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Wärtsilä to boost fuel efficiency for KOTC’s VLCC quartet

The technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted by Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC), a subsidiary ...

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  • Vessels
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MAN, Japanese partners to develop aluminum-powered ships

German engine builder MAN Energy Solutions has partnered up with Japanese shipbuilder Imabari Shipbu...

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  • Vessels
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Schottel propels six new live fish carriers built by Sefine

German manufacturer of propulsion systems Schottel has secured a deal to deliver propulsion equipmen...

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  • Vessels
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ExxonMobil: Cylinder lubrication must adapt to a multi-fuel reality

The impending acceleration of decarbonization efforts to meet the IMO’s 2050 targets is expect...

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  • Innovation
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AMSA detains bulker for breaching IMO carriage ban

Australian authorities have detained a bulker identified as African Heron for carrying high sulfur f...

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  • Vessels
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MAN engines to power next-gen offshore installation vessel

China Merchant Heavy Industry (CMHI) has ordered 6 × MAN 12V32/44CR main engines for Jan De Nul̵...

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  • Vessels
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Eco Marine Power to look into installation of its zero-emission solution onto an LR2 tanker

The Japanese technology firm Eco Marine Power has launched a feasibility study into the installation...

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  • Innovation
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Stena Bulk's MR tanker wraps up biofuel trial

Stena Bulk’s MR tanker Stena immortal has concluded the biofuel trial launched in March in coo...

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  • Vessels
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SCHOTTEL propulsion for Hornsea Two service operations vessel

Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has selected SCHOTTEL to supply a range of propulsion systems for its ...

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  • Vessels
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BW LPG: First LPG retrofit candidates to enter the yard in June

BW LPG, the world’s largest liquid petroleum gas shipping company, has adapted the LPG retrofit sche...

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  • Vessels
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ClassNK awards AIP to Imabari's LPG dual-fulled bulker

Japan’s classification society ClassNK has granted an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Imabari S...

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  • Innovation
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Not only one zero-carbon fuel is the most competitive

Different zero-carbon fuel options are more competitive in different decades and there is not one o...

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  • Transition
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Singapore adds two bunker players, hangs tough during COVID-19

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has awarded two new bunker supplier licences to M...

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  • Business & Finance
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Hapag-Lloyd slashes its emissions by 50 percent

German container shipping major Hapag-Lloyd has cut its CO2 emissions per TEU kilometre by 50 percen...

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  • Business & Finance
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Wärtsilä’s scrubber order intake takes a hit as fuel price spread narrows

The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has reported a 12 percent order intake fall during the first q...

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  • Business & Finance
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MAN two-stroke engines to power Finnlines’ RoRo newbuilds

Germany’s engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions has won the order to supply two-stroke eng...

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  • Vessels
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MINSHIP trials biofuel on bulk carrier

Bavarian ship management company MINSHIP and its subsidiary MINMARINE have embarked upon a biofuel t...

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  • Vessels
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SCHOTTEL propulsion for Les Alizés crane vessel

SCHOTTEL will deliver a full propulsion package for Jan De Nul’s new super-sized offshore inst...

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  • Vessels
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  • long read
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Three pathways to decarbonization of shipping

There are three potential fuel pathways toward developing zero-emission vessels and decarbonizing th...

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  • Research & Development
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World’s 1st methanol-powered ship celebrates 5th birthday

Wärtsilä, Stena Line, and Methanex marked five years of the successful operation of the methanol-fue...

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  • Vessels
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ABB, HDF to power ocean-going vessels with fuel cell systems

Technology firm ABB has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hydrogène de France to joint...

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  • Innovation
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VTT to explore use of bio- and waste-based oils for ships

VTT, partners will assess how suitable fuel oils made from biomass and waste plastics are for ship d...

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  • Research & Development
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  • long read
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A Flettner freighter in the making

For centuries shipping depended on wind, but the industrial revolution changed that. No longer vesse...

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  • Technology
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  • long read
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Electric propulsion in the Dutch inland shipping sector

By Tom Scott Ambitions for carbon neutrality come in many sizes. On the international stage, numerou...

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  • Technology
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Stena Bulk about to test biofuel on its MR tanker

Swedish tanker shipping company Stena Bulk plans to test 100 % biofuel on one of its MR tankers in t...

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