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  • WinGD, Alfa Laval to work together on ammonia-powered engines development

    12 December 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Swedish sustainable solutions provider Alfa Laval and Swiss engine designer WinGD have established a partnership in which Alfa Laval will deliver two fuel supply systems (FSS) for testing WinGD’s ammonia-fueled engine in early 2024.

  • Alfa Laval eyes business opportunities in hydrogen sector

    2 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy

    Swedish sustainable solutions provider Alfa Laval is establishing a new business unit, ‘Business Unit Electrolyzer and Fuel Cell Technologies,’ intending to capture business opportunities in the hydrogen sector. It will be established by January 1, 2024, and will be part of the Energy Division. Alfa Laval said that over the past three years, the company […]

  • Alfa Laval fuel supply system for industry’s first methanol boxship retrofit project

    7 December 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Danish shipping giant Maersk has selected Alfa Laval’s fuel supply system FCM Methanol for its pioneering methanol retrofit project.

  • MAN taps Alfa Laval for methanol fuel-supply solution

    12 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    German engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions has signed an agreement with Alfa Laval, the Swedish industrial concern, to develop a methanol fuel-supply solution for MAN four-stroke engines and its fuel-injection technology. As a result, the first four-stroke engine types will be capable of retrofit to methanol operation from 2025. MAN Energy Solutions and Alfa Laval […]

  • Rio Tinto picks Alfa Laval’s air lubrication system for its bulker

    18 April 2024
    Collaboration, Technology, Vessels

    Rio Tinto, the world’s largest dry bulk shipper, has selected Alfa Laval’s air lubrication technology for one of its bulk carriers, as part of its focus to boost vessel energy efficiency and decarbonize shipping.

  • K Shipbuilding to use Alfa Laval’s air lubrication systems in tanker newbuild projects

    11 March 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Technology

    Swedish sustainable solutions provider Alfa Laval has signed the first memorandum of understanding (MOU) for OceanGlide installations with Korean shipbuilding company K Shipbuilding (KSB).

  • Scorpio Tankers picks FOWE fuel emulsion systems for 100+ vessels

    23 February 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Vessels

    Monaco-based shipping company Scorpio Tankers has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding to install the Fowe Eco Solutions (FOWE) fuel emulsion systems across its entire fleet of over 100 vessels.

  • A bird with six wings: Tender design finalized for world’s first wind-powered RoRo

    12 March 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Innovation, Vessels

    Oceanbird revealed that a tender design for the world’s first wind-powered roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessel has been finalized.

  • Are air lubrication systems both sustainable and profitable?

    15 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Vessels, Vision

    Throwing air lubrication systems into play as both sustainable and profitable ventures.

  • WinGD gets BV AiP for dual-fuel ammonia engine safety concept

    14 December 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Technology

    French classification society Bureau Veritas has added its vote of confidence to Swiss marine power company WinGD’s ammonia-fueled X-DF-A dual-fuel engine, granting approval in principle (AiP) for the engine’s safety concept.

  • WATCH: Wallenius Wilhelmsen tests new hull of Orcelle Wind before approaching shipyards

    20 October 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Transition, Vessels

    Wallenius Wilhelmsen and its project partners are working diligently on the development of the Orcelle Wind, an innovative wind-powered Pure Car Truck Carrier. Namely, parallel to the production of the first wing prototypes, the company is also working on the fine-tuning of the vessel design. The Alfa Laval and Wallenius-backed JV company wing prototype will […]

  • Liquid Wind and partners launch design & performance center to boost eFuel innovation and production

    22 February 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Transition

    Swedish electrofuel developer Liquid Wind, together with its partners Alfa Laval, Carbon Clean, Siemens Energy, and Topsoe, has launched the eFuel Design & Performance Center (DPC) in Hørsholm, Denmark. The launch of DPC builds on Liquid Wind’s partnership formed in 2020 and the recently announced plans for developing and marketing ten additional eMethanol facilities in the […]

  • Liquid Wind sets plan in motion for its first eMethanol plant in Finland

    12 December 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    Swedish electrofuel developer Liquid Wind has formed a partnership with Finnish companies Kanteleen Voima and Piipsan Tuulivoima to prepare a feasibility study for setting up its first facility for producing eMethanol in Haapavesi, Finland. On 12 December, the parties announced the signing of a letter of intent, indicating the starting point of a close cooperation to […]

  • Rystad Energy partners zero-carbon shipping center

    18 December 2023
    Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Norway’s energy research and business intelligence company Rystad Energy has joined Denmark’s Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping to advance the maritime industry’s role in the global energy transition.

