbonisation. But getting there will not be easy or cheap, writes Dr Dino Imhof, Head of Turbocharging Solutions, ABB Turbocharging.
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NewsVanishing food waste flouts maritime and national law
Inconsistent interpretation and enforcement of biosecurity rules by maritime and agricultural authorities is permitting food waste and its derivatives to be sent to the grey water system, argues Wei Chen, Future Program Development Manager, Wartsila UK Ltd, UK.
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NewsHybrid schemes find new technologies for old concepts
Hybrid ships are not new. Just over a century before The Motor Ship was first published, the SS Savannah is credited as the being the first steamship to cross the Atlantic. It took 29 days, from 22 May until 20 June 1819 to travel from Savannah, Georgia, in the US ...
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NewsThinking systematically about propulsion: Wärtsilä's Stefan Nysjö
Stefan Nysjö, Vice President, Marine Power Solutions at Finnish technology company Wärtsilä, takes stock of previous market transitions over the past century and looks forward with anticipation at changes to come.
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NewsWärtsilä ammonia combustion research progresses
Wärtsilä has successfully proven the concept of using ammonia as a fuel, and is moving to test the combustion of ammonia in spark-ignited gas and dual-fuel test engines. The company intends to begin field tests with ship owners as soon as 2022.
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NewsThe Marine Fuels for the Motorships of the Future
A technical pathway is supporting a new maturity in the debate over available GHG reduction options, writes Panos Koutsourakis, Global Technology Leader at Bureau Veritas.
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NewsActing to meet long term objectives
Dorthe Jacobsen, the head of emissions reduction, fuel and lubricants at MAN Energy Solutions’ two-stroke business in Copenhagen offers her view of the path to meeting the IMO’s 2050 targets
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NewsFormulating answers to the industry's lubrication needs
Serge Dal-Farra, Global Marketing Director at energy major Total Lubmarine, assesses the post-IMO 2020 regulation and provides insight to a radically changing market.
