Florida-based shipping and energy supply chain company Crowley has teamed up with nuclear power firm BWX Technologies through a memorandum of understanding for a ship concept that has the potential to generate nuclear power. Under the cooperation, the duo will work on the design, engineering, and de
Swiss marine power company WinGD has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korean shipowner KSS Line to explore X-DF-A dual-fuel ammonia engines for future newbuilds. WinGD is due to begin validation of its ammonia-fuelled engine concept on single and multi-cylinder test engines, in Winter
Freeport East, one of eight new Freeports in England covering an area within roughly 45 kilometers of the ports of Felixstowe and Harwich, holds the potential to become a key player in the development of hydrogen-enabled green shipping corridors as well as decarbonization of transport, a new study s
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), the Port of Rotterdam (PoR) and 20 partners in the Green & Digital Shipping Corridor are working to reduce 20% to 30% of emissions from international shipping by 2030. This was agreed at the third Green Corridor workshop, held this week in Rotterda
Cruise shipping major Royal Caribbean Group has completed over 12 consecutive weeks of biofuel testing in Europe. The company began testing biofuels last year and expanded the trial this summer in Europe to two additional ships — Royal Caribbean International’s Symphony of the Seas and Celebrity Cru
Belgium-based shipping company Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) has exercised an option for the construction of two 210,000 dwt bulkers at China’s Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry, adding to its already massive orderbook at the yard. Namely, CMB already has ten 210,000 dwt bulkers under cons
The Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering (KRISO) has received approval in principle (AiP) from classification society ABS for its design of an offshore hydrogen and ammonia production platform. KRISO’s design entails the production of green hydrogen using electricity generated by a
South Korean companies Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Pan Ocean have teamed up to demonstrate a digital twin-based ship management platform on one of Pan Ocean’s LNG carriers. To this end, SHI and Pan Ocean signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the development of comprehensive digital s
Over the course of the past year, the maritime industry has witnessed a remarkable surge in projects centered around ammonia as a sustainable ship fuel. Ammonia-powered ship types, fueled by zero-emission ambitions, have taken center stage at this year’s Gastech in Singapore, capturing the imaginati
Europe’s inland waterway shipping company HGK Shipping has placed an order for an innovative gas tanker with the Dutch shipyard De Gerlien van Tiem Scheepsreparatie – Nieuwbouw. The new vessel, characterized by its unique features, is optimized to sail in shallow waters. The vessel is equipped with
Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA (KCC), part of Norwegian shipping company Torvald Klaveness, is embarking on an initiative to enhance vessel connectivity through a pilot program with Starlink, a satellite internet service provided by Marlink. Through this endeavor KCC aims to facilitate digital c
Spanish energy company Enagás and Port of Huelva have signed an agreement to facilitate the integration of renewable gases such as hydrogen and BioLNG into the integrated logistics chain and promote future decarbonisation projects at the Enagás plant in Huelva. The agreement aims to establish the gr
A pilot project was launched at Zuidnatie’s terminal in Antwerp in which shore power was connected to the ocean-going vessel UAL Osprey, an ocean going vessel owned by UK-based shipping company Carisbrooke Shipping, by means of a Zenobē battery. This makes Zuidnatie the first terminal in Belgium to
Just weeks after making headlines with its ambitious announcement at the end of August, China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) has swiftly moved forward with the order of the world’s first methanol dual-fuel Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC). As previously announced, Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Group