  • Liquid Wind and partners eye ten additional eMethanol facilities by 2027

    9 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy

    Swedish electrofuel developer Liquid Wind, through its partnership with Alfa Laval, Carbon Clean, Siemens Energy, and Topsoe, has revealed plans for developing and marketing ten additional eMethanol facilities in the Nordics by 2027. The newly-announced plans build on the partnership that was initially formed in 2020 with the common mission to establish 80 standardized, state-of-the-art […]

  • German operator picks MAN ES’ methanol-ready engines for tanker quartet

    2 February 2024
    Equipment, Vessels

    German operator of oil/chemical tankers German Tanker Shipping (GTS) has selected MAN ES’ propulsion solution with main and auxiliary engines plus MAN Alpha propeller for four oil and chemical tankers.

  • Fuelink: New AI-based digital platform for bunker data management launched

    14 March 2024
    Infrastructure, IT & Software

    Fuelink, a maritime technology provider, has launched its new digital platform providing a key resource for bunker data management and fuel supply optimization.

  • In focus: Increase in fossil fuel production threatens global climate goals

    10 November 2023
    Authorities & Government, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Research & Development

    Despite all the efforts exerted by the governments and companies around the world to reduce carbon emissions and reach ambitious net-zero targets, the new  2023 Production Gap Report shows that global coal, oil and gas productions are still increasing while planned reductions are nowhere near enough to avoid the worst effects of the climate change. […]

  • Kumiai Navigation to retrofit LPG tanker with air lubrication

    6 September 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation

    Singapore-based shipowner Kumiai Navigation (PTE) has decided to retrofit one of its 54k DWT LPG tankers with Alfa Laval OceanGlide fluidic air lubrication technology as a way of cutting the ship’s energy consumption and meeting environmental regulations. With this order, Alfa Laval has added LPG tankers to vessel types that can benefit from OceanGlide fluidic air […]

  • DNV greenlights Oceanbird’s wing sail

    29 August 2023
    Certification & Classification, Equipment, Innovation, Technology

    The first wing sail from Oceanbird, Wing 560, has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from the classification society DNV.

  • Alfa Laval to deliver 1st methanol-fired steam boiler solution for ships

    9 June 2023
    Equipment

    Swedish sustainable solutions provider Alfa Laval has expanded its portfolio of alternative fuel solutions with the introduction of methanol-fired Aalborg boiler systems, which can use a wide range of fuel types including methanol.

  • Odfjell picks Alfa Laval’s air lubrication tech for its vessel

    8 June 2023
    Technology, Vessels

    Norwegian company Odfjell Ship Management has partnered with Swedish sustainable solutions provider Alfa Laval to install its air lubrication technology onboard one of its tankers.

  • Alfa Laval’s FCM picked for methanol-powered mega containerships

    26 May 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment

    Swedish sustainable solutions provider Alfa Laval has been contracted to provide FCM Methanol the low-flashpoint fuel supply system (LFSS) for four methanol-fuelled mega boxships.

  • 10MW offshore hydrogen project nets €20 million European Commission grant

    27 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Transition

    The HOPE (Hydrogen Offshore Production for Europe) project, which aims to develop, build and operate the first 10 MW offshore hydrogen production unit in the North Sea, off the coast of Belgium by 2026, has received a €20 million (around $21.8 million) grant from the European Commission (EC). The HOPE project consortium and the EC […]

  • Nor-Shipping 2023: Terntank wins next-generation ship award for its hybrid tanker

    7 June 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    The winners of the Nor-Shipping 2023 awards have been announced, with Swedish/Danish tanker operator Terntank, wind power pioneer AlfaWall Oceanbird and Bound4Blue Co-founder and COO Cristina Aleixendri Munoz taking the top prizes. The award ceremony was held at the 29th Nor-Shipping, taking place this week in Oslo and Lillestrøm, Norway. Terntank secured the coveted Next […]