The maritime industry must build 80 million gross tonnage (gt) of zero-emission ships each year over the 14-year period from 2027 to 2040 to achieve the indicative checkpoints for 2030 and 2040 developed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in its 2023 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Strategy, acco
Finnish rotor sail manufacturer Norsepower has been selected to provide rotor sails for the third LNG-powered, wind-assisted LCO2 carrier recently ordered by Northern Lights, a joint venture between oil majors Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies.
UK-based developer of clean energy technology Ceres and Norwegian provider of clean power systems for ocean industries Alma Clean Power have joined forces to work on the demonstration of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system for the marine market.
Dry bulk shipping company Berge Bulk has fitted its Newcastlemax bulker, Berge Olympus, with four BARTech WindWings by Yara Marine Technologies. The company said the retrofitting project makes Berge Olympus the world’s most powerful sailing cargo ship. With four WindWings installed, each possessing
Danish ferry and logistics company DFDS is planning to deploy a fleet of battery-powered vessels in the Eastern Channel by 2030. The decision was revealed on the heels of a recent meeting between the French Minister for Foreign Trade, Attractiveness and French Nationals Abroad, Olivier Becht and CEO
MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES) has secured an order from VARD to deliver high-speed 175D GenSets for a new cable-laying vessel (CLV) that is being built for Danish subsea specialist NCT Offshore. VARD signed a contract with NCT Offshore for the design and construction of the 95-meter-long CLV in earl
Norwegian equipment provider Kongsberg Maritime and Turkish firm BMA Technology have formed a strategic alliance for the supply of electrical systems solutions to Turkish shipbuilding industry.
Brittany Ferries’ newest addition to the fleet, the Saint-Malo, took to the water for the first time on October 1, the ferry company revealed. The ship is being built at CMI Jinling Shipyard in Weihai, China for StenaRoRo as part of the company’s E-Flexer fleet. Once completed, the vessel will go on
South Korean shipbuilding major HD Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering will install ammonia dual-fuel engines in two 46,000-cubic-meter medium-sized LPG carriers that are being built for Belgian shipping company Exmar. The vessels, measuring 190 meters in length, 30.4 meters in width, and 18.8 m
German shipping company Neu Seeschiffahrt and Yara Marine technologies (YMT) have signed an agreement to install the propulsion optimization technology YMT’s FuelOpt across Neu Seeschiffahrt’s fleet.
The world’s first LNG-fueled Panamax-class coal carrier, named Shoyo, has kick-started commercial operations after being bunkered with its first fuel at the beginning of October. The vessel was built by Japanese shipbuilder Oshima Shipyard for compatriot Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and Kyush
German engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES) has formed a partnership with industry leaders and research institutes to develop concepts for hydrogen-fueled medium-speed engines in the maritime sector. The partnership will work on the project dubbed ‘HydroPoLEn’, which is supported and fu
Hong Kong-based dry bulk shipping company Pacific Basin anticipates limited orders for dual-fuel methanol-enabled mid-size dry bulk vessels in 2024. As explained, these vessels are expected to primarily consume conventional fuel oil in the foreseeable future due to the limited availability and high
Seatrium Group has revealed that FueLNG, its joint venture with Shell, has achieved a significant milestone with the 100th ship-to-ship (STS) LNG bunkering operation.
