175D HIGH SPEED ENGINE TO POWER CCS VESSEL
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 SUPPLIES EQUIPMENT FOR DP2 HYBRID ETV
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...
MAN AND COSCO COOPERATE ON DECARBONISATION RETROFITS
MAN Energy Solutions has signed a framework agreement with COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (CHI) regarding their future cooperation on decarbonisation retrofit projects. Guo Zhiqiang, Deputy GM, CHI Commercial Headquarters, said: “I am pleased to announce that CHI and...
MOL WIND CHALLENGER TO BE INSTALLED ON TOKYO GAS LNGC
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has signed an agreement with Tokyo LNG Tanker Co (TLT), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo Gas, to install two Wind Challenger wind-assisted ship propulsion systems developed by MOL and Oshima Shipbuilding on a newbuilding LNG carrier that will...
LDA GAINS BV AiP FOR HYDROGEN-FUELLED SOV
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has received an Approval in Principle (AiP) from Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) for its full liquid hydrogen-based SOV design. The level 1 AiP brings LDA one step closer to making its ground-breaking project a reality. ...
WÄRTSILÄ 50DF CONVERSION CUTS METHANE SLIP BY 75%
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,...
ClassNK AiP FOR MITSUBISHI OCCS
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has acquired Approval in Principle (AiP) Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) for its onboard carbon capture and storage (OCCS) system developed to capture and store CO2 emitted from ships. The OCCS...
US CLIMATE POLICY STRENGTHENS CASE FOR WIND PROPULSION – BAR
With the current US administration reported to have withdrawn from climate policy negotiations at the IMO MEPC meeting, wind assisted propulsion systems (WAPS) developer BAR Technologies has stressed the role that credible, proven solutions such as WAPS can play. The...