ClassNK and Napa, on behalf of all participating organisations, have announced the successful completion of phase 3 pilot trials of the cross-industry digital twin project. Results from the pilot trials confirmed the feasibility of the platform’s core business...
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has received Approval in Principle (AiP) for the design of a large-scale liquefied carbon dioxide (CO2) carrier from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK). In June 2021, MOL launched an R&D programme on the adoption of a large-scale liquefied CO2...
Ferry operator Scandlines has chosen ReFlow, a Danish climate tech company, to develop advanced climate twins of its latest freight ferry design using life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. Steel is currently being cut at Cemre Shipyard in Turkey for the...
Western Baltic Engineering (WBE) of Lithuania is launching new designs for what it believes is the first ever electric pusher vessel for use on Europe’s inland waterways. known as the ‘Eelectric Eel’. Klaipeda headquartered WBE said the first example is due to be...
Canadian ship designer Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) has been awarded a contract by Rio Maguari Shipyard (Estaleiro Rio Maguari – ERM), located in Belém, Brazil, to develop the design package for an innovative Articulated Tug and Barge (ATB) for shipping containers along the...
Tanker companies Furetank and Algoma are entering into a joint venture agreement to construct four climate friendly dual-fuel product tankers to trade in Northern Europe. Swedish Furetank AB and Canadian Algoma Central Corporation will own 50% each of the joint...
San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography has selected naval architecture and marine engineering company Glosten as the naval architect for the university’s new California coastal research vessel. The new vessel will have a first-of-its-kind hydrogen-hybrid...
GTT of France has been granted two Approvals in Principle (AiP) from classification society DNV for the design of a membrane type containment system for liquefied hydrogen (LH2) and for the preliminary concept design of a LH2 carrier. These approvals are part of an...
Ship designer Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) of Canada says that another tug to its ART 90-98 design has been delivered to operator Seabulk in Mobile, Alabama. The Advanced Rotortug Hermes joins sister ship Nike, delivered in 2021. Both vessels are 98.5ft long and were built...
NYK Line and IHI Power Systems (IPS) have obtained AiP (Approval in Principle) from Japanese classification society Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) for a jointly-developed ammonia-fuelled tugboat design, said to be the world's first tugboat using ammonia as fuel. This...
Korean Register (KR) and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) have conducted a joint development project (JDP) to develop 40,000m3 liquid Carbon dioxide (LCO2) carriers fuelled with LNG, which has resulted in KR issuing an approval in principle (AiP). As a way of tackling...
Greek ferry operator Saronic Ferries and C-Job Naval Architects have partnered to deliver the design for the first fully-electric Ro-Pax ferry in Greece, in line with Saronic Ferries' mission to operate a purely emissions-free fleet by 2040 to all destinations. George...
Acua Ocean, a UK-based developer of maritime autonomous surface ships, has been granted Approval in Principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register for its hydrogen system, control engineering system and electrical power distribution systems on what is believed to be the...
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