US hydrogen and nitrogen product manufacturer CF Industries Holdings, commodities company Trafigura, and marine fuel supplier TFG Marine, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate the adoption of low-carbon ammonia as a marine fuel. Building on...
Independent university testing has proved that marine fuel consumption and associated emissions could be reduced more quickly and cost-effectively than previously assumed, using existing vessels and standard fuels already in circulation. A study conducted by the...
Wärtsilä Water and Waste has relaunched its STC0-23 sewage treatment plant, part of the Super Trident series, with the smallest and most compact design of any Wärtsilä Water and Waste sewage treatment plant. The technology works with both gravity and vacuum waste...
Bio-UV Group, the French manufacturer of the Bio-Sea ballast water treatment system (BWTS), has inaugurated a new 1,200m² maritime training, R&D, engineering, and production facility. The completion of the €2.2m extension, which increases the footprint of the...
Zinus has signed a new contract with Norwegian system integrator SEAM for the delivery of a complete cable management system (CMS) to the OMYA Hustadmarmor project. This is said to further strengthen the company’s position as a key technology provider in the...
Wind assisted propulsion system (WAPS) developer bound4blue and Amasus Shipping have completed the installation of a 22m eSail on the general cargo vessel 'Fluvius Tavy' at Astander Shipyard in Santander, Spain. The project marks the companies’ second installation,...
Finnish propulsion company Steerprop has received a further thruster order from shipbuilder TKMS for a new German research vessel, 'Polarstern'. The addition of two Steerprop SP 40 TT ARC tunnel thrusters means that Steerprop will now provide the complete,...
Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract to supply its rim-drive thrusters for a new acoustic research vessel being built for India’s Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL). The vessel, under construction at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE),...
Ionic Tankers is one of the first shipping companies to adopt new zero-impact green coating solutions, technologies which improve the vessels’ energy efficiency, with a focus on improving the annual efficiency ratio (AER) and CII indicators. Ionic is committed to the...
The Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry (CHI) Zhoushan shipyard recently partnered with Hempel to conduct a technical workshop on air-assisted airless spray (AAAS) technology, aligning with national VOC reduction initiatives. The workshop focused on operational principles...
According to IMO, states in the Mediterranean Sea are preparing to implement, in 2025, global laws which will require ships to meet stringent requirements to limit harmful pollution by Sulphur Oxides (SOx). To support the implementation of the new cleaner air rules,...
Danish shipowner organisation Danske Rederier says it will support an agreement to prohibit the discharge of scrubber water into Danish waters, reached by a broad political majority in the country's parliament. Danske Rederier calls for thorough enforcement of the...
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has obtained approval in principle (AiP) from classification society Lloyd's Register (LR) for two new different designs of a membrane-type LNG carrier equipped with four units of Wind Challenger, a hard sail wind assisted propulsion system. In...
Danish naval architecture practice Knud E Hansen is to provide the outline design for three new ferries for Orkney Islands Council in Scotland. The new ferries will serve the outer North Isles (Westray, Stronsay, Sanday, and Eday) using existing infrastructure, with a...
OMS Group, a provider of subsea digital infrastructure, has signed contracts with Ulstein for the design and construction of two cable-laying vessels. This is the latest step in OMS Group’s fleet expansion strategy and underscores OMS's commitment to the environment...
Cargill has begun the maiden voyage of 'Brave Pioneer', delivered from Tsuneishi Shipbuilding's Cebu yard in the Philippines, first of five green methanol dual-fuel dry bulk vessels chartered by the company. The deployment of the Brave Pioneer is seen as an important...
DNV has opened its new London Cruise Centre, intended to strengthen DNV’s support for cruise owners, operators, ports and yards throughout Europe and beyond – providing local, time-zone aligned support, alongside DNV’s global technical capabilities and competencies...
Lloyd’s Register (LR), in collaboration with Cosco Shipping Group, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the University of Southampton, has established the International Maritime Future Technologies Innovation Centre. The new virtual centre aims to advance research and...
Cargotec company MacGregor has introduced a fully electrically driven heavy lift crane (HCE) to its heavy lift equipment family, in its drive to offer more environmentally sustainable products and solutions. The HCE is a result of combining MacGregor and NMF’s...
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...
BAR Technologies has unveiled WindWings Hub, a new platform that the company says promises to transform how shipping companies track, understand and optimise the performance of wind-assisted vessels. According to the company, verifying the impact of clean technologies...
A trend towards more use of data-driven, digital vessel performance systems is gathering pace in the shipping industry was one of the main takeaways from the 10th HullPIC conference, but with ship operators saying that there are challenges still to be overcome. The...
Vard has handed over NB 973, a newbuild Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV), to Purus, ahead of contractual schedule This is said to be the first CSOV to receive DNV’s COMF C2 V1 class notation for climate, noise and vibration, which Vard describes as a...
Olympic's latest CSOV, the 'Olympic Notos', has been operational for six months since her delivery from Ulstein Verft, and the customer feedback is said to be 'outstanding'. Olympic CTO Runar Stave said: "The vessel was delivered from Ulstein Verft in November and has...
The Baltic Exchange has launched a new Time Charter Equivalent (TCE) earnings calculator, designed to bring clarity and consistency to freight assessments in an increasingly complex market. The calculator builds on the Baltic’s long-standing TCE methodology, which has...
Goltens Worldwide and WE Tech Solutions of Finland have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly promote, sell, and deliver advanced marine retrofit projects aimed at improving vessel energy efficiency and reducing emissions. Under the agreement, Goltens...
ABS and Sea Forrest Power Solutions, a subsidiary of BH Global, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to drive advancements in cutting-edge maritime electrification technologies. Supported by the ABS Electrification Center in Singapore, the agreement will...
A Lloyd’s Register (LR) report on the state of technology, integration and compliance, alongside the business case for retrofitting vessels, has found that repair yard capability and capacity concerns could thwart the uptake of alternative fuel technology onboard...
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