Kongsberg Maritime has officially launched K-Sail, a new service that helps vessel owners choose and integrate wind-assist technology effectively. Wind-assist technology has rapidly gained popularity and variety over the past few years as ship owners seek ways to...
In a first of its kind for Korea, Korean Register (KR) has awarded design approval for Hyundai Heavy Industry (HHI)’s latest rotor sail technology ‘Hi-Rotor’. With this wind-assisted propulsion system installed onboard, ships can reduce their fuel consumption and...
Wallenius Wilhelmsen claims to be the first global shipping company to adopt a fully AI-based approach to voyage optimisation, having implemented live streaming of vital data onboard 65 vessels, which it says will help reduce fuel consumption by up to 10%. Geir...
Høglund Marine Solutions has been contracted to deliver a complete integrated solution featuring automation and power management, hybrid-electric, digital and fuel gas supply systems (FGSS) to power four newbuild vessels for Utkilen, a Norway-based chemical tanker...
German operator SFK has taken delivery of a fully-electric ferry outfitted with EST-Floattech’s Green Orca battery system, enabling it to operate in all-electric mode with no diesel generator backup. Dutch marine battery system supplier EST-Floattech has delivered...
Greece-based ballast water treatment specialist Erma First has launched Blue Connect, a new high-voltage shore power solution, more commonly known as Alternate Marine Power (AMP) or Cold Ironing. Blue Connect seamlessly facilitates a vessel’s connection to a port’s...
Intelligent Cargo Systems, a provider of real-time port call visibility to ocean carriers, has extended its agreement with Hapag-Lloyd to provide the carrier’s complete managed fleet with the CargoMate platform. CargoMate enables Hapag-Lloyd’s crews and shore-based...
Naval architect Norwegian Ship Designs says that Approval in Principle (AiP) has been granted by Lloyd’s Register (LR) for two hydrogen fuelled ferries to be operated by Torghatten Nord between the Lofoten Islands and Bodø in Northern Norway. The ferries are scheduled...
"Every minute and every drop of fuel counts in the urgent fight against climate change," said Thomas Koniordos, CEO Yara Marine Technologies. In 2021, Yara launched the distress signal 'Save Our Planet' – represented by the morse code SOP – to highlight concerns about...
Stena Line has decreased its carbon emissions by 11% per tonne of cargo carried over each nautical mile, as well as achieving a reduction of 4% total ship emissions compared to pre-Covid operations, thanks to significantly higher utilisation and thus efficiency of the...
Svitzer, the global towage operator and part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, has announced that its 'Aim for 8' speed initiative – which asks tug crews to navigate at a maximum speed of eight knots during mobilisation and demobilisation – has successfully prevented 1,000t of...
Finnish ferry operator Viking Line says that it has succeeded in reducing carbon dioxide emissions from its vessels by nearly a third over the past 15 years, following environmental investments in the Baltic Sea’s most climate-smart vessels and in onboard technology....
Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Holdings Berhad (MHB) has signed a strategic agreement with Bureau Veritas (BV) Solutions Marine & Offshore (M&O) to support industry-wide efforts to progress shipping’s decarbonisation. This partnership, signed...
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