Lloyd’s Register (LR) has granted Approval in Principle (AiP) to Rondal for its Aero Wing Sail, following completion of concept-level assessment activities in line with LR’s 'Guidance Notes on Wind Assisted Propulsion Systems (2025)'. The Aero Wing Sail is a rigid...
ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a Cargo Containment System (CCS) and Cargo Handling System (CHS) for liquefied hydrogen carriers developed by GTT. Hydrogen is expected to be used as a source of clean energy for decarbonisation since it does not...
The transformational impact of nuclear propulsion on the design, operation and emissions of a 14,000 TEU container vessel and a 157,000 dwt Suezmax tanker have been modelled by ABS and Herbert Engineering Co (HEC) in a new study. ABS commissioned HEC to carry out the...
The first containership ever to sail on green methanol, a Maersk feeder vessel built to ABS Class, has embarked on its historic maiden voyage. ABS considers this to mark a milestone in the history of alternative marine fuels, and it follows the 32,300 dwt vessel’s...
ABS has awarded an approval in principle (AiP) to Korea Maritime Consultants (Komac) for an innovative design of an ammonia-fuelled 3600 TEU container ship, which addresses a perceived increase in market need for small-scale, ammonia-fuelled vessels. Given the...
Erma First company Metis Cyberspace Technology has received type approval from Bureau Veritas covering the functionality of its solution for monitoring and reporting shaft power limitation (ShaPoLi, or SPL). Said to offer relative simplicity, cost efficiency and...
DNV has become the first class society globally to introduce new class rules for electrical shore connections specifically tailored for tankers, contributing to setting sector norms. The need for new rules on shore power for tankers emerged following amendments to the...
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a part of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) have been granted Approval in Principle (AiP) from the Japanese classification society ClassNK for a ship designed to transport ammonia and...
New vessel designs to carry and store liquified carbon dioxide (LCO2) from Petronas, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI) have received approval in principle (AiP) from ABS. Designs for a 96,000m3 LCO2 floating...
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded Type Approval in principle to SeaARCTOS for its emissions monitoring technology Arctos-1, which monitors CO2, methane (CH4) and sulphur dioxide (SO2) exhaust levels with a dedicated sensor attached to a vessel’s exhaust stack....
Bureau Veritas (BV) has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), Hyundai Global Service, TotalEnergies Gas & Power, and Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) for wind assisted ship propulsion (WASP) on a VLCC and a LNG carrier. The AiP marks...
Classification society DNV has awarded Viridis Bulk Carriers an Approval in Principle (AiP) for an ammonia fuelled short sea bulk carrier design. As the industry is looking to bend the carbon curve towards zero, green ammonia is considered one of the most promising...
The ‘ALS Ceres’ is the first in a series of six 7,100 TEU container carriers designed by Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI), which was recently delivered to ABS class by Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC) for Asiatic Lloyd Maritime...
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