The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been selected to supply its thruster solution for a new hybrid tug being built to operate in the port of Xiamen in China. According to Wärtsilä, its thrusters have been specially designed for electric propulsion and support the sustainability requirements of
Japanese general trading company ITOCHU Corporation and South African chemicals and energy company Sasol have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly study and develop the market and supply chain for green ammonia, focusing on its use as bunkering fuel and for power generation. The MoU
Korea Shipbuilding &Offshore Engineering (KSOE) has secured an order for three very large gas carriers (VLGCs), the company revealed in a stock exchange filing. The order has been won by KSOE’s Hyundai Heavy Industries subsidiary and it is worth KRW 391.7 billion ( $285 million). The unnamed shippin
The Finnish shipping company Langh Ship Oy Ab has placed an order for three 1,200 TEU container feeder vessels from the Paxocean shipyard in the Zhoushan area outside of Shanghai, China. The newbuildings will be equipped with a two-stroke, slow-speed main engine for best fuel economy and hybrid scru
Governor of California Gavin Newsom has issued an executive order which exempts vessels calling at Californian ports from using shore power to conserve energy and mitigate the impact of the ongoing heat wave. Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency on August 31 through to September 7 amid record temp
Danish ship operator A.P. Moller – Maersk has joined forces with technology group Wärtsilä on the development of a solution for preventing corrosion in scrubber discharge pipes. The permanent in-pipe solution is designed to solve corrosion problems associated with open-loop scrubber washwater discha
Hong Kong-based dry bulk shipping company Pacific Basin has completed its first biofuel trial on its handy bulker Ince Point, built in 2015. Biofuels have been identified in the market as a solution that provides immediate results in decarbonizing shipping, as they can be blended or dropped into exi
Port group PSA Corporation Ltd (PSA) officially inaugurated Tuas Port in Singapore, on Thursday, 1 September, with the first three berths operational at Phase One of the development. The terminal is progressively developed in four phases. When fully operational in the 2040s, it is expected to be the
The technology group Wärtsilä will supply the engines for two new articulated tug barges (ATBs) owned by Brazilian logistics integrator Alianҫa Navegaҫão e Logística, a member of A.P.Moller – Maersk. The two 6400 kW vessels have been designed by Robert Allan Ltd and are being built at the Estaleiro
Norwegian shipping and technology company Amon Maritime and Amogy Inc., a company specializing in ammonia power solutions, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to advance carbon-free, ammonia power solutions for the global shipping industry. Both companies are engaged in research, enginee
The construction of Finnlines’ two Superstar ro-pax vessels has hit two major milestones in China, the company revealed. The first vessel, Finnsirius, was launched on 30 August 2022 and the keel laying of the second one, Finncanopus, was celebrated on 1 September 2022. The company ordered the ships
Israeli container shipping company ZIM has signed a ten-year marine liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales and purchase agreement with Shell, valued at more than $1 billion. The LNG is intended for ten LNG-fueled vessels that will be deployed on ZIM’s flagship ZIM Container Service Pacific (ZCP), on the
Transport of highly inflammable lithium-ion batteries, a key component of electric vehicles, which can also be used as backup power for ships, is increasingly impacting shipping safety as demonstrated by a number of fires on vessels such as Ro-Ro car carriers and containerships. Given the many diffi
Associated British Ports (ABP) and industrial gases company Air Products have joined forces to bring the first large-scale green hydrogen facility to the Port of Immingham in the Humber, UK. The facility would import green ammonia from production locations operated by Air Products and its partners a
