FUEL CELL POWER PACK ENABLES ELECTRIC DREDGING
Nexus Energy has recently supplied its PowerPack to a pilot project taking place in the seaport of Dordrecht, in which Van Oord, in cooperation with ZEDHub, Smart Delta Drechtsteden, the Municipality of Dordrecht and Port of Rotterdam, assessed the potential of a...
LNG-HYBRID RO-PAX ENTERS SERVICE
Following sea, port and refuelling trials, Brittany Ferries’ latest ro-pax ‘Saint-Malo’ is due to enter service between Portsmouth (UK) and Saint Malo (France) on 12 February. Built in China to the Stena Roro E-Flexer design, this will be the largest...
YARA SIGNS CHARTER DEAL FOR AMMONIA-FUELLED GAS TANKER
Yara Clean Ammonia Switzerland has signed a time-charter contract with Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) for an ammonia-fuelled medium gas carrier due to be delivered in November 2026. Since 2021, Yara Clean Ammonia and NYK have jointly studied the practical...
SVANEHØJ PUMPS FOR NORTH SEA CARBON CAPTURE PROJECT
Petrochemicals company Ineos has selected ITT’s Svanehøj to supply CO2 pumps for the onshore facility and the first LCO2 carrier for Project Greensand in the Danish North Sea. This strategically significant order is said to strengthen Svanehøj’s position in carbon...
DAMEN CUTS NOx EMISSIONS FOR VAN OORD VESSEL
Damen Shipyards Group recently carried out the installation of a series of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems to Van Oord’s ‘Nexus’, a Damen Offshore Carrier (DOC) 8500 delivered in 2014. The 122.68m x 27.45m vessel undertakes cable laying...
NYK TRIALS BIOFUEL IN COAL CARRIER
NYK has begun a biofuel test run on its coal carrier ‘Noshiro Maru’, which is operated for Tohoku Electric Power Co, believed to be the first time in Japan that a coal carrier has been used to test biofuel for a domestic power utility company. Mitsubishi...
FOUNDATIONS LAID FOR SWEDEN-FINLAND GREEN CORRIDOR
Viking Line, Port of Turku and Ports of Stockholm have now been working together for one year on a project which aims to establish a green, fossil-free shipping corridor between Stockholm and Turku. The parties have now laid a solid foundation for the project and...
NEW ELECTRIC SUPPLY BOAT LAUNCHED IN SINGAPORE
The Coastal Sustainability Alliance (CSA), an industry collaborative effort led by Kuok Maritime Group (KMG), has marked what is considered to be a significant milestone with the launch of its first fully electric supply boat (e-supply boat) from shipyard to water and...