DUTCH WAPS DEVELOPER SCALES UP OPERATIONS AND APPOINTS CEO
Netherlands-based wind assisted propulsion systems (WAPS) company Econowind is scaling up operations to meet growing global demand for sustainable propulsion solutions. Founder Frank Nieuwenhuis will now will now concentrate on development of the company’s...
SCRUBBER BAN PROPOSAL SEEN AS SHORT-SIGHTED AND COUNTERPRODUCTIVE
In a letter to maritime trade paper ‘Tradewinds’, reproduced on the Clean Shipping Alliance website, Anders Valland, research manager, Sintef Ocean, Tor Oyvind Ask, fleet director, Solvang and Stian Aakre, GM R&D, Wartsila Moss, have made the case...
CORVUS BATTERY SYSTEMS FOR ISLAND CLASS ELECTRIC FERRIES
Under a contract with BC Ferries, Damen Shipyards Group has selected Corvus Energy to supply Energy Storage Systems (ESS) for four new, fully electric capable passenger car ferries currently under construction to join BC Ferries’ fleet of hybrid electric Island Class...
CAUTIOUS WELCOME FROM COLUMBIA GROUP FOR UK-EU ETS ALIGNMENT
Columbia Group has welcomed the UK government’s announcement to link its emission trading system with the EU and is urging other countries to follow suit. Columbia Group company EmissionLink believes this move is a milestone moment in the journey of decarbonisation...
CHEVRON SPOTLIGHTS FUEL-AGNOSTIC LUBE OIL
Chevron Marine Products is highlighting HDAX 9700, its advanced, fuel-agnostic medium-speed trunk piston engine oil, through a series of insight seminars aimed at supporting ship owners and operators seeking to build resilience and flexibility into their fuel...
MOEVE SIGNS LARGEST MARINE BIOFUEL SUPPLY AGREEMENT
Spanish energy company Moeve has reached a strategic agreement with Grupo Armas Trasmediterránea to supply second-generation (2G) marine biofuels in the Canary Islands, with approximately 40,000t to be delivered through December 2025 under a long-term contract, with...
LOW-EMISSION TWO-STROKES FROM WinGD CHOSEN BY X-PRESS FEEDERS
Swiss marine power company WinGD has won an order for two X-S short-stroke engines for container vessels to be built for X-Press Feeders at HD Hyundai Mipo. The 2,800 TEU vessels will each be powered by a six-cylinder, 62-bore model from WinGD’s new medium-bore X-S...
NORSEPOWER RECEIVES SIX-SHIP GEFO ROTOR SAIL ORDER
Helsinki-based wind propulsion company Norsepower has secured a new agreement to deliver six of its Norsepower rotor sails for a fleet of newbuild tankers commissioned by GEFO Shipping Group. These newbuild vessels, designed by Ship Design & Consult (SDC), and...