As the maritime industry embarks upon the fourth propulsion revolution, ammonia has been identified as one of the key alternatives to fossil fuels in the shipping’s pathway toward becoming carbon neutral. There has been a notable increase in the uptake of large ammonia vessels over the past year, ac
Finnish shipping outfit Meriaura Group has started the preparation and design of a transport concept that is to achieve 100 per cent carbon neutrality.
German gas companies Wintershall Dea and VNG have jointly invested in HiiROC, a Hull-based hydrogen technology partner.
Classification society Bureau Veritas has issued an ‘approval in principle’ (AiP) for Royal IHC’s hydrogen-fuelled trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). In an innovation partnership with the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat, IHC is exploring a new type of vessel referred to as the ‘LEAF’ (low energy adaptive
Ørsted has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with NOAA to share physical and biological information and data in Ørsted-leased waters offshore the United States. Sharing of the data and information resources will be used to plan and ensure the effective deployment, sustainable operation and main
Although inland navigation, short sea shipping and river-sea shipping are already CO2-efficient, there is still potential to make the European fleets greener.
Carnegie Clean Energy has presented its concept for a new wave power product capable of powering feeding barges for the aquaculture sector.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has announced it will start accepting applications for the 2022 Marine Energy Collegiate Competition (MECC) on 5 April 2021. Managed by NREL on behalf of U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO), the competition encourages und
University researchers in the UK have been awarded almost £1 million for the FlexWave project that will test the potential of using flexible materials in the design and manufacture of wave energy devices. The FlexWave project will explore whether types of rubber, composites and polymers can be effec
Carnegie Clean Energy has put in motion two new international technical collaborations which support the advancement of the CETO wave energy device’s power take-off (PTO) and mooring systems.
Norwegian engineering and equipment development company TECO 2030 ASA said it has completed the feasibility and concept study for marine fuel cells together with its Austrian partner AVL List GmbH.
Australian robotic arms developer Blueprint Lab has secured a grant that will be used to advance the company’s testing capabilities for its Reach Bravo robotic arms.
Seaspan Corporation has signed a Partnership Agreement with the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping setting the course to develop carbon-neutral solutions and new alternative fuels. “Seaspan will be contributing through secondment of our experts, as well as providing test capacity
Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer and LNG operator Novatek has secured a geological survey, exploration and production license for the North-Gydanskiy arctic block.
