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MOL TO OPERATE JAPAN’S NEW GREEN ARCTIC RV

MOL TO OPERATE JAPAN’S NEW GREEN ARCTIC RV

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) group companies MOL Ship Management and MOL Marine & Engineering have been selected as a pre-commissioning crew dispatcher and expected operator for a new Arctic research vessel (RV) ordered by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and...

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STUDY ACCUSES SCRUBBERS OF HARMING THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

STUDY ACCUSES SCRUBBERS OF HARMING THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

The combined emissions of metals and other environmentally hazardous substances from ships is putting the marine environment at risk according to a new study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. When the researchers calculated the contaminant load from...

NEW DECARBONISATION TECHNOLOGY CENTRE LAUNCHED IN ITALY

NEW DECARBONISATION TECHNOLOGY CENTRE LAUNCHED IN ITALY

A new laboratory, named CapLab, has been inaugurated in the Post of Genoa, resulting from a partnership between Ecospray and the University of Genoa, and which will be used to study new fuel cell-based carbon capture solutions to be applied in the maritime and...

GRIEG STUDY LOOKS AT VIABILITY OF AMMONIA FUEL TRANSFORMATION

GRIEG STUDY LOOKS AT VIABILITY OF AMMONIA FUEL TRANSFORMATION

A group of industry experts led by Grieg Star Shipping has concluded that deep-sea shipping can transform to ammonia as fuel, but there are several difficult hurdles to overcome. The group examined the possibilities of retrofitting an open hatch vessel to run on green...

HOULDER COLLABORATES ON WIND-ASSIST RETROFIT

HOULDER COLLABORATES ON WIND-ASSIST RETROFIT

Design and engineering consultancy Houlder is to participate in the ‘Winds of Change’ project led by Smart Green Shipping (SGS), which will see an SGS FastRig wing sail retrofitted to a large vessel. The project recently received funding from the UK Department for...

US COMPANY REFITTING ELDERLY TUG FOR ZERO-EMISSION AMMONIA

US COMPANY REFITTING ELDERLY TUG FOR ZERO-EMISSION AMMONIA

Amogy, a US company developing ammonia as a clean fuel for heavy transport applications, has announced plans to launch an ammonia-powered, zero-emission tugboat in late 2023. The company believes that getting the first ammonia-powered vessel on the water will signal a...

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FINCANTIERI ENGINE SUBSIDIARY LOOKS TOWARDS HYDROGEN

FINCANTIERI ENGINE SUBSIDIARY LOOKS TOWARDS HYDROGEN

Fincantieri Group company Isotta Fraschini Motori (IFM), which designs, builds and markets engines, gensets and thrusters, has inaugurated  a new Innovation and Development Centre (CIS) at its Trieste headquarters. Pierroberto Folgiero, CEO Fincantieri, said:...

IMPROVING ENERGY-SAVING POTENTIAL OF ROTOR SAILS

IMPROVING ENERGY-SAVING POTENTIAL OF ROTOR SAILS

Dutch company Blue Wasp Marine has been working with Technical University Delft (TU Delft) and the Sea Axe Fund to assess the potential of a small modification to the Flettner rotor wind assistance device. Using its in-house developed Pelican software, Blue Wasp...

UK FUNDING AWARDED FOR WIND AND CO2 CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY

UK FUNDING AWARDED FOR WIND AND CO2 CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY

UK company Windship Technology has been awarded GBP 4m as part of a consortium in the latest round of the UK’s Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC), towards a project to demonstrate a symbiotic wind propulsion and carbon capture system, aimed at making a...

PROPELLER TECHNOLOGY REDUCES UNDERWATER NOISE POLLUTION

PROPELLER TECHNOLOGY REDUCES UNDERWATER NOISE POLLUTION

A propeller technology capable of substantially reducing the underwater radiated noise (URN) generated by ships’ propellers has been developed by Oscar Propulsion and the University of Strathclyde. The patented PressurePores system reduces propeller tip vortex...

VARD OFFSHORE INNOVATION PROJECT RECEIVES GREEN FUNDING

VARD OFFSHORE INNOVATION PROJECT RECEIVES GREEN FUNDING

Vard, its subsidiary Seaonics, and partners have been awarded NOK 38m for the Ocean Charger project through the Norwegian Government's support scheme 'The Green Platform Initiative'. Norwegian Minister of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, Jan Christian Vestre, said: "We...

AI WILL DRIVE THE ENGINE OF THE FUTURE – HHI

AI WILL DRIVE THE ENGINE OF THE FUTURE – HHI

At an Artificial Intelligence (AI) forum hosted by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group and Seoul National University, accelerating the development of AI technology was described as key for innovation in the shipbuilding and marine engine industry. The forum was...

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