ENGINE COMPONENTS PARTNERSHIP HELPS WARTSILA’S GREEN GOALS
Wärtsilä is strengthening its supply chain through a strategic partnership with Siempelkamp Giesserei, a key supplier of large cast components for Wärtsilä engines. The partnership is intended to give Wärtsilä reliable access to high-quality large cast components in a...
LATEST GRIMALDI GROUP RO-PAXES TO USE AIR LUBRICATION TECHNOLOGY
UK company Silverstream Technologies is to supply air lubrication systems (ALS) for nine ro-pax newbuildings contracted by the Grimaldi Group at China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyard, a move claimed to endorse the Silverstream System as the most trusted and...
LR AND LATSCO PARTNERSHIP DIGITISES SHIP CLASSIFICATION
Lloyd’s Register (LR) and Latsco have successfully completed a proof-of-concept for what LR describes as a new standard in digital class assurance with data-driven surveys. This collaboration aims to demonstrate how verified operational vessel data can fully...
PARTNERSHIP OFFERS ‘POOL IN POOL’ SOLUTION FOR FuelEU MARITIME COMPLIANCE
FuelEU Maritime compliance pooling solution Ahti Pool has formed a strategic partnership with ScanOcean to deliver a dedicated FuelEU Maritime pooling service (known as ‘pool-in-pool’) to ScanOcean’s customers, enabling shipowners to use their own biofuel...
GONDAN DELIVERS LOW-CARBON LIGHTHOUSE SUPPORT SHIP
Spanish yard Astilleros GONDAN has delivered of its latest construction, ‘Pole Star’, a hybrid propulsion vessel for the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB), the authority responsible for managing lighthouses and buoys in Scotland and its adjacent islands, including...
MAERSK CONTINUES ETHANOL TRIALS TO COMBAT METHANOL SHORTAGE
Maersk reports it has completed a first, successful, trial of blending ethanol into methanol to create an alternative fuel for its vessels. It plans to proceed with increased levels of ethanol and 100% ethanol tests as it explores steps to enlarge the availability and...
ULSTEIN VERFT BEGINS BUILD OF METHANOL-READY HYBRID CSOV
The hull for Ulstein Verft’s yard number 323 has arrived at the Norwegian group’s Ulsteinvik shipyard, marking a milestone in the construction of Ulstein’s next-generation offshore wind service vessel. The ship, the tenth Twin X-Stern CSOV since...
NEW APPOINTMENT AT SGMF
Low- and zero-carbon marine fuels organisation SGMF has appointed Dr Joseph Lambert as senior technical advisor. Lambert is a maritime energy and cleantech specialist with experience across government, academia, and consultancy. At the UK’s Department for Energy...