Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, part of Japanese company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, have completed a joint development project (JDP) to implement 3D model-based approvals.
Although many shipowners are turning to slow steaming to cut fuel consumption and emissions, this strategy could have negative effects as well, design and engineering firm Houlder has warned.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has announced grants totalling nearly $300 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to expand and modernize the nation’s ferry systems.
Classification society ABS and South Korean shipbuilding major HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to advance the development and certification of innovative systems for next-generation, zero-carbon ships.
COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers, a unit of China’s COSCO Shipping Group, has taken delivery of and christened the second vessel in its 62,000 dwt series of multi-purpose (MPP) heavy lift vessels—the MV Yuan Fu. Following the earlier delivery of its sister-vessel, the Guang Fu, the Liberia-flagge
Norway-based classification society DNV and China’s intelligent shipping technology and equipment provider Navigation Brilliance (Brinav) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aiming to ‘fast-track’ the development and regulatory approval of autonomous and remote-controlled shipping techno
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Chevron Shipping Company, a subsidiary of energy company Chevron, have signed an agreement to install Wind Challenger, a hard sail wind-assisted ship propulsion system, on a newbuild LNG carrier. The vessel is said to be the world’s LNG carrier t
Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers AS (KNCC), a joint venture company between NYK Line and Knutsen Group, and Pace CCS (Pace) have completed a joint study to assess CO2 specification of elevated pressure (EP) shipping.
In the past 12 months, the maritime artificial intelligence (AI) market has seen an explosive expansion, nearly tripling in size, a new report shows.
Swiss technology company Daphne Technology has launched new carbon credit methodology with the aim to reduce methane emissions from internal combustion engines using any methane-rich fuel.
Finnish ship design and engineering company Deltamarin has wrapped up its participation in the European Union’s Horizon 2020-funded CHEK project, a joint initiative involving 15 consortium partners focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and energy use in long-distance shipping. Project CHEK—wh
Singaporean shipping company Navig8 has taken delivery of Navig8 Excellence, the third of the company’s six scrubber-fitted, environmentally friendly newbuild MR tankers from Chinese shipbuilder New Times Shipbuilding (NTS). According to a statement by the company, the vessel was welcomed in the fir
Avikus, an autonomous navigation solutions venture founded by South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group, and Norway-based classification society DNV have teamed up on ‘world’s first’ approval of autonomous vessel systems. The partnership between Avikus and DNV represents a ‘signi
In a bid to tackle carbon emissions in the maritime industry, Swedish company SeaFjord Energy has chosen Swiss-Swedish equipment provider ABB’s electric power and propulsion system for its ‘pioneering’ e-bunker vessel concept, which aims to offer ‘a new way of supplying energy’ to ships at sea and i
