The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), a registered charity in England and Wales, has called on the U.K. Government to support the development of a demonstration ship with retro-fitted sails. Fitting sails to cargo ships and sailing more slowly could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from t
Marine solutions provider Høglund Marine Solutions has supplied systems and supported the commissioning of Norway’s first LNG bunkering unit following successful gas and sea trials.
Hydrogen has been assigned a major role in the maritime decarbonization puzzle, as it promises to be a cost-effective green alternative for large ocean-going vessels. “Hydrogen and Fuel Cells (FCs) for maritime transport have been demonstrated in numerous pilot vessels over the last two decades. Rec
Offshore Energy continues with its new In focus weekly feature, spotlighting the latest energy transition developments, after our first edition went online on 16 April. Following last week’s news on the U.S. oil giant Chevron’s entrance into the offshore wind market and note that the company has not
Norway-based shipping firm Avance Gas Holding has increased its dual-fuel VLGC newbuilding program from four to six 91,000 cbm vessels. The order comes just a few months after the most recent fleet addition deal announced back in January. The latest two newbuilds will also be built by South Korean m
Grimaldi Group’s hybrid ro-ro vessel Eco Savona was christened on Wednesday during its maiden call in the port of Savona. This is the fourth hybrid ro-ro unit of twelve Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G) vessels ordered by the Grimaldi Group. The newbuild was delivered in March this year by Jinlin
The use of fossil fuels in the shipping industry will need to be banned in the latter half of the decade if the industry is to meet its decarbonization efforts, a study by MAN Energy Solutions shows. The study, carried out in partnership with the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Resea
NKT’s new cable barge NKT Agrippina has been loaded with a cable section for the offshore wind connection project Ostwind 2 in the German part of the Baltic Sea and will soon set out on its maiden trip after being christened on 20 April. The vessel has been specially designed to transport offshore p
Finnish cleantech company Norsepower has signed a framework agreement with Offshore Technology Development (OTD), Keppel Offshore & Marine’s technology arm, on the commercialization of rotor sails. Under the deal, OTD, which provides equipment to the offshore oil and gas, marine, and offshore wind i
Shell will collaborate on a feasibility study to test the use of hydrogen fuel cells for ships, the first for both Shell and in Singapore, striving for cleaner and hydrogen-powered shipping.
Industry heavyweights Lloyd’s Register’s Decarbonization Hub, Maersk, MAN Energy Solutions, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, NYK Line, Total and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping are embarking on a new project with the aim of providing guidelines on the safe use of ammonia as a
Wuhan-based PEM fuel cell supplier Troowin Power System Technology Co has won a type approval from China Classification Society (CCS) for its marine fuel cell product. CCS said that this was China’s first certificate of type approval for a marine fuel cell, and that it follows more than a year of re
The technology group Wärtsilä has taken participation in a consortium of Finnish research organisations studying new solutions for clean marine and off-road transport.
Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI), a shipbuilding arm of Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, has built and delivered a 115,000 dwt product carrier which has obtained the Silent E-Notation from DNV. The LR2 tanker, named Onex Peace, is owned by UAE-based energy trading company Onex DMCC, and
