POOLING NOT ALWAYS THE ANSWER FOR FuelEU MARITIME
According to digital developer Zero44, pooling is often presented as the simplest answer to the requirements of the FuelEU Maritime regulation. But the reality is more complex: in many cases, other strategies such as biofuel blending, internal pooling, or technical...
ABB AND BLYKALLA COLLABORATION ON NUCLEAR PROPULSION FOR SHIPS
ABB has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Swedish nuclear energy company Blykalla to support and accelerate the deployment of small modular lead-cooled reactors to the maritime industry. Building on the terms of an existing MoU between Blykalla and ABB...
LR AND HD HYUNDAI MIPO JOINTLY DEVELOP LNG BUNKER SHIP
Lloyd’s Register (LR) and HD Hyundai Mipo (HMD) have announced a Joint Development Project (JDP) to design a 22,000m3 LNG bunkering vessel. The project, which is being granted Approval in Principle (AiP), aims to deliver a safe, commercially viable and...
SHIPPING ENERGY TRANSITION AT RISK DUE TO LARGE FUNDING GAP
The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub (Decarb Hub), a partnership between Lloyd’s Register Group and Lloyd’s Register Foundation, have published ‘Navigating the Net-Zero Transition’ – exploring...
AiP FOR MOL’s GAS TANKER WITH FOUR WIND PROPULSION UNITS
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has obtained approval in principle (AiP) from classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) for two new different designs of a membrane-type LNG carrier equipped with four units of Wind Challenger, a hard sail wind assisted propulsion...
WIND POWER ORDER FOR LPG TANKER
LPG, petrochemicals and speciality gas transport company BW Epic Kosan (BWEK) has signed an agreement with Spanish company bound4blue for the installation of a 24m eSail suction sail on the 2007-buit ‘Helena Kosan’. The autonomous wind propulsion system, to be...
KNUD E HANSEN TO DESIGN NEW HYBRID FERRIES FOR ORKNEY ISLANDS
Danish naval architecture practice Knud E Hansen is to provide the outline design for three new ferries for Orkney Islands Council in Scotland. The new ferries will serve the outer North Isles (Westray, Stronsay, Sanday, and Eday) using existing infrastructure, with a...
CONTAINERISED BWTS SYSTEM AIMED AT OFFSHORE WIIND AND PORTS
UV-based water treatment solution provider Bio-UV Group has successfully developed and tested a containerised ballast water treatment system designed initially for the floating offshore wind sector. With the rapid development of floating offshore wind projects...