CCS TO WORK WITH MAN ON METHANOL L21/31 ENGINE
MAN Energy Solutions and China Classification Society (CCS) have signed a sub-agreement in line with the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) the two parties previously agreed in 2023. The SFA, on ‘Decarbonisation and Digitalisation in the maritime industry’, is...
DIFFERENT APPROACHES NEEDED TO DECARBONISATION – ABS
Clean energy strategies and the impact of market-based measures on the cost of compliance led the discussion at the annual ABS Southeast Asia Regional Committee Meeting. Christopher J Wiernicki, ABS Chairman and CEO said: “We need different ways to approach...
IRS AND GRSE SIGN MoU TO DEVELOP GREEN ENERGY VESSELS
Classification society Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) with the aim of fostering innovation and sustainability in the maritime industry. Under the MoU, IRS will...
POLLUTION-FREE BEARINGS FOR ALLURA CRUISEHIP
Fincantieri’s Sestri Ponente (Genoa) shipyard in Italy is scheduled to take delivery of an open seawater-lubricated propeller shaft bearing system for installation to the second ship in Oceania Cruises’ Allura class, which is scheduled to join the Miami-based...
RO-RO VESSEL SUCTION SAIL INSTALLATION COMPLETED IN TWO DAYS
Following installation of eSail foundations in Poland in November 2023, the 5,200 dwt ‘Ville de Bordeaux’ (built 2004) has emerged from a short stopover in a shipyard in Vigo, Spain with its three new, 22m-high eSails in place. The verticalisation manoeuvre and...
HAV DEVELOPS AUTONOMOUS ZERO-EMISSION FERRIES FOR NORWAY
Norway-based HAV Design has signed a contract to design and develop four newbuild, autonomous zero-emission ferries that will operate the Lavik-Oppedal crossing on the northwest coast of Norway. Under the contract, HAV Design will deliver ship design and an...
SANMAR BEGINS BUILD OF FIRST METHANOL-FUELLED ESCORT TUGS
Turkish shipyard Sanmar says it continues to be at forefront of the tug and towing industry’s move to a sustainable low and no-emission future, and has cut the first steel for what are belived to be the world’s first large purpose-built dual-fuel methanol escort tugs....
ROTTERDAM TO PROVIDE SHORE POWER FOR CONTAINER SHIPS
The Port of Rotterdam reports that Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG) container terminal is to equip its entire quayside with shore-based power for all vessels. The RWG terminal claims to already be fully automated and CO2 neutral. Construction of shore-based power...