Dutch company Wattlab has signed a contract to outfit the hatches of Berge Rederi's 'BRF Froan' with an onboard solar energy system producing 172,8 kWp, twice the power of Wattlab's previous installation. The vessel will become the world’s largest battery-powered bulk...
UK ship operator Carisbrooke Shipping has announced that the GT Wings AirWing prototype wind assisted propulsion system (WAPS)technology will soon be ready for installation on its Vectis vessel and deployed on a voyages between North Europe and Canada. GT Green...
Norsepower and DNV have set an industry milestone with the type approval design certificate (TADC) award for the explosion-proof (EX) version of the Norsepower rotor sail (NPRS) 28m x 4m. As the first approval for a Wind Assisted Propulsion System (WAPS) to be used in...
Eco Marine Power of Japan is partnering with Aries Marine and Engineering Services of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in various environmental projects including the implementation of ship solar power systems, data management systems and marine energy saving...
BAR Technologies is expanding its WindWings portfolio of wind assistance for ships with the launch of new 20m and 24m models, designed to save 0.7t/day per WindWing on average, on worldwide routes. Building on the successful 37.5m WindWings, these new models will make...
Wärtsilä has received an order to upgrade the exhaust treatment system onboard four vessels in Norwegian operator Color Line’s fleet, adding close-loop functionality to the ships’ current open-loop scrubbers, enabling the ships to operate at maximum efficiency, safely...
Classification society DNV has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Mumbai Port Sustainability Foundation (MPSF), a non-profit entity under the Mumbai Port Authority, to cooperate on activities and projects related to decarbonisation, digitalisation,...
Samskip has joined the HyEkoTank project, an initiative supported by the EU Horizon Europe programme as part of its efforts to reach net zero emissions by 2040. Samskip is to retrofit its multipurpose vessel Samskip Kvitnos with hydrogen fuel cell technology developed...
CIMAC and the Maritime Battery Forum (MBF) have published the first of three white papers on the environmental impact of batteries in deep-sea shipping. The paper offers a comprehensive examination of use cases and application areas within this field. The experts from...
Maritime clean tech company Silverstream Technologies has now exceeded 200 orders for its air lubrication system following its latest confirmed deal, under which the Silverstream system will be installed onboard 18 new 271,000m3 QC-Max class LNG carriers, which will...
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded its first class notation for an onboard carbon capture and storage (OCCS) system to the Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS)-owned 'Pacific Cobalt'. The 50,000 dwt mid-range chemical carrier retrofit features a prefabricated OCCS system...
A Research and Development project by Haugesund Kommune in Norway aims to develop a national pilot for an autonomous zero emission city ferry operation. The test period will initially last for two years, in which the vessel’s autonomy technology will gradually...
The application of wind-assisted propulsion systems (WAPS) across a variety of vessel types is nearing a tipping point with deployment likely to increase rapidly, but the lack of standardisation for verifying fuel savings and concerns about equipment availability must...
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