SPERRY MARINE AND ABB PARTNERSHIP ADDRESSES DECARBONISATION AND SAFETY
Navigation systems company Sperry Marine has launched a new digital solution, Sperry Marine Vessel Performance, developed in collaboration with ABB, which enables vessel owners to collect and analyse on-board data in real time, supporting efficient fuel usage...
LINER COMPANY ADOPTS SOFTWARE SOLUTION FOR FLEET EFFICIENCY
Intelligent Cargo Systems, a provider of real-time port call visibility to ocean carriers, has extended its agreement with Hapag-Lloyd to provide the carrier’s complete managed fleet with the CargoMate platform. CargoMate enables Hapag-Lloyd’s crews and shore-based...
LR AiP FOR HYDROGEN FUELLED RO-PAX PAIR
Naval architect Norwegian Ship Designs says that Approval in Principle (AiP) has been granted by Lloyd’s Register (LR) for two hydrogen fuelled ferries to be operated by Torghatten Nord between the Lofoten Islands and Bodø in Northern Norway. The ferries are scheduled...
ABS PUBLISHES GUIDE TO OFFSHORE SUSTAINABILITY
ABS has launched detailed requirements for greener offshore operations in what it considers to be the first sustainability guide to target the offshore industry. Developed by working with major offshore industry clients, the ABS sustainability guide is expanded to...
EFFICIENT WOODCHIP NEWBUILD VESSEL TO TAKE PART IN MICROPLASTICS RESEARCH
‘Stellar Harmony’, a dedicated wood-chip carrier, has recently been delivered from the Iwagi Zosen shipyard, a member of the Imabari Shipbuilding Group, to Japanese operator NYK. The vessel will transport environmentally and socially conscious wood chips...
YARA MARINE CEO MAKES DISTRESS CALL ON SUSTAINABILITY
“Every minute and every drop of fuel counts in the urgent fight against climate change,” said Thomas Koniordos, CEO Yara Marine Technologies. In 2021, Yara launched the distress signal ‘Save Our Planet’ – represented by the morse code SOP – to...
SECOND BIOFUEL TRIAL BY ‘K’ LINE
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (‘K’ Line) has conducted a trial use of marine biofuel which was supplied by marine biofuel supply company GoodFuels on Supramax bulker ’Albion Bay’ with the cooperation of JFE Steel Corporation, this being the second successful trial...
METHANOL IS PROMISING OPTION FOR GLOBAL FLEET, SAYS ABS
Methanol represents a promising fuel source for the global fleet, with practical benefits related to ease of storage and handling, tank to wake carbon intensity reduction, as well as a pathway to carbon neutrality through green methanol. Following an in-depth...