Kongsberg Maritime has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore shipyard for the delivery of a large technology package for the BT-220IU Wind Turbine Installation Unit, a next-generation installation vessel to be built for OIM Wind. Norway-based OIM Wind and China’s CIMC Yan
Siem Car Carriers, specializing in the movement of new autos, roll on roll off (RO-RO) and project cargo, has welcomed Siem Aristotle, the second of two LNG-powered ships, to its fleet. The vessel is on her maiden voyage from Emden, Germany to North America. The ship has bunkered its first fuel, tak
Dutch shipowner Boomsma Shipping has installed its first two eConowind VentiFoil wind-assisted propulsion units on the general cargo vessel MV Frisian Sea. The installation comes eight months after the duo signed the contract, and the duo worked closely together to manage the installation during a p
Stolt Tankers has been commissioned by chemicals company BASF to help design and build a new tanker that can operate at extreme low water levels in the river Rhine. The ship will be built by Mercurius Shipping Group and after scheduled delivery in 2022, Stolt Tankers will operate it exclusively for
Maersk expects to resolve safety and all other issues faced by ammonia and fuel types based on alcohols in two to three years, clearing the way to order the first ships to run on these fuels in the next three years, the company’s CEO Søren Skou said in a podcast hosted by Global Optimism. The [&hell
China-based Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) has held a steel cutting ceremony for the IMOIIMeMAX methanol-fuelled Stena Pro Patria, which is due for delivery in early 2022. The 49,900 dwt Stena Pro Patria will be the first of the three methanol vessels to be built by the joint venture between
Greek shipowner Avin International LTD has ordered a Suezmax tanker from the Chinese shipbuilder New Times Shipbuilding Co., and the tanker is set to become the first ammonia-fuel ready vessel in the world. The landmark 274-meter-long vessel is now under construction and the company has options for
Alfa Laval, DTU Energy, Haldor Topsoe, Svitzer and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping are entering into a joint project to accelerate the development of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology. Funded by a grant from Danish Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Prog
Yara Marine Technologies, a Norway-based provider of exhaust gas cleaning systems, has selected Phoenician Energy’s aluminum-air batteries as the winner of its corporate accelerator program, Yara Marine X. Yara Marine X was launched in September as a startup competition aiming to provide a home for
Russian Shipbuilding Complex Zvezda has cut steel for the third MR-type product carrier operating on LNG as marine fuel ordered by the compatriot shipping major Sovcomflot in 2019. The 1B-ice class tanker will have a deadweight of about 50,000 tonnes, length of over 180 meters, width of over 32 mete
As the urgency for the shipping industry to transition toward greener operations heightens, there is no room for complacency and waiting for a perfect solution, according to the CEO of United European Car Carriers (UECC), Glenn Edvardsen. “A lot has happened with sustainability in a little time, but
Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of China Shipbuilding Corporation, hosted a naming ceremony for LNG-fuelled 23,000 TEU containership CMA CGM Rivoli on January 8. The ship is the fifth of the nine 23,000 container ships ordered by CMA CGM from China State Shipbuilding Corporation in 2017 a
Danish container shipping and logistics major A. P. Moller Maersk is setting up a dedicated team to accelerate the company’s decarbonization efforts. Morten Bo Christiansen has been appointed head of the decarbonization team of the company. As explained by Christiansen, the team will focus on speedi
The partnership targets zero-emission shipping markets with next-generation redox flow batteries.
