RINA ACQUIRES US SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTANT
Italian classification society RINA has announced the acquisition of the entire share capital of Patrick Engineering, a Chicago-based engineering consultancy company active in infrastructure, transport and renewable energy. With a turnover of approximately US$ 82m and...
BATTERY-LNG HYBRID TUG NAMED BY SEMBCORP
Sembcorp Marine has celebrated the naming of the first of a series of LNG hybrid tugs specially designed for domestic service in Singapore; the Singapore-flagged vessel was christened ‘JMS Sunshine’ in Singapore. As part of the company’s decarbonisation...
AIR LUBRICATION FOR ADNOC LNG CARRIERS
Clean technology company Silverstream Technologies has signed an agreement with CSSC Jiangnan Shipyard Group to supply its Silverstream System air lubrication technology on the newbuild LNG carrier programme being constructed for Abu Dhabi National Oil Company...
HYUNDAI WINS THREE-LNGC ORDER
HD Hyundai intermediate holding company Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering says it has won the first LNG carrier order of 2023, for three vessels, worth a total of 971.4bn won. The company has signed a contract to build three 200,000m3 super-large LNG...
ABS BACKS LNG IN ENERGY TRANSITION
The critical role of LNG in meeting shipping’s decarbonisation goals was detailed by ABS Chairman, President and CEO Christopher J Wiernicki in a speech to US Coast Guard (USCG) leaders at a Liquefied Gas and Alternative Fuels Forum. Wiernicki said: “We are going to...
FIRST SAIL-POWERED CARGO SHIP TO BE BUILT IN TURKEY
Turkish yacht builder RMK Marine reports that it has won the tender for the construction of the commercial sailing ro-ro vessel, which will operate almost entirely with wind propulsion for French company Neoline Armateurs. The 136m ro-ro will feature an...
FILTREE CARBON CAPTURE SYSTEMS ORDERED FOR CONTAINER NEWBUILDS
Purus Marine and Nordic Hamburg have placed an order with Value Maritime for four emissions-reducing Filtree Systems, including Clean Loop System and 30% carbon capture, for a total of four newbuild container vessels that will be operated by BG Freight Line. Value...
NEW SAILING CARGO SHIP TO EMPLOY SOLID SAIL RIG
The Solid Sail technology, designed and developed by French shipbuilder Chantiers de l’Atlantique, has been selected to propel Neoline’s first sailing cargo ship. The Solid Sail rig, which consists of a foldable sail made of 100% composite materials and a mast will be...