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...
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Marine fuel & lubricant news
BIMCO ADOPTS METHANOL BUNKERING TERMS
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...
Water & waste management news
WÄRTSILÄ HELPS CRUISE COMPANY DEAL WITH WASTE IN SUSTAINABLE FASHION
Wärtsilä's Water and Waste division has signed a four-year Service, Spares and Technical Support agreement with cruise operator Carnival Corporation. The contract covers a platform for providing the support needed to maintain and operate the onboard...
BIO-SEA BWTS SELECTED FOR WIND-POWERED CARGO SHIP
The French Bio-UV Group has won a contract to supply its Bio-Sea UV ballast water treatment system to the Neoliner 136 wind-powered cargo vessel newbuild. The Neoliner 136 is the first ship of its kind from Neoline, a company established in 2015 to research solutions...
Marine environment & clean shipping news
LNG-HYBRID FERRIES BOOST PASSENGER NUMBERS
Brittany Ferries says it is celebrating a summer season boosted by the arrival of two LNG-electric hybrid ships, as a result of which passenger volumes rose 3% from June to September to 1.2m. Its flagship route serving Portsmouth and Caen carried 415,824 of those...
METHANE ABATEMENT AFTERTREATMENT SEA TRIAL CONCLUDES
Swiss company Daphne Technology and Maran Gas, part of the Angelicoussis Group, have concluded their joint pilot project that marked the first deployment of the SlipPure Plasma-Catalytic Methane Slip Aftertreatment system on board a commercial LNG carrier, the 'Maran...
Marine propulsion & machinery news
KONGSBERG ENGINE SIMULATOR OFFERS FUTURE FUEL TRAINING IN FINLAND.
Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded the official tender to deliver a K-Sim engine full mission and desktop simulator system to Aboa Mare Maritime Academy and Training Centre in Turku, Finland. The delivery, scheduled to be completed in Q1, 2026, will include what are...
LR TO INVESTIGATE SHIP PROPULSION BY MICRO-REACTORS
Lloyd’s Register (LR) is working with US company Deployable Energy to advance the safe use of micro-nuclear reactor technology to power ships. LR Advisory has been guiding the development of Deployable Energy’s Unity Nuclear Battery, a compact, factory-built...
Marine coatings & hull protection news
JOTUN HELPS SALLAUM LINES TOWARD CLEANER OPERATIONS
Shipping company Sallaum Lines has taken a step towards optimising hull performance environmental impact for its fleet with the investment in Jotun’s hull performance solution, HPS, including HullKeeper, for its four PCTC newbuildings in Nanjing Jinling Shipyard. The...
MARINE BIOCIDES ARE KEY ENABLERS FOR SUSTAINABLE SHIPPING
As a co-author and signatory of a recently published whitepaper entitled 'Antifouling biocides: a key contributor to sustainable shipping', the Swedish company I-Tech, developer of barnacle repelling technology Selektope, believes that education around the important...
Maritime regulatory news
EU ETS FOR SHIPPING UNPICKED BY ClassNK
ClassNK has released 'FAQs on the EU-ETS for Shipping', an online overview and necessary preparation of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU-ETS), which is expected to be introduced to the maritime industry. The European Union (EU) has set a goal of...
BIMCO ANSWERS QUESTIONS ON COMPLEXITIES OF CII CLAUSE
BIMCO published its CII Operations Clause for Time Charter Parties in November, following adoption of the clause by its Documentary Committee. As a result, BIMCO members and industry stakeholders have been providing feedback on application of the clause. The BIMCO CII...
Ship design & naval architecture news
OSK DESIGNS NEW DANISH SUSTAINABLE RV
Danish company OSK Design says it is playing a central role in the 'Dana V' project, a next generation hybrid marine research vessel for DTV of Denmark, currently under construction. As the appointed technical project manager, OSK Design is guiding the process from...
AiP FROM BV FOR HUDONG-ZHONGHUA CLEAN ENERGY VESSEL DESIGNS
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) has awarded approval in principle (AIP) to three new clean energy and low-carbon fuel-powered vessel designs developed by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group. The approvals are thought to highlight Hudong-Zhonghua’s...
