MORE JAPANESE INVOLVEMENT EXTENDS DIGITAL TWIN PROJECT
Four new companies — Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (‘K’ Line), Kyokuyo Shipyard Corporation, Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding and Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering — have joined the collaborative cross-industry Digital Twin Project. This expansion...
PROPELLER COATING HELPS MEET ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS
Energy transportation company Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) has decided to extend adoption of GIT Coatings’ graphene-based propeller coating, Xgit-Prop, across seven additional crude oil tankers. Previously, OSG had applied the propeller coating to one crude oil...
ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND NEW GERMAN GREEN H2 PLANT
German company Evonik is building a pilot plant in Marl, Germany, for the production of a high-performance anion exchange membrane (AEM) which Evonik is marketing under the name Duraion. A central element in AEM water electrolysis, Duraion membranes enable the cost...
ICS SAYS MORE PROGRESS NEEDED AHEAD OF MEPC83
Following a week of intensive GHG negotiations at IMO, Guy Platten, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), emphasised the need for urgent progress ahead of the critical IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 83) in April 2025....
WEATHER INTELLIGENCE AIDS ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE
Fleet safety and efficiency improvements see one of Turkiye’s major shipowners sign a new three-year contract for weather intelligence provider Weathernews’ comprehensive performance monitoring platform. Yasa has subscribed to Weathernews’...
SEA TRAILS COMPLETED FOR SECOND OF TWO LARGEST-EVER MARINE BATTERIES
Andorra-headquartered AYK Energy has completed the installation and sea trials for the second Brittany Ferries ro-pax which features the largest marine battery yet built. AYK installed the 12MWh Orion+ battery in Brittany Ferries’ Guillaume de Normandie...
SAIL INSTALLATION COMPLETED ON MR TANKER
Spanish wind assisted propulsion company bound4blue has completed the installation of its eSail suction sails on tanker vessel ‘Pacific Sentinel’ with a streamlined single-stop process for Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) at Besiktas Shipyard in Turkey...
SHIP MANAGERS FEAR LEGAL CONSEQUENCES FROM IMO NET ZERO FRAMEWORK
Ship managers, represented by InterManager, the international association for ship managers, have expressed concerns in connection with the IMO’s future net-zero framework and have suggested concrete changes which they believe would make the proposals more effective....