Latest News – Page 156
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NewsABB adds digital analytics feature to turbochargers
ABB Turbocharging is bringing the benefits of propulsion digitalization to the shipping industry with the introduction of Turbo Insights, a new analysis feature that provides indications for performance optimisation, fuel savings and CO2 emission reductions potential.
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NewsNAPA and Bureau Veritas enhance hull design approvals by using 3D models
NAPA and Bureau Veritas (BV) have announced a partnership to enable more effective and widespread use of 3D models in the class approval process.
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NewsWoodside starts FEED for Oklahoma hydrogen project
Australian energy producer Woodside has entered into front-end engineering design (FEED) activities on a hydrogen project for the first time, awarding a contract for FEED engineering services to Kellogg, Brown & Root LLC for its proposed H2OK project in Oklahoma.
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NewsOCIMF publishes SIRE 2.0 Question Library
The Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) has published the full set of questions that may be asked during a SIRE 2.0 tanker inspection, when its new inspection regime is implemented during Q2 2022.
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NewsFully autonomous ship navigation systems tested on Japanese ferry
The Nippon Foundation, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, and Shin Nihonkai Ferry Company have successfully completed a demonstration test of the world’s first fully autonomous ship navigation systems on a large car ferry.
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NewsBV to certify Celtic Sea’s first windfarm
The new windfarm in the Celtic Sea is one of the largest floating offshore wind projects in the world
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NewsICS and IRENA partner to advance global green fuel transition
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has signed a Partnership Agreement with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to support the decarbonisation of the shipping sector.
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NewsABS, SDTR and SDARI Develop Methanol-Fuelled Bulker
Singaporean shipowner SDTR Marine, ABS and the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) have designed an 85,000dwt methanol-fuelled bulk carrier.
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NewsBenin coastal monitoring system
Benin has awarded a contract to digitise and safeguard its coastline
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NewsCorsica Linea awards tender for LNG supply
Titan LNG has secured the tender for the delivery of LNG and bioLNG at the Port of Marseille for Corsica Linea’s new Ro-Pax LNG-fuelled ferry.
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NewsKorean researchers develop ship-mounted damage management system
The Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean engineering (KRISO) has developed Korea’s first damage control system which assesses and predicts ship accident impact in real time.
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NewsKorean partners gain AiP for liquid hydrogen fuel tanks
The Korean Register has granted Approval in Principle (AiP) for two types of the liquid hydrogen fuel tanks for ships. The award, the first of its type awarded to South Korea-based enterprises, included a version incorporating a novel stainless steel developed by POSCO that exhibits improved hydrogen embrittlement resistance.
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NewsNew Incat Tasmania cat for South Korea
Incat Tasmania will build a 76 metre high speed catamaran for South Korea Australian high speed craft specialist
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NewsOptimarin makes key sales team appointments
Optimarin makes key appointments in Turkey, Hong Kong and Singapore
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NewsShell signs contract with thyssenkrupp for green hydrogen plant in Rotterdam
Shell has signed a contract with thyssenkrupp for the supply of the electrolysers for a new facility that will produce green hydrogen at the Maasvlakte in the Port of Rotterdam.
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NewsInflatable sail to be tested on French Ro-Ro Containership
Michelin’s WISAMO inflatable wing sail system will be tested on a Compagnie Maritime Nantaise - MN ro-ro starting from the end of 2022.
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NewsModelling suggests afterburner required for CO2 capture on carrier ship
Researchers from SINTEF Industry and Brevik Engineering have conducted an energy assessment of a carbon capture system onboard a CO2 carrier and concluded that an afterburner would be required to augment the thermal energy available from the exhaust gas.
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NewsNew hybrid electric jet system offers low-noise propulsion
Italian companies FPT Industrial and Sealence have developed a hybrid electric jet propulsion system for the leisure and workboat markets which externally resembles an aviation jet.
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NewsReports of propeller shaft bearing damage increasing
DNV reports an increase in reported propeller shaft bearing damage on older vessels, typically above 10 years of age, operating with environmentally acceptable lubricants (EALs).
