CORVUS BATTERY SYSTEMS FOR OLYMPIC CSOV NEWBUILDS
Corvus Energy has received an order from Ulstein Power & Control for the delivery of Energy Storage Systems for two Construction Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) to be built for Norwegian shipowner Olympic. The vessels will have hybrid battery propulsion and are...
TUG OPERATOR SLOWS DOWN FOR CO2 REDUCTION
Svitzer, the global towage operator and part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, has announced that its ‘Aim for 8’ speed initiative – which asks tug crews to navigate at a maximum speed of eight knots during mobilisation and demobilisation – has successfully prevented...
MOL ORDERS SIX MORE LNG-FUELLED SHIPS
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has signed construction deals for four Capesize bulkers and two VLCCs, which will all use environment-friendly LNG as their main fuel. The four 210,000 dwt 300m Capesize bulkers will be built at CSSC Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding, marking...
TOTALENERGIES BUNKERS FIRST COSCO VESSEL WITH MARINE BIOFUEL.
TotalEnergies Marine Fuels has successfully completed the first refuelling of a Cosco Shipping Lines containership with sustainable marine biofuel, marking TotalEnergies’ first biofuel bunkering operation for a containership in Singapore. The 4,250 TEU Cosco Houston...
MEYER TO FLOAT OUT LNG-FUELLED CRUISESHIP
The Meyer Werft group says that the new cruise ship ‘Arvia’ for UK-based cruise line P&O Cruises is soon to leave the covered building dock II (Hall 6) at Papenburg, Germany, before moving to the outfitting pier where the masts and funnel will be...
BALTIC FERRY COMPANY CLAIMS ONE-THIRD CUT IN EMISSIONS
Finnish ferry operator Viking Line says that it has succeeded in reducing carbon dioxide emissions from its vessels by nearly a third over the past 15 years, following environmental investments in the Baltic Sea’s most climate-smart vessels and in onboard technology....
LIGHT AND WATER COULD PRODUCE CLEAN MARINE FUELS
Researchers from Cambridge University have developed floating ‘artificial leaves’ that can generate clean fuels from sunlight and water, and could eventually operate on a large scale at sea. The ultra-thin, flexible devices take their inspiration from photosynthesis –...
KNOWING FUEL VISCOSITY CAN HELP REDUCE EMISSIONS
Maritime environmental monitoring solution supplier Rivertrace is launching an innovative Smart Visco sensor, designed to measure the viscosity and temperature of fuel oil before injection into the main engines of large ships. The monitor reports these parameters via...