Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV), has published a new book, 'Toward a Sustainable Blue Economy', in which EVP Matthieu de Tugny highlights the need for the industry to reframe how the global fleet is financed, fuelled, and operated if its decarbonisation...
Classification society RINA believes that hydrogen is a possible solution (especially for short sea application) to produce the required propulsion energy with no CO2 emissions. Under the European Green Deal, net zero emissions should be achieved in all sectors by...
Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has joined the Maritime Battery Forum, a global network aimed at supporting the development and deployment of batteries within the maritime industry. Being part of the Forum will enable BV to collaborate on the development of...
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has launched a five-level framework for assessing the actual readiness of a vessel for the transition to zero carbon fuels. Published by LR’s Maritime Decarbonisation Hub, ‘Zero Ready Framework – helping to ensure shipping can deliver our...
ABS has awarded two approvals in principle (AiPs) to COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry and COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Technology for their ammonia-fuelled vessel and the associated ammonia supply system designs, which are being trialled on a tugboat. Given the...
Classification society RINA has confirmed that the CO2 reduction achieved by the Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell (MCFC) technology developed by Ecospray for Carbon Capture in shipping, matches the expected targets announced by the company at the beginning of the project....
ABS has issued New Technology Qualification (NTQ) for a first-of-its-kind, pre-combustion carbon capture system based on the thermo-catalytic decomposition process (TCD) from Rotoboost, a global hydrogen company based in Norway. Rotoboost’s TCD allows for continuous...
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering (NACKS) Approval in Principle (AiP) for an ammonia-fueled 16,000 TEU container ship. The AiP was presented at LR’s Nantong office and marks another milestone for ammonia as a fuel for container ship...
ABS has announced that it will class the six latest large ocean-going, methanol-fuelled container vessels ordered by AP Moller-Maersk (Maersk). The order takes the total of dual-fuel engine vessels that can sail on green methanol on order from Maersk to ABS class to...
Lloyd’s Register (LR) and Triumph Energy, a marine technology company specialising in green technology and automation, have announced a new Joint Development Project (JDP) to ensure vessels are built and operated sustainably. The collaboration will see a new ShipRight...
ABS has awarded approval in principle (AiP) to Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for its hybrid power system, a configuration previously limited to smaller vessels in the maritime marketplace, to aid large liquified natural gas carrier (LNGC) ships....
Bureau Veritas (BV has delivered an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for its innovative design and development of an 86K Ammonia (NH3) carrier with NH3 propulsion. The certificate was delivered to Jae Hyuk Woo, Senior...
Bureau Veritas (BV) has been selected for the classification of nine passenger ferries that will transport over 5 million passengers annually on three routes between Hong Kong and outlying islands Lamma Island, Peng Chau, and Hei Ling Chau. The nine high speed craft...
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