Lloyd's Register (LR) says it has played a central role in the successful delivery of 'Brands Hatch', believed to be the world’s first newbuild Aframax tanker equipped with wind-assisted propulsion. Built by Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) for Union Maritime...
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...
Japanese classification society ClassNK has released a new web application 'ClassNK RuleViewer' to view its Rules and Guidances on a browser. The application allows users to search and view the latest ClassNK Rules for the Survey and Construction of Steel ships...
Bureau Veritas (BV) has awarded an Approval in Principle (AIP) for a LNG dual fuelled and ammonia fuel prepared very large crude carrier (VLCC) to a consortium comprising China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES), TotalEnergies, Dalian Shipbuilding Industry (DSIC) and...
Lloyd's Register (LR) and Liberian International Ship and Corporate Registry (LISCR) have awarded Design Approval to Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) for the development of the world’s first 30,000m3 liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2)carrier. The new carrier will incorporate...
The next generation ultra large liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carrier for Hyundai Heavy Industries Group (HHI) and Hyundai Glovis has received approval in principle (AiP) from both ABS and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Maritime Administrator. The...
ABS has granted approval in principle (AIP) to CSSC Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding and China Ship Design & Research Centre (CSDC) for what is thought to be the world’s first methanol-powered Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier. The dual-fuel, 210,000 dwt vessel is equipped...
According to classification society RINA, converting commercially operated ships on the high seas to CO2-neutral drive systems is a huge challenge; one important factor being the range requirement of the individual ship types which must be as large as possible for...
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