LARGE CORVUS ESS COMPLETES SEA TRIALS
Corvus Energy says that the sea trial of its new energy storage system—the Corvus Blue Whale ESS—has been declared successful. In 2018, Corvus Energy started a new project to develop the next-generation energy storage system (ESS) for maritime applications. The...
MAN B&W DUAL-FUEL ORDERS PASS 1000-ENGINE MILESTONE
MAN Energy Solutions has announced that its portfolio of two-stroke, dual-fuel engines, which can run on a variety of alternative fuels, including LNG, methanol, ethane and LPG, now exceeds more than 1,000 units on order or in service. The company notes that the new...
MORE EFFICIENT COATINGS IMPROVE FUEL EFFICIENCY AND CUT EMISSIONS
I-Tech, the Swedish developer of the antifouling biotechnology Selektope and Rise Research Institutes of Sweden (Rise) have developed a new method for introducing Selektope into marine antifouling coatings, expanding the ways paint manufacturers can work with the...
HORIZON EUROPE SUPPORTS FUEL CELL TANKER RETROFIT PROJECT
Teco 2030 and partners have been promised finance from Horizon Europe of €5m to realise a hydrogen-powered tanker concept, known as Hykotank. The consortium, comprising Teco 2030, Shell International Trading and Shipping Company and Shell International Exploration and...
DESIGN HOUSE FOCUSES ON DECARBONISATION AND SUSTAINABILITY
Ship designer Foreship has made two senior appointments which grow its design and technology capabilities to support shipping’s sustainable future, with Joonatan Haukilehto (pictured) joining as Lead Consultant, Newbuilds and Decarbonisation, while Pekka Pohjanen is...
IMO CII AND EEXI REGULATIONS ENTER INTO FORCE
IMO has issued a reminder that from 1 January 2023 it will be mandatory for all ships to calculate their attained Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) to measure their energy efficiency and to initiate the collection of data for the reporting of their annual...
NYK BUILDS TWO MORE GAS-FUELLED COAL CARRIERS
NYK is to order two LNG-fuelled large coal carriers, of 95,000 dwt and 235m length, from Oshima Shipbuilding, for scheduled delivery in 2025. This ship order is a part of a bulk carrier fleet development aimed at achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in...
ABS APPROVES PRE-COMBUSTION CARBON CAPTURE SYSTEM
ABS has issued New Technology Qualification (NTQ) for a first-of-its-kind, pre-combustion carbon capture system based on the thermo-catalytic decomposition process (TCD) from Rotoboost, a global hydrogen company based in Norway. Rotoboost’s TCD allows for continuous...