CANADA’S FIRST NATION GREEN TUG FLEET RECEIVES ANOTHER ZERO-EMISSION TUG
A fifth electric-powered ‘Tug of the Future’ built by Sanmar Shipyards in Turkiye has now arrived in Vancouver, Canada, to join HaiSea Marine’s environmentally-friendly tugboat fleet. Haisea Brave will work in Vancouver alongside its sisters Haisea Wamis and Haisea...
SUSTAINABLE TUG OPERATOR CHOOSES DAMEN NEWBUILDS
Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with the Norwegian BOA Group for two ASD Tugs 3010 ICE; due to Damen’s practice of constructing vessels in series for stock, the tugs were already under construction at the time of order and will be delivered later in 2024....
RICARDO SUPPORTS IMO DECARBONISATION AGENDA
Consulting engineers Ricardo reports that the company’s Director of Maritime, Tim Scarbrough, will be participating in the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Intersessional Working Group on the Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships (ISWG-GHG). According...
ALFA LAVAL AND KSB SIGN MoU FOR AIR LUBRICATION SYSTEM
Alfa Laval has collaborated with a Korean shipbuilding company by signing the first Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for OceanGlide installations. The agreement is said to show growing market interest in OceanGlide as a viable solution for energy efficiency and...
HYBRID-READY CTV DELIVERED FOR TAIWANESE OFFSHORE WIND PROJECT
Singapore shipyard Strategic Marine and Prosperous Wind Shipping, an affiliate of Pacific Radiance, have successfully delivered a hybrid-ready crew transfer vessel (CTV) to support Taiwan’s Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm. The StratCat 27 will be owned and operated by...
ClassNK ENDORSES REMOTE DIAGNOSTICS SYSTEM
ClassNK has granted its Innovation Endorsement for Products and Solutions to the Smart Ship Hub developed by Singapore-headquartered Smart Ship Hub Digital. Smart Ship Hub is described as an easy and quick to deploy remote vessel management platform for safety,...
LR REPORT QUESTIONS VIABILITY OF GREEN METHANOL FUEL FOR PASSENGER SHIPS
A new report from Lloyd’s Register (LR) has found that the total cost of ownership (TCO) for passenger ships retrofitted with methanol dual-fuel engines to be more than double the cost of blended fuel (Blend B30), HFO and HFO with Onboard Carbon Capture and Storage...
NORWEGIAN SHIP DESIGN CONTRACTED FOR ANOTHER ALL-ELECTRIC FERRY
Norwegian Ship Design (NSD) has announced a new contract for another electric ferry, to operate between the town of Svolvær and the small island of Skrova in the Lofoten Vestfjord region. In close collaboration with Torghatten Nord, NSD is developing the 73m ferry, to...