Swiss energy storage solutions company Leclanché has been selected as the battery technology provider for two hybrid ferries being built for Stena Line and Brittany Ferries. Leclanché will provide two battery systems with a total capacity of 22.6 MWh, or 11.3 MWh each, for the RoPax ferries that are
US-based shipowner Eagle Bulk Shipping announced that one of its bulkers has completed a voyage using biofuel. M/V Stamford Eagle, an Ultramax bulk carrier built in 2016, carried out the voyage in cooperation with the global mining and metallurgy group Eramet and its subsidiary Eramet Norway. The sh
European multinational aerospace corporation Airbus has tested renewable marine fuel on one of its vessels as part of the ambition to reduce its carbon emissions.
Smart network solutions company Marlink is equipping Solstad Offshore’s vessels with Starlink connectivity, integrated with the Sealink VSAT, L-band backup and 4G services. According to Marlink, Solstad is the first offshore vessel operator on the Marlink network to trial Starlink testing the networ
Swiss-based liner major Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is starting the year on a high note with the construction of its New Panamax giants in China making headway. Namely, Dalian Shipbuilding (DSIC), part of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has launched MSC Chiyo, a 16,000 TEU boxs
Lady Maria Fisher, the second LNG dual-fuel tanker built for British marine engineering services provider James Fisher, has completed sea trials. According to James Fisher’s social media update from 10 January, the sea trials “ran smoothly despite the three-day delay caused by the weather conditions
SEA-KIT has put into operation its new production facility for the XL-Class uncrewed surface vessel (USV), which tripled the company’s production capacity and expanded its R&D area. SEA-KIT opened the new building, built alongside its existing base in Tollesbury, Essex, UK, on 1 October 2022. Accord
CIMC Blue Water, a subsidiary of CIMC Enric Holdings, has delivered a batch of 29 LNG conversion vessels to its customer Zhuhai Port Shipping Company, a subsidiary of Zhuhai Port Holdings Group. This is the largest delivery of a single batch of oil-to-gas converted vessels in China, and according to
The Biden-Harris Administration has released the U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization, an interagency framework of strategies and actions to remove all emissions from the transportation sector by 2050. The document builds upon the memorandum of understanding Departments of Ener
French ferry operator Corsica Ferries has decided to invest in compatriot start-up Neoline Armateur to help co-finance its first Neoliner, a wind-powered roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) cargo ship.
UK’s cleantech company Silverstream Technologies has signed a deal with China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) to install its air lubrication technology on four 175,000cbm LNG carriers being built at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC). The agreement includes four firm installations of the
Startup climate-tech company Seabound has teamed up with Crestchic Loadbanks, a specialist in the provision of load bank testing equipment, to test Seabound’s carbon capture prototype. London-based Seabound has developed a unique carbon capture device that traps and stores CO2 from fuel exhaust with
Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co. (DACKS), a joint venture between COSCO Shipping and Kawasaki Shipbuilding, has floated out a new 24,000 TEU boxship built for Hong Kong-based shipowner Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL).
Solstad Offshore’s platform supply vessel (PSV) Normand Leader has saved 29 per cent of emissions and fuel consumption compared to a normal transit and only minor vessel speed alternations. Solstad said it had worked with partner VPS Decarbonization over the last weeks to use data analytics to save
