MACGREGOR PROVIDES EQUIPMENT FOR METHANOL-FUELLED PCTCs
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has been chosen to deliver ro-ro equipment for two of the world’s first methanol-fuelled pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) for China Merchant Energy Shipping to be built at China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu). The vessels are...
DANISH SHIPPING WORKS FOR SAFER GREEN FUELS
Danish Shipping has been working in recent weeks to establish guidelines for new green fuels at the recent meeting of IMO’s Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers. The industry organisation says the process is lengthy, but progress is being made. As ships...
MARINE FUEL CELL GUIDELINES FROM ClassNK
ClassNK has released ‘Guidelines for Fuel Cell Power Systems On Board Ships (Second Edition)’, which covers safety provisions related to the design of ships powered by fuel cells as well as fuel cell power systems themselves, coming in anticipation of the...
THREE SUCTION SAILS FOR SPECIALIST CARGO SHIP
Aircraft manufacturer Airbus will equip one of the vessels it uses to transport aircraft subassemblies, chartered from shipowner Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA), with a wind-assisted propulsion technology that captures wind energy to generate thrust and, therefore,...
COSCO COMPANY RELEASES STANDARDS FOR METHANOL BUNKERING
China Marine Bunker PetroChina (Chimbusco), a shipping service company in the Cosco Shipping group, reports that it has initiated two group standards: the ‘Marine Methanol Fuel Waterborne Refuelling Regulations’ and ‘Marine Methanol Fuel’. The...
FIRST OF NINE CO2-CAPABLE SCRUBBER INSTALLATIONS COMPLETED
Value Maritime has completed the first in a series of nine installations of its emissions reducing Filtree systems for product and chemical tanker company Ardmore Shipping Corporation. Taking place in China, this was the first time that Value Maritime has installed...
LR APPROVAL FOR WinGD AMMONIA TWO-STROKE
Swiss marine power company WinGD has secured the first approval in principle (AiP) for two-stroke engines fuelled with ammonia, following the award by Lloyd’s Register (LR) of AiP to WinGD’s X-DF-A dual-fuel range. According to the company, this gives shipowners the...
SCHOTTEL OFFERS ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY SUPERYACHT PROPULSION
According to German propulsion company Schottel, owners, naval architects and shipyards are increasingly turning to environmentally friendly propulsion technologies for large yachts, focusing on thruster efficiency and thruster usability in conjunction with...