Led by efforts to advance the integration of autonomous technologies in the maritime sector, classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) and the Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering (KRISO) have entered a joint development program, focused on verifying and validating marine autonom
Finnish fuel supply systems specialist Auramarine has been contracted to provide its methanol fuel supply system (FSS) for the “world’s first methanol-powered tugs”.
Spanish automated wind-assisted propulsion system specialist bound4blue has received full type approval design certificate (TADC) from classification society DNV for its eSAIL technology, anticipating a faster adoption process and further orders. The eSAIL, designed for both retrofits and newbuilds,
Houston-based marine robotics company Ocean Infinity has received DNV’s Statement of Compliance for the remotely supported operational concept for the Armada 78 fleet of offshore survey vessels. With this approval, Ocean Infinity said it had become the industry’s first organization to reach the requ
Norway-based energy storage company Corvus Energy has received type approval from the classification society DNV for its Corvus Pelican fuel cell system (FCS).
Finland-based marine engineering company Deltamarin has signed a contract with Chinese state-owned enterprise China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai) to design and engineer the 14th and 15th vessels in Swedish shipping company Stena RoRo’s E-Flexer series, both of which will feature multi-fuel cap
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has held a naming and launching ceremony for Sunflower Pirka, a liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled ferry under construction at Naikai Zosen Corporation.
In a bid to tackle carbon emissions in the maritime industry, Swedish company SeaFjord Energy has chosen Swiss-Swedish equipment provider ABB’s electric power and propulsion system for its ‘pioneering’ e-bunker vessel concept, which aims to offer ‘a new way of supplying energy’ to ships at sea and i
Classification society DNV has issued three approval in principle (AiP) certificates to Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua for its vessel designs, including ultra large ethane carrier (ULEC), liquefied CO2 (LCO2) carrier, and LNG bunker vessel, and general approval for ship application (GASA) certi
Japan’s Eco Marine Power has signed a cooperation agreement with UAE’s Aries Marine and Engineering Services on innovative ship technology projects.
Norwegian technology company Kongsberg Maritime has scored a contract to provide propulsion upgrades for Höegh Autoliners’ ten pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs).
JPNH₂YDRO, a joint venture (JV) formed by Belgian shipowner CMB.TECH and Japanese companies Tsuneishi and Kambara Kisen, has launched a new research & development (R&D) center in Japan to advance hydrogen development. The official ceremony to inaugurate the new Hydrogen Engine R&D Center was held on
Swedish marine technology company Alfa Laval has secured Approval in Principle (AiP) from Norway-based classification society DNV for its gas combustion unit (GCU) technology for hydrogen boil-off gas. This will allow the company to use GCU on liquid hydrogen carriers, marking a ‘key step toward saf
Swedish hydrogen fuel cell provider PowerCell has obtained approval in principle (AiP) from classification society DNV for a new methanol-to-power solution that combines a methanol reformer with a fuel cell system. Specifically, the new solution has a fully integrated methanol reformer from RIX Indu
