Port of Antwerp-Bruges, North Sea Port and Port of Ostend have officially been recognized as a Hydrogen Valley at the European level. The Hydrogen Valley certificate was issued by the Clean Hydrogen Partnership and Mission Innovation who maintain an online map with the main characteristics of Hydrog
Korea Maritime Consultants Co., Ltd. (KOMAC) has secured approval in principle (AiP) from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for its design of an ammonia-fueled containership. The 3,600-TEU vessel design aims to address what KOMAC forecasts will be as an increase in the market need for small-scal
China Classification Society (CCS) has granted the first approval in principle (AiP) for ammonia and methanol valves in South Korea.
A new executive order has come into force on 1 July 2023 in Denmark that makes it possible to issue guarantees of origin for hydrogen, meaning that PtX actors can now market and show that they trade in green hydrogen and use green hydrogen in their processes. According to Danish Energy Agency, in th
Tokyo-based shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has won approval in principle (AiP) from classification societies Det Norsk Veritas AS (DNV) and the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for a liquefied CO2 (LCO2) carrier. Additionally, ABS has granted an AiP for a floating storage and offloading
Japanese heavyweights Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) have secured an Approval in Principle (AiP) for their jointly developed ammonia and liquefied CO2 (LCO2) carrier from ClassNK. The vessel is designed to carry both ammonia and LCO2 safely and economi
Damen, DNV and NAPA have taken a new step forward in ship design processes by using the new Open Class 3D Exchange (OCX) standard to streamline classification involvement in the early phase of a project.
A joint study into ammonia safety onboard ships undertaken by the Lloyd’s Register (LR) Maritime Decarbonisation Hub and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMCZCS), has found that a range of mitigation methods, from ship design to crew training and operations, are required
UK-based company Global OTEC has secured an approval in principle from Lloyd’s Register for a barge that will support its floating ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) system.
A green retrofit package solution designed by Dutch ship design company AURELIA in partnership with Econowind, Wattlab and Vertom has secured an Approval in Principle (AiP) from the Italian classification society RINA. The solution incorporates rigid sails, solar panels, batteries, optimized weather
H-Line Shipping, a ship owner based in South Korea, has selected SN Corporation in Chittagong, Bangladesh, for its first green recycling initiative. “The pioneering steps taken by H-LINE Shipping and their confidence in choosing HKC-compliant facilities in Bangladesh will undoubtedly inspire other p
Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings, a Hong Kong shipowner, and Qiyao Environmental Technology (Qiyao Environ Tec), a subsidiary of Shanghai Marine Diesel Engine Research Institute, have secured an approval in principle from Bureau Veritas (BV) for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project onboar
Shipbuilding heavyweight China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and DNV classification society have established a Future Ship Joint Innovation Centre in Shanghai. The centre will enable the duo to cooperate on ship and offshore field technical innovation, advance in decarbonization and digitali
Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded a type approval in principle for a self-contained shipboard emissions monitoring system developed by US tech firm SeaARCTOS.
