Singapore-based dry bulk owner Berge Bulk has completed the ‘world’s first’ retrofit installation of a front-end shaft generator on a 208,718 dwt Newcastlemax vessel, aiming for both emission reduction and energy efficiency. The vessel in question is the 299-meter-long bulk carrier Berge Dachstein.
South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) has embarked on a project to demonstrate how to recycle evaporated gas emitted into the atmosphere during the construction of liquefied natural gas-powered ships into city gas.
