Wallenius Wilhelmsen is launching a re-engineered bunker adjustment factor, BAF2.0, to prepare for future fuels on the path to net-zero emissions by 2040. BAF2.0 is expected to streamline and simplify the adaptation of alternative fuels. Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF)...
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MAERSK COMPLETES DUAL-FUEL METHANOL CONVERSION
Container ship 'Maersk Halifax', one of 11 vessels in Maersk’s Hong Kong-class, has been converted into a dual-fuel vessel able to operate on methanol. The retrofit operation was conducted at the Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard in China, taking a total of 88 days. Following...
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IMO HEADS TO AZERBAIJAN FOR COP29
Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez will lead IMO’s delegation to the annual UN Climate Change Conference (COP 29) to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 to 22 November 2024. The 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)...
CORVUS BATTERIES CLOCK UP SAVINGS OF 10 MILLION TONS CO2e
Supplier of zero- emission solutions for the maritime industry Corvus Energy has announced that the company's battery systems have cumulatively helped customers reduce 10 million tons of CO2 since the first installation in 2013. The savings are based on estimates of...
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‘LISTENING’ FUEL SENSOR HELPS GUARD AGAINST EXCESS EMISSIONS
Condition monitoring company CM Technologies (CMT) has added a fuel injection acoustic emission sensor to its proprietary Premet X range of two- and four-stroke diesel engine performance indicators. The new device allows engineers to monitor the acoustic signature of...
ECHANDIA ESTABLISHES BATTERY PRODUCTION IN USA
In response to the rapidly increased demand in the maritime electrification sector in the Americas, Swedish company Echandia has chosen to set up a production facility in Washington State, where it will begin producing its advanced maritime battery system. Echandia...
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RAL’S FIRST TAIWANESE TUGS DELIVERED FROM PAXOCEAN
Canadian ship designer Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) says that two new tugs to its TRAktor 3100-V design, 'Mailiao 1505' and 'Mailiao 1506' were recently delivered to the Formosa Plastic Corp, Taiwan, by PaxOcean Engineering of Batam, Indonesia. The vessels will be operated...
ABS, SDTR AND SDARI JOIN FORCES ON METHANOL-FUELLED BULKER PROJECT
An innovative methanol-fuelled bulk carrier has been designed in a joint development project (JDP) between ABS, SDTR Marine and the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI). SDTR supplied key operational data and SDARI developed the design with...
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MOL MOVES TOWARDS 90-SHIP CLEAN FUEL GOAL
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is moving towards its aim of having 90 vessels afloat fuelled by LNG or methanol by 2030, following delivery of the LNG-fuelled car carrier ‘Cerulean Ace’ from the Onishi Shipyard of Shin Kurushima Dockyard. The vessel will transport cars,...
SANMAR DELIVERS TWO ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY TUGS TO MEDITERRANEAN OPERATOR
Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar has delivered two newbuild tugs from its Boğaçay series to a returning client, the Italy-headquartered Rimorchiatori Mediterranei Group, considered to be the largest tug operator in the Mediterranean. The Ortigia, known as Boğaçay LX while...
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ClassNK ISSUES ESG CERTIFICATION TO FUKUJIN KISEN
Classification Society ClassNK has granted the Class C Innovation Endorsement Provider Certification to Fukujin Kisen, a ship owning company based in Ehime, Japan. ClassNK offers its third-party Innovation Endorsement 'Provider Certification', which supports...
ClassNK EVALUATION ENABLES GREEN FINANCING
Under the 'Zero-Emission Accelerating Ship Finance (Program)' jointly operated by Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) and ClassNK, ClassNK has evaluated a 26300 dwt LNG dual-fuelled chemical tanker, 'Fairchem Pioneer' (IMO No. 9965552) jointly developed by Fukuoka...
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ZERO-EMISSION SHIP PROJECT RECEIVES GOVERNMENT BACKING
The Hurtigruten-led Sea Zero project is to receive funding worth NOK 67m from The Green Platform Initiative to develop zero-emission coastal express vessels. The Green Platform Initiative provides funding for enterprises and research institutes engaged in green...
TRANSPARENT SHIP FINANCE REVEALS EMISSIONS DATA
More than two dozen international banks have reported emissions data of their ship finance portfolios in the third Poseidon Principles Annual Disclosure Report 2022. The report visualises the hard road ahead to reduce emissions. The data remains influenced by...
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