Shipbuilding & ship repair news
KOTUG CANADA METHANOL-FUELLED TUG LAUNCHED BY SANMAR
Turkish shipyard Sanmar has launched the first of a pair of large purpose-built dual fuel methanol escort tugs, believed to be the world's first, for Kotug Canada. KOTUG Canada is a partnership between Dutch company Kotug International and Canada's Horizon Maritime....
NEW GREAT LAKES CEMENT CARRIER BEGINS SERVICE
North American construction materials company Amrize has celebrated the launch of the 'Tamarack', a next-generation cement carrier with a capacity of over 10,000m3, intended to deliver Amrize building materials, cutting energy consumption and emissions. The new vessel...
Ship classification news
NEW LEADERSHIP APPOINTMENTS AT BV
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) has announced recent new leadership appointments, intended to strengthen the company’s regional leadership, support continued growth, and enhance operational excellence across key global markets. Drago Pinteric has been...
ABS CLASSES FIRST US-FLAGGED HYBRID OSV
The first Jones Act plug-in hybrid offshore wind service operation vessel (SOV) in the US has been christened and launched in a ceremony at the Port of New Orleans. The ABS-classed ECO Liberty was constructed by Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) at its LaShip shipyard in...
Ship’s deck & cargo news
12-SHIP MACGREGOR HATCH COVER ORDER FROM JAPAN
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a significant hatch cover order for 12 containerships each of 3,055 TEU capacity, to be built by Japan Marine United (JMU) for the Taiwanese shipping company, Wan Hai Lines. The scope of supply includes design and key...
Marine electronics & digitalisation news
NORSEPOWER LAUNCHES WIND-POWER MONITORING SYSTEM
Wind Assisted Propulsion Systems (WAPS) company Norsepower has unveiled Norsepower True Performance, described as an advanced performance measurement and monitoring system which measures performance of both the sails and the ship’s propeller, providing shipowners,...
LR ONEOCEAN AND RCL PARTNER TO CUT EMISSIONS
Regional Container Lines has partnered with Lloyd’s Register OneOcean (LR OneOcean) to increase fleet efficiency, reduce fuel consumption, and support its commitment to operational excellence and sustainability. Under the agreement, RCL has subscribed to LR OneOcean’s...
Offshore marine news
UNMANNED HYBRID VESSEL LAUNCHED IN SPAIN
The Gondan shipyard in Figueras, Spain has launched its first unmanned vessel, an advanced uncrewed surface vessel (USV) for Norwegian joint venture USV, comprising offshore companies DeepOcean, Solstad and Østensjø Rederi. The vessel, designed by Salt Ship Design to...
OCCS PILOT STUDY PROJECT GETS UNDERWAY
FPSO operator Modec has entered into a front end engineering and design (FEED) contract with Samsung E&A for an offshore carbon capture and storage (OCCS) pilot project, selecting UK company Carbon Clean’s modular CycloneCC technology. The study envisages the...
Maritime business news
LR EXPANDS ITS PORTS SUSTAINABILITY SUPPORT
Lloyd’s Register (LR) Advisory has expanded its ports team and invested in expertise and leadership to launch LR Ports Advisory – a new centre to support ports as they address the many interconnected challenges faced today. Sustainability, geopolitics, security, and...
SWIRE JOINS CARBON MANAGEMENT NETWORK TO ENSURE SUSTAINABILITY AND COMPLIANCE
UK-based supply chain risk management solution specialist Achilles has signed an agreement to bring Swire Shipping into the Achilles Maritime Network. This latest addition to the collaborative industry initiative brings the total number of vessels in the programme to...
Maritime & emissions research news
FMD SIGNS ALTERNATIVE FUEL MoU WITH US LAB
US engine company Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the US Department of Energy’s largest multidisciplinary laboratory have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development and integration of...
EMISSION CUTS WITH WIND PROPULSION AND VOYAGE OPTIMISATION ARE VALIDATED
A joint simulation project between Napa, Norsepower, and Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering (SHI-ME) has validated the emissions reduction potential of combining wind propulsion with voyage optimisation. The results so far from the first phase of the...
Maritime safety & security news
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