INTERNATIONAL MARITIME FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES INNOVATION CENTRE LAUNCHED BY GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
Lloyd’s Register (LR), in collaboration with Cosco Shipping Group, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the University of Southampton, has established the International Maritime Future Technologies Innovation Centre. The new virtual centre aims to advance research and...
SECOND BERG PROPULSION RETROFIT FOLLOWING FUEL SAVINGS FOR ‘NORJARL’
Confirmation that a propulsion system retrofit is achieving fuel savings of 10% has persuaded Norwegian shipowner Arriva to go ahead with its second ‘Energy & Efficiency’ project with Berg Propulsion. In January 2025, Berg Propulsion customer Arriva upgraded its...
SULNOX SCORES ANOTHER FLEET ORDER
Greentech company Sulnox says that Greek shipowner Spring Marine Group is expanding its use of Sulnox Eco across its entire fleet following two years of proven fuel savings and additional operational benefits. Spring Marine, which operates a fleet of 28 tankers and...
RINA APPROVES FACTORY ACCEPTANCE TEST FOR HYDROGEN RETROFIT PACKAGE
The Newlight hydrogen retrofit package, which allows existing two- and four-stroke diesel engines to operate on a blend of hydrogen and conventional fuel, has completed factory acceptance testing (FAT) under RINA supervision. The system reduces carbon emissions...
CORVUS BATTERIES FOR JAPANESE ELECTRIC HARBOUR TUG PROJECT
Corvus Energy has been selected to supply the battery systems for an electric tugboat to be built by Japanese shipyard Keihin Dock Co for Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line). The environmentally friendly harbour tug will be powered by Corvus Energy’s Orca Energy...
GREEN CABLE SHIP LAUNCHED THAT IS WORLD’S LARGEST
Jan De Nul has launched its newest cable-laying vessel: the ‘Fleeming Jenkin’, which will be used to install subsea cables for the transmission of renewable energy. The vessel has a loading capacity of 28,000t, making it the world’s largest of its kind....
LNG-HYBRID FERRIES BOOST PASSENGER NUMBERS
Brittany Ferries says it is celebrating a summer season boosted by the arrival of two LNG-electric hybrid ships, as a result of which passenger volumes rose 3% from June to September to 1.2m. Its flagship route serving Portsmouth and Caen carried 415,824 of those...
METHANE ABATEMENT AFTERTREATMENT SEA TRIAL CONCLUDES
Swiss company Daphne Technology and Maran Gas, part of the Angelicoussis Group, have concluded their joint pilot project that marked the first deployment of the SlipPure Plasma-Catalytic Methane Slip Aftertreatment system on board a commercial LNG carrier, the...