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UK PROJECT AIMS TO CREATE HYDROGEN MARINE FUEL FROM SEAWATER

UK PROJECT AIMS TO CREATE HYDROGEN MARINE FUEL FROM SEAWATER

Researchers at Brunel University of London and UK start-up company Genuine H2 are working on a project to split seawater into hydrogen, store it safely on-board vessels and burn it to power engines, emitting only steam. Led by Brunel’s Centre for Powertrain and Fuels...

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Protea Marine Emissions Monitoring
Roodhart Marine
LOW SULPHUR FUEL QUALITY ISSUES CALL FOR INCREASED MONITORING

LOW SULPHUR FUEL QUALITY ISSUES CALL FOR INCREASED MONITORING

Condition monitoring specialist CM Technologies (CMT) has warned that the recent spike in fuel quality problems at major bunkering hubs is creating fresh operational risks for shipowners and underlines the need for more rigorous real-time monitoring on board. Reports...

ACCELLERON’S REPORT AIMS TO BREAK CARBON-NEUTRAL FUEL DEADLOCK

ACCELLERON’S REPORT AIMS TO BREAK CARBON-NEUTRAL FUEL DEADLOCK

Accelleron is launching a Net Zero report, calling on shipping to join forces with other industries and pool demand for carbon-neutral fuels. According to Accelleron, the call to decarbonise shipping has sparked a technological renaissance in the past decade that has...

RICARDO-LED PROJECT INVESTIGATES AMMONIA AS FUTURE MARINE FUEL

RICARDO-LED PROJECT INVESTIGATES AMMONIA AS FUTURE MARINE FUEL

In a UK Government funded feasibility study, ammonia as a future fuel for the maritime sector, is to be assessed by Ricardo, Brunel University of London and the Port of Cromarty Firth. The study will aim to grow understanding in how the fuel could support the...

LATEST SEA-LNG STUDY SHOULD GUIDE IMO NET-ZERO POLICY DECISIONS

LATEST SEA-LNG STUDY SHOULD GUIDE IMO NET-ZERO POLICY DECISIONS

Industry collective Sea-LNG has commissioned independent research and energy intelligence firm Rystad Energy to research GHG emissions from the marine LNG bunker supply chain. The results of the study have now been published; Sea-LNG regards this work, designed to...

DNV STUDY FINDS AMMONIA FUEL SHOWS PROGRESS, BUT BARRIERS REMAIN

DNV STUDY FINDS AMMONIA FUEL SHOWS PROGRESS, BUT BARRIERS REMAIN

A new DNV report, 'Ammonia in Shipping: Tracing the Emergence of a New Fuel', addresses the key barriers to the uptake of ammonia and outlines a two-phase pathway for its widespread adoption in shipping. The first phase would see the building, fuelling, and operation...

OCEANSCORE LAUNCHES FuelEU MARITIME POOLING TRACKER

OCEANSCORE LAUNCHES FuelEU MARITIME POOLING TRACKER

OceanScore has launched its new OceanScore Pool-Price Index (OPX), claimed to offer the maritime industry's most comprehensive benchmark for tracking FuelEU pooling prices. Published monthly, the OPX reflects the average cost of compliance surplus in euro per ton of...

Jotun
Alfa Laval
VIKING LINE INCREASES USE OF FOSSIL-FREE BIOFUEL

VIKING LINE INCREASES USE OF FOSSIL-FREE BIOFUEL

Nordic ferry operator Viking Line, which works in collaboration with energy company Gasum to develop the market for biofuel, will be increasing its purchases of renewable biofuel (bio-LNG) sixfold, which means purchasing European biogas equivalent to 'Viking Glory’s'...

FuelEU MARITIME POOL PLATFORM SECURES ADDITIONAL FUNDING

FuelEU MARITIME POOL PLATFORM SECURES ADDITIONAL FUNDING

Ahti has announced that its FuelEU Maritime Pool platform has secured additional funding from Business Finland. Ahti was first awarded Business Finland support in September 2024. That initial grant enabled the company to accelerate development of its Ahti Pool...

GCMD RECOMMENDS TRACERS TO COMBAT BIOFUEL FRAUD

GCMD RECOMMENDS TRACERS TO COMBAT BIOFUEL FRAUD

The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) has released a landmark report on the first field validation of tracer technologies in marine biofuel supply chains. Conducted in Singapore, Rotterdam, and other major bunkering hubs, the trials demonstrated that...

DUAL-FUEL ENGINES – HANDLE WITH CARE

DUAL-FUEL ENGINES – HANDLE WITH CARE

According to Columbia Group compliance platform EmissionLink, with FuelEU Maritime regulations set to take effect in January 2026 and the IMO’s 2050 net-zero target drawing closer, many dual-fuel vessels are not ready to meet the new era of real-time emissions...

MOL AND ITOCHU JOIN FORCES TO PROMOTE AMMONIA FUEL

MOL AND ITOCHU JOIN FORCES TO PROMOTE AMMONIA FUEL

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has concluded a joint development agreement (JDA) with Itochu Corporation to collaborate on joint development initiatives with the aim to carry out the demonstration of ship-to-ship ammonia bunkering in Singapore using Itochu's ammonia bunkering...

FUEL EFFICIENCY FIGURES REQUIRE RE-THINK

FUEL EFFICIENCY FIGURES REQUIRE RE-THINK

According to UK fuel technology company Fuelre4m, the maritime sector’s longstanding reliance on Specific Fuel Oil Consumption (SFOC) and manufacturer power curves to measure fuel efficiency is increasingly coming under fire for masking real performance as well as...

Pureteq
Krohne
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