A pilot project using a hydrogen generator to supply electricity to ships docked at the Port of Gothenburg is now in its final phase. This method is expected to pave the way for reduced emissions in other ports where conventional shore power connections are not...
Lloyd's Register (LR) has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to Norwegian ship owner Egil Ulvan Rederi AS for its zero-emission self-discharging hydrogen-fuelled bulk carrier, known as 'With Orca'. The vessel is planned to enter into a long-term transport contract...
Norwegian shipowner Solvang has been working with Wärtsilä on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), which it sees as a game changer in CO2 emissions. Solvang accepts that as yet there is no working technology for shipboard CCS, while at the same time deep-sea...
Elreedy Shipping Agency of Egypt has signed a frame agreement with Desmi Ocean Guard on the installation of Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS) on board its fleet, wishing to mitigate the impacts of harmful aquatic invasions, being compliant and reducing pollution...
The Korea Register (KR) has signed an MoU agreement with STX Energy Solutions (STX ES) and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) to work together on technology, standardisation and commercialisation of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC). The agreement was...
ABB and Ballard Power Systems are progressing with their partnership to decarbonise marine transport and have received an AiP from DNV for their high-power fuel cell concept, the development of which was launched in 2018. Tuva Flagstad-Andersen, Regional Manager North...
Shell has signed a five-year contract with Kongsberg for the installation of the JAWS (Just Add Water System) software on board 45 of the LNG carriers chartered by Shell, all of which currently use the Kongsberg Maritime K-IMS Information Management System application...
Hurtigruten Norway has initiated one of Europe's largest environmental ship upgrades, which will mean that the rebuilt ships will cut CO2 emissions by 25% and NOx emissions by as much as 80%. The upgrades, to be completed in 2023, will affect Hurtigruten Norway's...
In its efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of its 90 vessel fleet, Solstad Offshore has turned to Wärtsilä, aiming to achieve a 50% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030. The agreement aims to identify, evaluate, and implement solutions that will increase fuel...
A concept design for a VLCC fuelled by green methanol, produced joinly by China's Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co, part of China State Shipping Corporation and COSCO Shipping Energy has received approval in principle (AiP) from classification societies DNV and...
Swedish ship designer FKAB has received an Approval in Principal (AiP) from RINA for an MR tanker design using LNG with steam to produce Hydrogen, for propulsion, and CO2. A gas reformer will produce hydrogen to supply the main engine as well as a bank of ABB fuel...
Dutch company Kotug is to deploy its E-Pusher type M and four barges for zero-emission transport of cocoa beans by Cargill between the Port of Amsterdam, the largest cocoa import port in the world, and Cargill's cocoa facilities in Zaandam. The vessel is equipped with...
The Grimaldi Group has reinforced its environmental sustainability credentials by partnering with Wärtsilä in a venture that Grimaldi refers to as 'the vacuum cleaner of the seas'. The Neapolitan shipowning company says it has been working for years to tackle the...
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