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  • An example of the visualisation of prescriptive rule calculation results on NAPA Designer
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    ClassNK enhances 3D ship design with NAPA linkage

    2022-03-03T10:39:00Z

    ClassNK has upgraded the data linkage system between its design support software PrimeShip-HULL and NAPA’s 3D Computer-aided design (CAD) software NAPA Designer.

  • ABS' GHG inventory and carbon accounting service will enable organisations to quantify their GHG emissions, and identify the contributions in Scope 1, 2 and 3 accounting categories.
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    ABS launches carbon accounting service

    2022-03-03T09:38:00Z

    ABS has launched a greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory and carbon accounting service to enable organizations to quantify their GHG emissions, understand their climate impact and set goals to limit emissions. 

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    Oceania Cruises launches Allura class

    2022-03-02T13:11:00Z

    The new ‘Allura’ class for Oceania Cruises starts ten years after the delivery of Riviera

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    Fidelis joins PPMI

    2022-03-02T13:08:00Z

    Fidelis Insurance is the latest company to join the pioneering framework for responsible marine insurance

  • MAN Energy Solutions will invest up to EUR500 million in its hydrogen subsidiary H-TEC SYSTEMS
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    MAN announces significant hydrogen production investment

    2022-03-02T12:07:00Z

    MAN Energy Solutions has announced plans to invest up to EUR500 million (USD554m) in its subsidiary H-TEC SYSTEMS to accelerate the beginning of serial production of PEM electrolysers as quickly as possible.

  • Construction of a second vessel Skywalker class CSOV began at CMHI in mid January.
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    Steel cut for second Skywalker class vessel

    2022-03-02T11:55:00Z

    The first steel has been cut for Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS) second construction service operation vessel (CSOV) at the China Merchants Heavy Industry facility in Jiangsu. 

  • The Spirit of Tasmania IV will serve the Bass Strait crossing between Geelong, Victoria, and Devonport, Tasmania after it is delivered in late 2023.
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    Construction underway on Australian LNG-powered ferry

    2022-03-02T11:45:00Z

    Construction of an LNG-powered car and passenger ferry is underway at Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC), Finland. The Spirit of Tasmania IV is destined for the crossing between mainland Australia and Tasmania.

  • LR has awarded an AiP to Egil Ulvan Rederi for a 5,500 dwt self-discharging bulk carrier design, featuring a hydrogen-burning engine as well as a fuel cell system for low load conditions.
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    AiP granted for zero-emission bulk carrier

    2022-03-02T11:33:00Z

    Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to Norwegian ship owner Egil Ulvan Rederi for its zero-emission self-discharging hydrogen-fuelled bulk carrier, With Orca.

  • GTT, Alwena Shipping and CHI Zhoushan received an Approval in Principle (AiP) from Bureau Veritas (BV) at a ceremony in Paris on 1 March 2022.
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    AiP for dual-fuel conversion and extension of containerships

    2022-03-02T11:24:00Z

    Bureau Veritas (BV) has granted approval in principle (AiP) to GTT, Alwena Shipping, and COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (CHI) Zhoushan shipyard for a new concept, combining LNG retrofit and the up-sizing of large container ships.

  • TotalEnergies launched a pilot project to convert CO2 into methanol near its Leuna refinery in France, as part of broader investments in low carbon fuels including the production of biodiesel at La Mède biorefinery in Provence, France (pictured).
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    TotalEnergies Marine Fuels joins Methanol Institute

    2022-03-02T10:30:00Z

    The Methanol Institute has announced TotalEnergies Marine Fuels as the association’s newest member company.

  • Roy Storeng will head up Echandia’s business development in Norway
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    Battery developer expands

    2022-03-01T12:44:00Z

    A marine electrification company is expanding into Norway on the back of continued growth

  • The port of Orkney installed the UK’s first intermediate voltage shore power connection in 2020.
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    UK launches consultation on shore power

    2022-03-01T10:52:00Z

    The UK government launched a consultation in February 2022 to form a fully considered cost/benefit analysis around the proposed introduction of shore power charging in the UK. 

  • ABS has published a whitepaper proposing a goal-based framework for future rules to enable autonomous vessel operations
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    ABS autonomous vessel whitepaper

    2022-03-01T10:43:00Z

    ABS has published a whitepaper proposing a goal-based framework for future rules to enable autonomous vessel operations.

  • The Global Mercy's design was based on a long-distance RoPax, replacing the car deck with operating rooms and hospital wards.
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    Stena RoRo builds world’s largest civilian hospital ship

    2022-03-01T10:38:00Z

    Stena RoRo has been the project manager for the construction of the world’s largest hospital ship, Global Mercy, which is currently in Rotterdam being outfitted for a mission in West Africa.

  • Damen Shipyards will pilot the provision of bow-to-stern services in Australia and New Zealand after signing a global value agreement with Caterpillar
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    Damen and Caterpillar sign global agreement

    2022-03-01T10:22:00Z

    Damen Shipyards Group and Caterpillar signed a global value agreement enabling Damen to provide bow-to-stern services including fleet management and monitoring systems.

  • The president of the Port Authority of Valencia, Aurelio Martínez, and the director of the National Hydrogen Centre, Emilio Nieto sign the deal for a mobile hydrogen supply station.
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    Port of Valencia in hydrogen-fuelled stacker trial

    2022-03-01T10:07:00Z

    The Port of Valencia has signed a deal with Spain’s National Hydrogen Centre (CNH2) to construct a mobile hydrogen supply station to provide fuel to a reach stacker crane and terminal yard tractor unit prototypes.

  • ACME produces green hydrogen from solar power at its facility in Rajasthan, in northwest India.
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    India reveals green hydrogen production goals

    2022-03-01T09:58:00Z

    The Indian power ministry has said that it wants to manufacture 5 million tonnes of green hydrogen per annum by 2030, to meet its emission targets and also become an export hub. Details about producer incentive schemes will follow in the upcoming main Hydrogen Mission Policy.

  • DB Schenker is switching its LCL offering to biofuel
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    DB Schenker claims biofuel first for LCL containers

    2022-03-01T09:48:00Z

    DB Schenker says that it will be able to reach net carbon zero-emission on a well-to-wake basis on the Less-than Container Load (LCL) segment, following the purchase of 2,500 tonnes of biofuel from CMA CGM.

  • Accelleron and Sauber Technologies will work together on five joint projects in areas including computational fluid dynamics, additive manufacturing and advanced material technology.
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    Accelleron inks technical collaboration deal with Sauber

    2022-02-28T11:23:00Z

    Accelleron, the global leader in heavy duty turbocharging for diesel and gas engines, has entered into a partnership with Swiss-based engineering and technology specialists, Sauber Group.

  • The Yuan Rui Yang is the first dual-fuel VLCC to be built in China.
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    DSIC delivers dual-fuel LNG powered VLCC

    2022-02-28T11:05:00Z

    Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC) has delivered a dual-fuel LNG fuelled VLCC to shipping giant COSCO. The Yuan Rui Yang was delivered on 28 February.