FIRST DUAL WINDWING SHIP STARTS SAILING
Cargill and BAR Technologies’ innovation, BAR Tech WindWings by Yara Marine, has set sail on open waters, testing new technology that is believed to bring cutting-edge wind propulsion to commercial shipping for the first time. Mitsubishi Corporation’s Pyxis Ocean,...
MITSUBISHI TESTS AMMONIA FUEL SAFETY SYSTEM
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, is currently developing the Mitsubishi Ammonia Supply and Safety System (MAmmoSS), an ammonia handling system to support the utilisation of ammonia as marine fuel, which is attracting...
FERRY COMPANY GETS BEHIND PORT’S 2030 NET-ZERO AIM
In the UK, Plymouth City Council, Millbay Docks and Brittany Ferries have pledged to work together to support the docks to grow and to work towards Net Zero by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support Millbay Docks as a key economic driver for...
SKYTUG PROJECT RECEIVES UK GOVERNMENT FUNDING
UK company Bluewater Engineering (BWE), the inventor of the Skytug concept, has recently been awarded a grant from the Transport Research and Innovation Grants (TRIG) programme, financed by the UK Department for Transport (DfT). The TRIG programme aims to encourage...
MMCZCS LOOKS AT NEXT STEPS IN CII REGULATION
The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMCZCS) has been investigating how to improve future energy efficiency regulations in the maritime industry, looking in particular at the IMO’s carbon intensity indicator (CII), which looks at the CO2...
ClassNK ANSWERS FuelEU MARITIME QUESTIONS
ClassNK has released ‘FAQs on the FuelEU Maritime (1st Edition)’, an overview and necessary preparation for FuelEU Maritime, regulations newly introduced by the European Union (EU) to promote the decarbonisation of fuels used on board ships. The EU has set...
IRS TO CLASS HYBRID ELECTRIC CATAMARAN FERRIES
Ship classification society Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) has secured an order for providing classification services for six hybrid electric catamarans for the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), to be constructed at Hooghly Cochin Shipyard of Kolkata. The...
MAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS TO ENGINEER METHANATION REACTOR FOR FINLAND
MAN Energy Solutions has been awarded a pre-engineering contract for a methanation reactor in a 200MW Power-to-X plant in Kristinestad, Finland which will produce 55,000t/yr of synthetic natural gas (SNG) to decarbonise heavy-duty transport Koppö Energia has...