SEA TRAILS COMPLETED FOR SECOND OF TWO LARGEST-EVER MARINE BATTERIES
Andorra-headquartered AYK Energy has completed the installation and sea trials for the second Brittany Ferries ro-pax which features the largest marine battery yet built. AYK installed the 12MWh Orion+ battery in Brittany Ferries’ Guillaume de Normandie...
SAIL INSTALLATION COMPLETED ON MR TANKER
Spanish wind assisted propulsion company bound4blue has completed the installation of its eSail suction sails on tanker vessel ‘Pacific Sentinel’ with a streamlined single-stop process for Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) at Besiktas Shipyard in Turkey...
SHIP MANAGERS FEAR LEGAL CONSEQUENCES FROM IMO NET ZERO FRAMEWORK
Ship managers, represented by InterManager, the international association for ship managers, have expressed concerns in connection with the IMO’s future net-zero framework and have suggested concrete changes which they believe would make the proposals more effective....
UK PARTNERSHIP ISSUES PROPOSAL FOR MARITIME NUCLEAR POWER
A new paper proposes a framework to support UK development of advanced, safe, small nuclear reactors as a reliable and scalable zero-emission maritime power source. According to a report from technology company Core Power, marine insurer NorthStandard and...
PROPULSION UPGRADE CUTS FUEL COSTS AND EMISSIONS BY 33%
Norwegian short sea shipping company Lighthouse Ship Management has steered one of its managed general cargo vessel coasters through a Berg Propulsion retrofit project which is confirmed to have brought a 33% reduction in fuel costs. The Torangsvåg-based fleet manager...
CLEAN HULL TECHNOLOGY GAINS NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT FUNDING
Government agency Innovation Norway has provided sustainable hull-cleaning company ECOsubsea with a NOK 69m (US$ 6.2m) Green Growth Loan that will part-fund the construction of more of the company’s next-generation hull-cleaning robots, as it gears up to...
MAMII URGES EU TO LEAD ON METHANE EMISSIONS ABATEMENT
As the European Union prepares to unveil its Clean Industrial Deal on 26 February 2025, the Methane Abatement in Maritime Innovation Initiative (MAMII) has issued an open letter urging the EU to implement clear regulations and ramp up investment in methane-cutting...
MoU WILL BRING ELECTRIC eFOILER FERRIES TO WASHINGTON STATE
UK commercial electric high speed vessel designer Artemis Technologies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Delta Marine to manufacture eFoiler vessels specifically for Washington’s Puget Sound. The partnership will provide an eco-friendly solution that...