JAPANESE CONSORTIUM TESTS AMMONIA-FUELLED FOUR STROKE ENGINE
Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK), along with consortium partners NYK Line, IHI Power Systems, Nihon Shipyard and Japan Engine Corporation J-Eng), have announced that a four-stroke ammonia-fuelled engine has successfully completed a land-based test for the stable...
NYK’S LNG-BATTERY HYBRID PCTC TAKES ON FIRST LNG BUNKERS
NYK’s fourth LNG-fuelled pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) ‘Wild Rose Leader’ has received the first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering on its first visit to the ports of Nagoya and Yokkaichi on May 15 for the first time. Wild Rose Leader is the second of four...
J-ENG STARTS AMMONIA FUELLED LARGE TWO-STROKE ENGINE TESTS
Japan Engine Corporation (J-Eng) has begun testing ammonia fuel co-firing on a large two-stroke test engine, believed to be a world first. Alongside this, J-Eng is carrying out trials of a hydrogen fuel injection device for a large low-speed two-stroke engine. The...
GUARANTEED PERFORMANCE FROM NEW GAS-FUELLED FERRY
Wärtsilä has signed a ten-year Guaranteed Asset Performance (GAP) agreement with French ferry operator Corsica Linea, intended to ensure optimal performance of the power systems onboard the company’s new LNG-fuelled ‘A Galeotta’ ro-pax vessel, which will sail between...
NEW SVITZER TUGS DESIGNED WITH ZERO EMISSIONS IN MIND
Towage provider Svitzer, part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, has awarded a contract to Uzmar Shipyard to build two new TRAnsverse tugs for its Australian business. The TRAnsverse tugs arecreated in collaboration with Robert Allan Ltd, which aim to set a new standard in...
EMISSION-FREE SHORT-SEA SHIPPING PROJECT LAUNCHED
According to Dutch research company Marin, the Port of Rotterdam, together with the Province of Zuid Holland and more than 40 partners have launched an ambitious project, known as Condor H2, for emission-free inland and near-shore shipping on hydrogen, which aims to...
VARD NAMES NEW GREEN CSOV FOR REM PURUS
Vard has handed over the CSOV (Commissioning Service Operation Vessel) ‘REM Power’ to operator Rem Purus at a naming ceremony in Ålesund, Norway. This is the first of two CSOVs VARD is delivering to Rem Purus. The new REM Power is described as a pioneer in...
GREEN AMMONIA-FUELLED SHIPPING IN ASIA PACIFIC REGION IS WITHIN REACH
A new study from the West Australia – East Asia Iron Ore Green Corridor Consortium finds that ships powered by clean ammonia could be deployed on the iron ore trade routes between West Australia and East Asia by 2028 and reach 5% adoption by 2030. Green corridors,...