GRIMALDI EXERCISES OPTIONS FOR TWO MORE AMMONIA-READY PCTCs
The Naples-based Grimaldi Group has exercised an option included in the agreement signed in January 2023 with China State Shipbuilding for the purchase of two additional vessels to transport vehicles and other rolling freight. The company signed an agreement with...
COMBINE WIND POWER AND VOYAGE OPTIMISATION FOR MAXIMUM EMISSION CUTS
Maritime software and data services company Napa, along with auxiliary wind propulsion system developer Norsepower and shipyard Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering (SHI-ME), have announced the results of phase one of a joint simulation project looking...
J-ENG EXPANDS ENGINE LINE-UP FOR MORE VESSEL AND FUEL TYPES
Japan Engine Corporation (J-Eng, the joint venture between Mitsubishi and Kobe Diesel) has started development of the UEC60LSH type engine in order to strengthen the line-up of the latest LSH series. The UEC60LSH is the successor of UEC60LSE type which has been used...
ENI AND RINA JOIN FORCES FOR MARITIME DECARBONISATION
Classification society RINA and Italian energy company Eni have signed an agreement to jointly develop initiatives that can contribute to the energy transition and decarbonisation of their respective operations and particularly maritime transport, where it is thought...
JAPANESE BATTERY ‘TANKER’ SEEKS TO SOLVE RENEWABLE POWER TRANSMISSION ISSUES
Japanese startup PowerX has unveiled the detailed design of what it believes to be the first ever ‘Battery Tanker’, i.e. a tanker-type vessel transporting electric power rather than fossil fuels. The first vessel aims for completion by 2025, with domestic...
VARD UNVEILS CONCEPT FOR ALL-ELECTRIC PSV
Through a project known as Piezo, after three years of R&D, Vard has developed a concept design for a PSV using batteries as the primary energy source together with offshore charging. One of the great challenges facing the petroleum and maritime industries today...
FKAB CONTRACTED TO DESIGN 4 + 4 LOW-IMPACT MR TANKERS
Swedish naval architecture practice FKAB Marine Design has received an order for the basic and detail design packages for four 49,000 dwt MR tankers., with an option for up to four additional vessels. The ships will be built at Penglai Zhongbai Jinglu Ship Industry Co...
LR LOOKS INTO CII CALCULATIONS FOR SUPERYACHT INDUSTRY
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has entered into an initiative with Blue ESG, a consultancy that works with yacht owners, captains and management to improve their environmental, social, and governance (ESG), for a new project to develop a system in line with the IMO’s Carbon...