According to the latest data from DNV’s Alternative Fuels Insights (AFI) platform, the maritime industry’s exceptional newbuilding year 2024 drove a significant rise in orders for alternative-fuelled vessels. A total of 515 such ships (excluding LNG carriers) were...
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UECC BUNKERS BIO-GAS FUEL IN SPAIN
United European Car Carriers (UECC) has performed the first-ever ship refuelling operation in Spain with a truck-borne shipment of liquefied biomethane (LBM) to widen access to supplies of the sustainable fuel and bolster the country’s circular economy. In the event...
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NORSEPOWER TO INSTALL ROTOR SAILS OPTIMISED FOR HARSH CONDITIONS ON BERGE HYBRID VESSEL
Wind propulsion system provider Norsepower and Norwegian shipowner Berge Rederi have signed a deal to equip two general cargo carriers with Norsepower Rotor Sails. These newbuild vessels, designed by Marine Design and Consulting (MDC) and constructed by Jiangsu Soho...
EXISTING FLEET MUST APPLY ENERGY-SAVING MEASURES, SAYS MERC
In its first publication, the Athens-based Maritime Emissions Reduction Centre (MERC), a non-profit organisation created by Lloyd Register’s Maritime Decarbonisation Hub in collaboration with a consortium of Greek shipowners, says that efficiency measures must be...
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BRUNVOLL PROPULSION FOR BATTERY-HYBRID LIVE FISH CARRIER
Brunvoll has been awarded another contract with AquaShip/Intership for the delivery of a comprehensive propulsion, thruster, and dynamic positioning (DP) system combination for a new live fish carrier. The choice of solutions is said to exemplify Brunvoll's and...
CHANGING GENSET FREQUENCY CAN CUT EMISSIONS
A demonstration test of the Japanese Hz Navi system, designed to produce energy-saving effects by lowering the frequency of the generator according to optimal specifications, has been concluded over a 12-month period on the NYK-operated bulk carrier 'White Princess'....
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LOW-EMISSION RAL TUG DELIVERIES
Canadian naval architecture practice Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) has announced the delivery of low-emission tug 'Hayden Grave', a RApport 2600 design, to Bay-Houston Towing of Galveston, Texas from Master Boat Buildersof Alabama. The new tug is the first in a series of...
C-JOB CONSORTIUM WINS LOW ENERGY DREDGER TENDER
Dutch naval architect C-Job, in a consortium with MARIN, has been successful in a tender process for the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat ‘Innovaties in de Kustlijnzorg’ (IKZ) programme. with a design for sustainable and cost-effective ‘Solution for Coastal Care’, based on...
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ZERO EMISSION FERRY BUILD NEARS COMPLETION
Construction of Scadlines' freight ferry 'Futura' at the Cemre shipyard is entering its final phase, following bottom cleaning and painting among other things in the floating dock, the vessel has headed back out to sea. In addition to the painting work, the...
NEW HEAVY LIFT VESSEL OFFERS EFFICIENCY GAINS
Heavy lift carrier AAL Shipping’s 32,000 dwt Super B-Class vessel ‘AAL Limassol’ has completed its first voyage, safely delivering over 89,000 freight tons of multipurpose cargo on a single sailing to Europe. This is not only a record cargo intake for the carrier, but...
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AiPs FOR CHINESE ALTERNATIVE FUEL SHIP CONCEPTS
ClassNK has issued Approvals in Principle (AiPs) for four advanced ship designs developed by Marine Design & Research Institute of China (MARIC). The four designs – a 210k methanol dual-fuelled bulk carrier, a 210k ammonia dual-fuelled bulk carrier, a 210k LNG...
Class NK AiPs FOR ALTERNATIVE-FUELLED RO-RO DESIGNS
ClassNK has issued Approvals in Principle (AiPs) for three vehicle carrier designs developed by Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI). The first AiP acknowledges an ammonia-ready LNG dual-fuelled vehicle carrier with a capacity of 7,000 CEU, a...
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FASHION RETAILER SIGNS UP FOR MAERSK ECO DELIVERY
Spanish retail group Inditex has partnered with Maersk to reduce its global greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint from seaborne logistics by incorporating alternative fuels in all its inbound routes with the carrier. Through Maersk's ECO Delivery Ocean programme, fossil...
BIMCO ADOPTS NEW CII CHARTER CLAUSE
With the shipping industry facing an increase in new regulations from IMO and the European Union leading to increased urgency to decarbonise, BIMCO has developed a new CII Clause for Voyage Charter Parties. This latest addition to BIMCO’s portfolio of carbon clauses...
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