ROLLS-ROYCE AND EST-FLOATTECH SIGN BATTERY CONTRACT
Dutch company EST-Floattech’s German office has signed a long-term framework contract with Rolls-Royce Power Systems for EST Floatech’s Green Orca 1050 battery module which will provide energy for 10 newbuild ferries. The two companies are forming a...
NYK AND CODELCO AIM TO DECARBONISE SHIPPING OF COPPER
Chilean state-owned copper producer Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco) and NYK Bulk & Project Carriers (NBP), an NYK Group company, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly study the decarbonised transportation of copper products....
RINA SEES POTENTIAL OF AMMONIA FOR DECARBONISING SHIPPING
Classification society RINA strongly believes that ammonia can help decarbonise the shipping sector and is aiming to recruit a next generation of Project Managers to address this challenge and find a way to use clean ammonia as a fuel for ships. As ammonia is a...
ABB SHAFT GENERATORS SUPPORT COSCO BOXSHIPS WITH ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ABB has secured a contract with the shipyard Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry (Yangzhou), to equip 10 China Cosco Shipping Corporation container vessels with its permanent magnet shaft generator systems. The deal is considered to reaffim the growing appeal of the systems...
NAMING CEREMONY FOR FIRST NEW METHANOL TANKER
Proman Stena Bulk has formally named its first newbuild IMOIIMeMAX methanol-fuelled 49,900 dwt vessel, ‘Stena Pro Patria’, in a ceremony hosted in Trinidad and Tobago. Stena Pro Patria is the first of three methanol-fuelled vessels delivered in 2022 to the...
STRENGTHENED DESIGN COLLABORATION FOR GREEN PCTCs
Deltamarin, DNV and Aveva have announced a strengthened collaboration agreement following approval from DNV for a 3D model used as part of the classification material prepared for Höegh Autoliners’ Aurora Class od environmentally-friendly pure car and truck carriers...
MEYER STARTS BUILD OF SECOND FUEL CELL-EQUIPPED CRUISESHIP
German shipbuilder Meyer Werft has started production of the cruise ship ‘Silver Ray’ for Silversea Cruises with a steel cutting ceremony at the Papenburg yard. Like sister ship Silver Nova, which is already under construction, Silver Ray is said to set...
SCHOTTEL ELECTRIC PROPULSION FOR NEW CHINESE WTIVs
Four newly built Wind Turbine Installation Vessels (WTIVs) for Ouyang Offshore in Shanghai will all be propelled by Schottel azimuth thrusters, with the first vessel to be delivered in the last quarter of 2022 and others to follow by June 2023. The new vessels have...