Swedish Furetank and Canadian Algoma Central Corporation are expanding the FureBear joint venture to include eight dual-fuel product tankers to trade in Northern Europe. The 50/50 owned joint venture was announced in August with an order for four dual-fuel tankers and is now extended with four addit
The UK’s Port of Aberdeen has been awarded more than £200,000 from the UK Government to accelerate its drive to Net Zero by 2040. The ‘Port Zero’ feasibility study, which is part of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition Round 2 (CMDC2), will analyse future port power demands, assess low carbo
SEA-KIT International has secured funding through the second round of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC) to design a hydrogen-powered, zero-emission uncrewed surface vessel (USV). SEA-KIT and Bramble Energy will implement outputs from a Round 1 project that marinized a printed circu
Spanish rigid sail developer bound4blue and dry bulk shipping company MMSL PTE. LTD., a wholly owned subsidiary of Marubeni Corporation based in Singapore, have signed an agreement to install four suction sails on the Crimson Kingdom. According to the preliminary studies, the 229-meter length Panama
South Korean shipbuilding major Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has developed a liquid hydrogen fuel cell system for ship propulsion and received approval in principle (AiP) from the classification society DNV. As explained, the system uses the electric power generated by liquid hydrogen and polymer
HUB Ocean, a Norway-based center dedicated to sharing ocean data, and Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping have signed a Knowledge Partnership Agreement. HUB Ocean is an independent, non-profit tech foundation that invests considerable resources into unlocking ocean data. Its flags
Brooklyn-based technology startup Amogy has signed a collaboration agreement with Yara Clean Ammonia (YCA), a decarbonization-focused subsidiary of global ammonia producer, Yara International ASA. Under the memorandum of understanding (MOU), Yara will consider Amogy’s ammonia-to-power system as a ze
Swedish companies Stena Oil, Stena Teknik and OljOla have entered into a joint venture agreement to build a bunker supply vessel designed to carry chemicals as per IMO Type II, including methanol and various bio-fuels. “It is our greatest pleasure to inform that through the close cooperation between
Grieg Edge, the innovation hub of Norwegian shipping group Grieg Star, has teamed up with compatriot Peak Group AS to establish a joint venture named Skarv Shipping Solutions. The JV founders said that the company aims to help ship and cargo owners reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases and reac
China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Yangzhou has cut steel for Erik Thun’s Vinga series dual-fuel product tanker ordered in March this year. The 17,999 dwt vessel is a sister to Thun Venern, and it is the latest contribution to the “Vinga-series” of nine previous sister vessels, all trading within t
The Dutch companies Attero, Nordsol and Titan have reached the final investment decision (FID) for their bio-LNG project, FirstBio2Shipping, which now enters the construction phase. The three partners announced the FID on 9 November after meeting at the site for the proposed plant, located at the fa
France plans to assign € 300 million in public funding to help catalyze the decarbonization of its shipping sector and the development of zero-emission vessels. The move was announced by the French secretary of state in charge of maritime affairs, Hervé Berville at a conference held in Lille on Tues
COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Co. and COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Technology have won two approvals in principle from ABS classification society for their ammonia-fueled vessel and ammonia supply system designs which are being trialed on a tugboat. Given the challenging characteristics of ammonia,
As many as 800,000 seafarers will require additional training by the mid-2030s to enable the shipping industry to transition towards alternative low- and zero-carbon fuels and technologies with the aim of keeping global warming to 1.5C or less by 2050, a DNV study shows. Findings also suggest that a
