The UK-based wind-assisted propulsion provider Anemoi Marine Technologies has signed an agreement with NAPA, the Finnish-based global maritime software, services and data analysis expert, to bring its weather routing and voyage optimization tools to users of its rotor sails.
Uber Boat by Thames Clippers, a partnership between river bus service Thames Clipper and transport company Uber, has welcomed the latest addition to its fleet: the Mars Clipper, a hybrid passenger ferry. Constructed at Wight Shipyard on the Isle of Wight, the ferry has joined its predecessors, namel
South Korean shipbuilding major HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) is set to spearhead the global hydrogen fuel cell market through an investment of $80 million to acquire Convion, a company specializing in fuel cell systems. HD KSOE said it had recently, through its subsidiary H
In partnership with Norwegian telecommunications provider Telenor Maritime, compatriot technology company Kongsberg Maritime is to conduct a ‘significant’ trial of Eutelsat OneWeb’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite internet service on an autonomous battery-powered barge across the Oslo Fjord, Norway.
There were forty-five vessels with wind propulsion technology installed on board in addition to ten wind-ready vessels by the end of July this year, the International Windship Association (IWSA) revealed.
Energy and commodities company Vitol has revealed that it is ‘on track’ to meet the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) targets set in 2019 to reduce emissions by 40% by 2030 compared to 2008 levels thanks to a ‘comprehensive dry dock program’.
Norway’s Haugesund municipality has signed a letter of intent with compatriot ferry operator Torghatten, zero-emission solutions supplier SEAM, and autonomy software firm Zeabuz for the research and development project ‘Emission-free autonomous city boat’.
Belgium-based provider of pilot and port services Brabo has ordered a 100% electric foiling pilot boat from the UK’s clean maritime technology company Artemis Technologies.
The application of WAPS across a variety of vessel types is nearing a tipping point with deployment likely to increase rapidly, LR said.
Swedish shipping company Sirius Shipping has decided to install Manta Marine Technologies’ (MMT) FuelOpt system on two Sirius Evolution product/chemical tankers.
A 200,000-ton class bulk carrier, currently employed under a mid–term contract for transportation of iron ore for Brazilian mining giant Vale, has been retrofitted with two 35m x 5m Norsepower rotor sails, Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), the ship’s owner, said.
Japanese shipping major NYK Line has conducted a demonstration test of new technology Hz Navi System, which can produce energy-saving effects by lowering the frequency of the generator according to optimal specifications.
In shipping’s modern age, harnessing wind power is as much about adopting solutions like weather routing and voyage optimisation as it is about the physical wind-assisted propulsion system (WAPS) itself.
US-based emissions capture services provider STAX Engineering has entered into a five-year agreement with Equilon Enterprises (doing business as Shell Oil Products US) for emissions capture and control for tankers within the Port of Los Angeles.
