According to HD Hyundai of South Korea, global efforts to achieve carbon neutrality and strengthen energy security are accelerating, with the result that nuclear power is drawing increasing attention as a carbon-free energy source. At the same time, heightened...
Swedish company Berg Propulsion has signed an extended collaboration agreement with China’s Jiangsu Dajin Industry. The agreement follows Berg being named the shipyard’s ‘supplier of the year’ for 2024. Building on longstanding relationships between senior management...
Wenchong shipyard in China, part of the CSSC Group, has ordered four shipsets of three MAN 8L21/31 MK2 gensets in connection with the construction of four 96m C-CSOVs (construction and commissioning service operation vessels) operated by DO (Deutsche Offshore...
Schottel is equipping what are said to be the first large purpose-built dual-fuel methanol escort tugs based on the Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) RASalvor 4400-DFM design for towage company Kotug Canada. The two tugs will be equipped with rudder-propellers featuring the...
Wärtsilä has introduced its NextDF technology for a third engine, the Wärtsilä 46TS-DF dual-fuel engine. While operating on LNG, the Wärtsilä 46TS-DF engine with NextDF feature is intended to reduce methane emissions to less than 1.4% of fuel use across all load...
US electric boat company Arc says it is bringing the first electric portable tugboat to the Port of Los Angeles; the company is retrofitting a small 26ft (8m) long tug in a new partnership with Portland shipyard Diversified Marine. The project aims to begin a new era...
Japan Engine Corporation (J-Eng) has recently started ammonia-fuelled co-firing operation of the first full-scale engine to be developed under the 'Green Innovation Fund Project: Next-generation Ship Development' of Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology...
Wärtsilä is to upgrade the Wärtsilä RT-flex main engines on two bulk carrier vessels owned by Turkey-based Ulusoy Sealines. The planned engine retrofits and upgrades will extend the vessels’ operational life and improve both performance and fuel efficiency, thereby...
Swiss marine power company WinGD is to integrate hybrid power and energy systems on four 113,600 dwt wind-assisted tankers under construction for Union Maritime Limited (UML). The agreement marks the first time that WinGD’s X-EL Integrated Energy solution will be...
MAN Energy Solutions reports that its ME-GI engine has continued its strong start to 2025 by winning orders for eight engines for a series of container ships, originally designated as single-fuel conventional engines from an unknown engine designer. The orders are...
The Royal Niestern Sander shipyard in the Netherlands has ordered two MAN 16V175D MEM engines, each rated 2,400kW at 1,800 rpm in connection with the building of an MPV (Multi-Purpose Vessel) vessel ‘Easymax 5’ for Dutch outfit Wagenborg. The engines will be employed...
Brunvoll has signed a contract with Rizhao Gangda Shipyard for the delivery of an extensive propulsion, manoeuvring, and dynamic positioning (DP) system for an emergency towing vessel (ETV). The vessel will be owned by Smit Lamnalco, a subsidiary of Boskalis, and will...
Wärtsilä has introduced a new methane slip reduction solution for its Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engine, which involves conversion of Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel (DF) engines to LNG-only spark gas (SG) operation. The company says this enables an optimised combustion process,...
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