Dealfeng New Energy Technology, a Chinese technical-based company integrating R&D and manufacturing of wind auxiliary propulsion rotor sail systems, has completed the installation of its rotor sails on a 5,000-ton class product oil tanker. The company said that the installation of its set of 4m x 16
German Government has awarded a subsidy for fully electric, wind-assisted Damen Combi Freighter (CF) 3850 vessels being built for German joint venture Gerdes Green, which will be chartered by Swiss freight trader Cargill.
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been selected to supply its propulsion efficiency solutions for ten Bird Class oil and chemical tankers owned by Hafnia, a Singapore-based tanker operator.
Singapore-based shipping company Ocean Network Express (ONE) has launched a new trial aimed at unlocking the potential of wind propulsion as a sustainable solution for the maritime industry.
Dutch bunker supplier Titan has performed a bunkering operation of AIDA Cruises’ AIDAnova for the first time in Hamburg.
The US-based global automation technology company Emerson has made a strategic investment in Frugal Technologies, a Danish company offering fuel optimization technologies.
China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES), the Shanghai-listed shipping giant and daughter company of China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI), has ordered a methanol-powered engine that will be installed onboard a very large crude carrier (VLCC).
India’s shipbuilding major Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) has ordered MAN’s high-speed gensets to supply backup diesel-electric propulsion for Samskip’s hydrogen-powered feeders. Rotterdam-based Samskip Group has two short-sea feeder container ships under construction at CSL. Known as the SeaShuttle proj
WinGD is to supply X-DF-M methanol-fueled engines for a series of 6 container vessels to be built at Yangzijiang Shipbuilding.
German engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES) has revealed that it is developing an oxidation catalyst for four-stroke engines that will reduce methane slip by 70%.
In a milestone event for the maritime industry, a tanker conducted an unloading operation while connected to shore power at the Port of Gävle, Sweden.
Turneo GmBH, a joint venture between Hamburg-based Karlsson GmBH and energy service provider EWE, has begun producing green hydrogen in Cuxhaven, providing fuel for the first of four supply vessels in Wintershall Dea’s Mittelplate fleet. Under the project named H2Move, Turneo commissioned and starte
An environmentally sailing ship intended for the Marshall Islands has been launched in South Korea.
A new study by the University of Southampton, commissioned by the International Chamber of Shipping, has revealed the synergies between the implementation of energy efficiency measures, such as wind-assisted propulsion and air lubrication technology, and the reduction of underwater radiated noise (U
