Written by Ron Heffron The maritime energy sector stands at a critical juncture as clean alternative fuels reshape terminal design requirements. Advanced engineering solutions for floating terminals and specialized mooring systems are enabling the safe handling of challenging cargoes like ammonia an
UK-based wind-assisted propulsion provider Anemoi Marine Technologies has completed the installation of four folding rotor sails on a second vessel owned by Singapore-based shipping company Berge Bulk. The rotor sails, 5 meters wide and 35 meters tall, were installed on the 208,000 DWT Newcastlemax
Swedish shipping company Stena RoRo has placed an order with China Merchants Industry (CMI) for a new generation of RoRo vessels, comprising two firm C-Flexer-type vessels with options for an additional four. The new C-Flexer design features a highly developed hullform, multi-fuel engines, and a sca
U.S.-headquartered oil major ExxonMobil has deployed marine safety technology from Sentinel Proactive to safeguard a subsea pipeline system off the coast of Guyana to which its “first major offshore project in the Stabroek Block” is connected. ExxonMobil Guyana’s Liza development is connected to the
Scotland-based marine energy company ZOEX Power has secured the first-ever sale of its wave energy prototype device, after completing real-world sea trials on the Turkish Black Sea coast. The purchase order was secured from a fully owned subsidiary of Türkiye’s Ordu municipality, named Oren Ordu Ene
A tripartite collaboration has been launched to develop and commercialize a 1 MW-class ammonia-to-power system for vessels, designed to replace conventional marine diesel generators as it converts ammonia into hydrogen, which powers proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) to produce electricity
Following the commissioning of the “world’s first” chemical tanker equipped with sails in 2024, Dutch chemical tanker operator Chemship has placed a new order with compatriot wind propulsion firm Econowind for the installation of wind-assisted ship propulsion technology on two additional vessels. Th
Nuclear-powered DP vessels are a technically feasible solution and are achievable, the Nuclear Propulsion in merchant Shipping (NuProShip II) study has confirmed. The NuProShip II project, funded by the Research Council of Norway, demonstrates the technical feasibility of nuclear-powered DP vessels,
Spanish automated wind-assisted propulsion system specialist bound4blue has installed the first eSAIL units on the first of five tankers owned by Danish Maersk Tankers. Four 24-meter ‘plug and play’ suction sails were fitted on Maersk Trieste, completing the first stage of an agreement that will see
German dry bulk carrier owner and operator Oldendorff Carriers is deploying energy optimization technology from a Swedish company to reduce energy consumption and emissions across its fleet. As part of the partnership with Swedish technology provider eMarine, Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) have al
Dutch Royal IHC and Demcon Unmanned Systems have entered into a strategic partnership for the deployment of unmanned and autonomous vessels for scalable autonomous maritime operations. The partnership has started with the development and integration of containerized launch and recovery systems (LARS
Hong Kong-based shipowner Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings Limited has welcomed to its fleet what it says is China’s first dual-fuel methanol-powered bunkering vessel. Da Qing 268 is the fourth bunkering vessel under the company’s care, joining Hai Gang Wei Lai, the largest LNG bunkering vessel
Spanish scale-up company H2SITE has launched a subsidiary in Norway to focus on deploying its ammonia-to-hydrogen systems in the maritime sector and accelerate vessel decarbonization. Through H2SITE Norway AS, based in Bergen, H2SITE is looking to supply onboard cracking systems to Norwegian compani
Japanese major Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Indonesia’s Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) have signed a new research agreement to continue exploring the potential of ammonia-based clean power in Indonesia. MHI and ITB concluded a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in 2020 to collaborate on re
