NEW APPOINTMENT TO LEAD LR’s DIGITAL AND DECARBONISATION SUBSIDIARY
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has hired Martin Penney, who will succeed Martin Taylor as the next CEO of LR OneOcean, following Taylor’s retirement. Penney was previously CEO of marine software provider SpecTec, and brings over 25 years’ experience in digital solutions,...
CSL HANDS OVER 13th ELECTRIC PASSENGER FERRY
Indian shipbuilder Cochin Shipyard (CSL) has delivered the 13th Electric Hybrid 100 Pax Water Metro Ferry BY 137 to Kochi Water Metro. The project contributes significantly to the sustainable development and modernization of water transportation in Kochi. The Electric...
LNG-FUELLED TUG ADDED TO ‘WORLD’S GREENEST FLEET’
The first of two powerful, yet environmentally-friendly, escort tugs built at Sanmar Shipyards in Turkiye has arrived in Vancouver, Canada, to join what is claimed to be ‘the greenest tugboat fleet in the world’. Put together by HaiSea Marine to work at...
LOW-CARBON SWATH CTVs TO BE BUILT IN FINLAND
Ad Hoc Marine Designs (AHMD) of the UK has announced a new design of Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (Swath) crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for Scottish operator Maritime Craft Services (MCS). Initially, three vessels to the new design will be built at Työvene yard in...
MITSUI ADDS FOUR METHANOL-FUELLED ENGINES TO ORDERBOOK
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (Mitsui E&S) has received a letter of Intent (LoI) for four methanol-fuelled engines, to the MAN B&W 6G80ME-C10.5- LGIM-EGRTC design, for container ships to be built by Japan Marine United Corporation of Yokohama. With...
LIQUID WIND LEADS DANISH MARITIME eFUEL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Liquid Wind, together with partners Alfa Laval, Carbon Clean, Siemens Energy and Topsoe have announced plans to set up an eFuel Design and Performance Centre (DPC) in Hørsholm, Denmark. The DPC is being established to drive technological progress, strengthen...
ENAEX AND NYK EXPLORE AMMONIA-POWERED COPPER SHIPPING
Chilean ammonium nitrate producer Enaex, and NYK Bulk and Projects Carriers (NBP), a member of Japan’s NYK Group, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly research the feasibility of supplying low-carbon ammonia to ammonia-fuelled ships. NBP...
EASTERN PACIFIC SHIPPING ADDS WIND PROPULSION TO TANKER
Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) of Singapore has signed a contract for its first wind-assisted propulsion system, partnering with bound4blue to install three 22m eSails onboard the 50,000 dwt product tanker ‘Pacific Sentinel’. The turnkey ‘suction sail’...