Belgium-based provider of pilot and port services Brabo has ordered a 100% electric foiling pilot boat from the UK’s clean maritime technology company Artemis Technologies.
The application of WAPS across a variety of vessel types is nearing a tipping point with deployment likely to increase rapidly, LR said.
Swedish shipping company Sirius Shipping has decided to install Manta Marine Technologies’ (MMT) FuelOpt system on two Sirius Evolution product/chemical tankers.
A 200,000-ton class bulk carrier, currently employed under a mid–term contract for transportation of iron ore for Brazilian mining giant Vale, has been retrofitted with two 35m x 5m Norsepower rotor sails, Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), the ship’s owner, said.
Japanese shipping major NYK Line has conducted a demonstration test of new technology Hz Navi System, which can produce energy-saving effects by lowering the frequency of the generator according to optimal specifications.
In shipping’s modern age, harnessing wind power is as much about adopting solutions like weather routing and voyage optimisation as it is about the physical wind-assisted propulsion system (WAPS) itself.
US-based emissions capture services provider STAX Engineering has entered into a five-year agreement with Equilon Enterprises (doing business as Shell Oil Products US) for emissions capture and control for tankers within the Port of Los Angeles.
Singapore-based dry bulk shipowner Berge Bulk has decided to install Wayfinder platform, developed by San Francisco-based maritime technology company Sofar Ocean, across its fleet, including new vessels equipped with wind propulsion technology.
Norwegian clean energy solutions provider Alma Clean Power has completed testing of a 100 kW fuel-cell system powered directly by ammonia.
MSC Cruises has introduced a new itinerary planning optimization tool OptiCruise, expected to reduce MSC Cruises’ fleetwide emissions by up to 15% by 2026.
Developer of win propulsion technologies GT Wings has partnered with companies A2O Manufacturing and KS Composites on the development of an ‘innovative’ wind propulsion system AirWing.
Aiming for improved efficiency and safety and lower emissions, German cruise operator Phoenix Reisen has decided to modernize its ship MS Amera and equip it with DC technology and shore connection from Switzerland-based technology company ABB. Specifically, ABB’s Onboard DC Grid power system and sho
French shipbuilder Chantiers de l’Atlantique has chosen TMC Compressors (TMC) to supply the marine compressed air system for the two cruise ships the shipbuilder is constructing for Orient Express Silenseas.
Japanese shipowner Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has decided to introduce the dynamic voyage optimization platform developed by Sofar Ocean to its group’s operating vessels, aiming to reduce GHG emissions by improving fuel efficiency.
