Latest News – Page 128
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NewsItalian cold ironing pilot project
Enel, the energy supplier, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Costa Cruises to cooperate on the retrofit of a Costa cruise vessel to enable zero emissions operations while maneouvring and at berth in Italy.
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NewsAir lubrication deal for new CMES LNGCs
Silverstream Technologies has signed a deal with China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) to install its air lubrication solution, the Silverstream System, on four 175,000cbm LNG carriers being built at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC).
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NewsUS National Blueprint for Decarbonisation Takes Cautious Approach
The release of the US National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization on Tuesday 10 January provided a greater insight into the Biden administration’s plans for reducing greenhouse emissions from the transportation sector by 2050.
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NewsMacGregor chalks up significant RoRo equipment orders
There has been some significant RoRo orders of late for MacGregor
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NewsDNV confirms cyber-attack on ShipManager
DNV has shut down access to the IT servers hosting its ShipManager service in response to a cyber-attack on the evening of Saturday 7 January.
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NewsP&O Ferries cut carbon footprint by 9%
P&O Ferries has announced that it achieved a 9% reduction (equivalent to 85,000 tons) in its carbon emissions in 2021, by optimising its sailings and improving the efficiency of its operations.
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NewsAiP for high wave offshore solar farm system
Bureau Veritas has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Oceans of Energy, a market leader in offshore solar farms, for their system design of a high wave offshore solar farm system.
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NewsHavfram signs contract with CIMC Raffles for next-gen WTIV
NOV awarded contracts for the equipment package and design license for Havfram’s first wind installation jack-up vessel to CIMC Raffles in December 2022.
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NewsEU funding for wind-assisted retrofit project
A project to install a hybrid wind-solar generation system alongside a tilting windsail system on a bulker and a container vessel has been awarded EUR9.2m from the European Union’s research and innovation fund.
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NewsKM in Med Marine tug winch order
KM order with Med Marine for heavy-duty towing winches now stands at 16
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NewsIsrael brings in 0.1% sulphur cap
Pre-empting moves to establish a low emissions zone in the Mediterranean, Israel is bringing forward requirements for ships calling at the country’s ports to burn fuel with a maximum sulphur content of 0.10%. The new rules will enter force on 23 February 2023.
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NewsABS and HD Hyundai advance autonomous project collaboration
ABS and HD Hyundai have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) covering a range of autonomous projects to extend autonomous navigation technology into critical vessel machinery at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January 2023.
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NewsUK delays MRV reporting requirements until 2025
The UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) expects shipping companies to submit Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) emissions reports to verification bodies covering 2022 in early 2023.
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NewsMaritime UK senior team appointments
Maritime UK has made a number of changes to its senior team
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NewsCIMAC unveils draft agenda for 2023 World Congress
CIMAC has unveiled the draft programme of the 30th edition of the CIMAC World Congress, which is due to be held in Busan in Korea in June 2023.
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NewsNew Option In Methanol Power
Methanol-capable two-stroke propulsion options have been extended into a lower power range by MAN Energy Solutions in response to heightened interest in the fuel as a means of reducing shipping’s carbon footprint.
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NewsFirst AiP for Ammonia Floating Storage and Regasification Barge design
ClassNK has issued the world’s first AiP an Approval in Principle (AiP) for an ammonia floating storage and regasification barge (A-FSRB) design handling ammonia as cargo. The A-FSRB design was jointly developed by NYK Line, Nihon Shipyard Co., Ltd. (NSY), and IHI Corporation (IHI).
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NewsHafnia prepares for first DF LR2 product tankers
Hafnia is preparing to take delivery of Hafnia Languedoc, the first of four new dual-fuel LR2 product tankers under construction at Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI).
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NewsK-Line to collaborate with KHI in autonomous berthing system project
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) plans to begin tests of an autonomous berthing and maneouvring system onboard ships operated in Japanese waters by Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen, Ltd. (“K” LINE KINKAI), with the objective of bringing the system to market by spring 2025.
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NewsFeasibility study for green Baltic and North Sea fleet renewal
A feasibility study is being carried out into the development of a commercial framework for orders of green-fuelled newbuilds in the Baltic and North Sea areas.
