GREEN MARINE AND e1 PROMOTE EUROPEAN METHANOL-FUELLED NEWBUILDS
Danish company Green Marine Engineering, an independent fully integrated transition advisory and project management firm, has signed a sales agreement with US-based global renewable energy company, e1 Marine, for its methanol-to-hydrogen reformer technology. Green...
CORVUS OPENS FUEL CELL TEST AREA
Maritime energy storage company Corvus Energy has opened a new test area for hydrogen fuel cells at its production site in Bergen, Norway. As part of the H2NOR project, Corvus is proceeding with the development and production of sustainable, large-scale...
SCANDLINES INVESTS IN NEW THRUSTERS FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY AND LOW NOISE
Scandlines’ double-ended ferry ‘Prinsesse Benedikte’, the last of four hybrid ferries operating between Puttgarden (Germany) and Rødby (Denmark), has had four new thrusters installed, being more efficient and thus energy-saving than the previous push...
ABS GRANTS AiP TO VEER GROUP FOR WIND/HYDROGEN BOXSHIP DESIGN
Bahamas-based shipping company Veer Corporation has announced the granting of Approval in Principle (AiP) by ABS, which the company sees as a major step on its mission to build the first fleet of 100% clean, ocean-going container vessels. In this project, Veer is...
JAPANESE WIND-ASSISTED COAL CARRIER DELIVERED
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and Tohoku Electric Power have announced the delivery of a coal carrier vessel equipped with the Wind Challenger hard sail wind power propulsion system. The 235m, 100,422 dwt ship, named Shofu Maru, was built by Oshima Shipbuilding and has now...
MHI STARTS BUILD OF LCO2 CARRIER DEMO SHIP
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company based in Yokohama, has held a keel laying ceremony marking the start of construction for a demonstration test ship for transport of liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2), to be utilised in...
HSG WINS ORDER FOR SWEDISH REMOTE-OPERATED ELECTRIC FERRIES
Holland Shipyards Group has signed a contract with Trafikverket Sweden for the delivery of two semi-autonomous all-electric ferries, with an option for two vessels. The ferries will sail according to autonomy level 2 and will be controlled from a remote control centre...
INLAND VESSEL TO BE RETROFITTED FOR ZERO EMISSIONS
Netherlands-based battery technology company EST-Floattech has been selected by Future Proof Shipping of Rotterdam to supply equipment for the retrofitting of one of its inland container vessels, ‘FPS Maas’ with a zero-emissions hydrogen propulsion system....