INCAT UNVEILS PLANS FOR ZERO-EMISSION SHORT SEA FERRIES
Incat Tasmania has unveiled new plans to – as the company puts it – ‘do for short sea ferry services what Boeing did for the aviation industry’, but with zero emissions. Led by Incat founder Robert Clifford, Incat has been involved in the...
NYK, OSHIMA AND SUMITOMO TO BUILD AMMONIA-FUELLED BULKER FOR CHILE
NYK group company NYK Bulk and Project Carriers (NBP), has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Oshima Shipbuilding and Sumitomo Corporation to study, design and construct the world’s first dual-fuel ammonia-ready Handymax bulk carrier...
VALE ORDERS LARGEST WIND PROPULSION INSTALLATION TO DATE
Brazilian mining group Vale has announced that it is to install five rotor sails from Anemoi Marine Technologies onboard a 400,000 dwt Valemax, believed to the world’s largest ore carrier, which is owned by Omani shipowner Asyad and chartered to Vale. The agreement...
EMP ADDS CLOUD COMMUNICATION AS PART OF AQUARIUS SYSTEM
Eco Marine Power (EMP) has partnered with fellow Japanese company Surfwave to bring the SurfGate cloud communication and power-saving gateway router to the maritime market. The SurfGate router is an IoT (Internet of Things) gateway that is compatible with all types of...
SUSTAINABLE GRAPHENE COATINGS NOW AVAILABLE IN GIBRALTAR
Gibraltar shipyard Gibdock recently hosted the Vulica Shipping Company-owned bulk carrier ‘Donald M James’ for a 30-day project which brought a first opportunity to work with a new type of coating from GIT Coatings (Graphite Innovation & Technologies...
FKAB DESIGN SELECTED FOR FOUR NEWBUILD GREEN MR TANKERS.
Swedish company FKAB Marine Design has announced its involvement in a newbuilding project of four 41 000 dwt MR tankers for an unnamed European owner that will be built at Xiamen heavy industries, China. The FKAB T67 is a Tier III product and chemical tanker (IMO II...
OLDENDORFF REVEALS BIOFUEL DEGRADATION ISSUES
Dry bulk ship operator Oldendorff Carriers has been testing second-generation advanced biofuels, as part of a research agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA). The research agreement investigated improvements in...
HYUNDAI TO BUILD MAIN ENGINE FOR FIRST AMMONIA FUELLED SHIP
Hyundai Heavy Industries’ Engine Machinery, (HD HHI-EMD) is scheduled to deliver a large ammonia dual-fuel engine in the first half of 2025, to be installed in what is believed to be the world’s inaugural ammonia-powered vessel, constructed by Hyundai Mipo...