Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) and TB Global Technologies have jointly developed a ship-to-shore coupler for liquefied hydrogen (LH2) transport. A prototype coupler has passed development tests and obtained technology qualification from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK)....
Ship manager Anglo-Eastern Univan Group has introduced its methanol bunkering simulator, developed in collaboration with Wärtsilä. The system delivers both theoretical and practical training for the safe handling of methanol as a marine fuel, in line with the IMO...
Greentech company Sulnox says that Greek shipowner Spring Marine Group is expanding its use of Sulnox Eco across its entire fleet following two years of proven fuel savings and additional operational benefits. Spring Marine, which operates a fleet of 28 tankers and...
The Newlight hydrogen retrofit package, which allows existing two- and four-stroke diesel engines to operate on a blend of hydrogen and conventional fuel, has completed factory acceptance testing (FAT) under RINA supervision. The system reduces carbon emissions...
Everllence has announced the first conversion of an Everllence B&W S90 two-stroke engine to dual-fuel methanol running following the successful sea-trials of Cosco Shipping Lines’ 20,000-plus TEU container vessel, ‘Cosco Shipping Libra’. The vessel’s 11S90ME-C...
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Yanmar Power Solutions and Japan Engine Corporation (J-Eng) have successfully conducted what is believed to be the first land-based operation of marine hydrogen engines. The demonstration took place at J-Eng’s headquarters factory, using a...
Greentech company Sulnox, which claims to deliver lower fuel costs and emissions at zero capex, is pleased to announce that it has secured an important patent for Europe covering 39 countries in the significant fuel oil reclamation market. The intellectual property...
Liquid Wind and Umeå Energi have signed all necessary agreements to commercialise a large-scale eFuel production facility in Umeå, Sweden. This milestone follows the environmental permit granted by the Land and Environmental Court in Umeå, marking the transition into...
The British Antarctic Survey ship 'RRS Sir David Attenborough' has departed on a five-week voyage from the UK to Antarctica, marking the start of the new Antarctic field season. The new season brings a full schedule of ambitious science, deep-field exploration and...
The global shipping industry is being misled by the promise of LNG, which fuel optimisation company Fuelre4m says is being driven by commercial rather than environmental, motives, from shipyards chasing newbuild orders to energy companies offloading gas reserves. This...
Liquid Wind has received support from Industriklivet, the Swedish Energy Agency’s programme supporting Swedish industry’s green transition, amounting to €3.6m for the pre-engineering of the company’s full-scale eMethanol plant in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The Swedish...
The Documentary Committee of BIMCO has adopted a Methanol Annex to its Bunker Terms 2018; this is the latest addition to the BIMCO portfolio of contracts and clauses that support the maritime industry’s transition towards alternative fuels and decarbonisation. The...
A.P. Moller–Maersk (Maersk) has announced that it is trialling adding ethanol to the fuel mix for its methanol-fuelled containership fleet as a possible means of enlarging the pool of methanol fuel available. The dual-fuel vessel Laura Maersk, which became the first...
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