RESEARCH AND INNOVATION KEY FOR WATER TRANSPORT COMPETITIVENESS
The European Waterborne Technology Platform (WTP) has welcomed a study highlighting the crucial role of research and innovation in the transition pathway for the EU mobility industrial ecosystem. According to WTP, without waterborne transport Europe would not be able...
LOW-CARBON INSTALLATION VESSEL PROJECT RECEIVES FUNDING
The UK Government has awarded funding to a consortium led by Morek Engineering to design a new class of low-carbon installation vessel for the floating offshore wind market. The consortium has won the funding through the UK Government’s Clean Maritime Demonstration...
ELKON AND SCHOTTEL APPOINT NEW MD IN TURKEY
Seçkin Uz has been appointed Managing Director of Schottel’s sister company elkon, in addition to his present and continuing role as Managing Director of Schottel Turkey. At elkon, Uz will be dedicated to utilising various synergies between propulsion specialist...
SEATRIUM DELIVERS LNG BUNKER TANKER
Seatrium has announced the successful delivery of ‘Brassavola’, Singapore’s first membrane LNG bunker vessel built locally by the Group, to owner Indah Singa Maritime, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL). Brassavola will be chartered by...
AZIPOD SERVICE AGREEMENT HELPS NCL DECARBONISE
ABB and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) have signed a long-term partnership agreement to accelerate the decarbonisation and digitalisation of the Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) fleet. Targeting increased safety and efficiency, the agreement covers 14 existing ships...
AGREEMENT SIGNED FOR CRUISE COMPANY’S METHANOL FUEL SUPPLY
Hamburg-based energy company Mabanaft has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with German cruise company TUI Cruises to supply green methanol in the future. The cooperation between Mabanaft and TUI Cruises will begin with a methanol delivery for the Mein Schiff...
MAERSK NAMES FIRST LARGE METHANOL-FUELLED VESSEL
The first large methanol-enabled container vessel has been named ‘Ane Mærsk’ at a ceremony in the shipyard of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) in Ulsan, South Korea. Ane Mærsk is the first of Maersk’s 18 large methanol-enabled vessels, that will be...
STUDY MEASURES GAPS BETWEEN PERCEPTION AND REALITY OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL CHOICES
Marine technology research consultancy Thetius has launched its ‘Maritime Alternative Fuels Barometer’, measuring the gaps between the shipping industry’s perception of alternative marine fuels and the reality in terms of availability, supply,...