South Korean shipbuilding major Samsung Heavy Industries has teamed up with German chemical producer BASF on a collaborative feasibility assessment of capturing CO2 onboard maritime vessels. Under the Memorandum of Understanding for Onboard Carbon Capture and Storage (OCCS) technology, signed at the
Korean Register (KR) and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) have joined forces on the development of a 40,000 cbm liquefied carbon dioxide carrier (LCO2) featuring a next-generation cargo handling system. The demand for vessels capable of transporting carbon dioxide at scale from emissi
Norway-based engineering consultancy Multiconsult has been appointed to assess the potential for installing a floating solar power plant in Ghana.
Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has teamed up with The Alan Turing Institute, UK’s national institute for data science and AI, to advance maritime digitalisation. The parties will collaborate to provide companies adopting digital technology with a fast and cost-effective independent ass
Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indian steel producer JSW Steel for establishing the working committee for collaborative research on decarbonisation. The companies agreed to share research and ideas on their respective know
Van Oord has won two new contracts to reinforce the coast at the Romanian seaside resorts of Jupiter-Neptun and Balta Mangalia, Venus and Aurora. The projects consist not only of smart engineering; sustainability is also a major topic in the development. According to Van Oord, several of the current
Slovenia-based company Sigma Energija (Sigma Energy) has deployed a full-scale wave energy device offshore the city of Bar in Montenegro.
Swedish sustainable solutions provider Alfa Laval has received approval for testing with ammonia at its Test & Training Centre.
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has secured approval in principle from the compatriot classification society Korean Register (KR) for the design of an ammonia-fuel ready very large gas carrier (VLGC). The VLGC will be capable of using ammonia as a fuel as well as carrying it as bulk cargo. The design
A coalition of shipping leaders, led by industry majors Shell and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), launched today a technology accelerator intending to examine and advocate for maritime technology solutions to measure and manage methane emissions. The Methane Abatement in Maritime (MAM) Innovat
The partners in the EU-funded €3.4 million LiftWEC project have selected the final concept for a wave energy device, based on hydrodynamic lift forces, that will be put through its paces at the wave tank in Ecole Centrale de Nantes.
Chinese shipping heavyweights China Merchants Energy Shipping and COSCO Shipping Bulk have voiced their plans to focus on methanol marine fuel as their primary area of research in the future. The move was announced by CMES chairman Xie Chunlin and Gu Jinsong, Chairman of COSCO Shipping Bulk in a mee
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
US-based wave energy company CalWave Power Technologies has concluded its open-ocean wave energy pilot after 10 months of continuous operation off the coast of San Diego in California.
