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NewsShape of things to come
The confirmation by Tasmanian aluminium shipbuilder Incat that it will be building the world’s largest full-electric ferry – a 130-metre lightweight ferry that will carry 2100 passengers and 226 vehicles for Buquebús on the River Plate link between Montevideo and Argentina – will attract attention for the size of the battery installation, and the transformative implications for the short-sea market.
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NewsEC ship recycling consultation likely to drive change towards responsible practices
The European Commission (EC) launched an online consultation to evaluate its Ship Recycling Regulation that ran until early June 2023. The results of the work will probably increase the number of ships recycled in a responsible way and owners that fail to do this may face penalties in the future.
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NewsIncat to deliver first large lightweight full-electric ferry
Pioneering Australian aluminium shipbuilder Incat has announced that it will deliver the world’s first full-electric large lightweight ferry for South American ferry operator Buquebús.
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NewsAmmonia-Ready Chemtankers For Stolt Fleet
Chemicals transportation specialist Stolt Tankers is augmenting its fleet with a series of newbuilds readied for adaptation to ammonia fuel.
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NewsSilverstream grows LNGC order book
Silverstream grows its order book with air lubrication technology ‘ideally suited’ to the LNG segment
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NewsOSM Thome inks NH3-fuelled Ultramax series deal
Norwegian shipmanagement specialist OSM Thome has announced that it has entered into a Letter of Intent with Norwegian green shipping specialist Pherousa Green Shipping AS (PGS) to collaborate on a series of 63,000dwt ammonia-fuelled Ultramax vessels to be ordered by PGS.
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NewsGT Green Technologies targets AiP for AirWing’s aerofoil design
Wind-assisted propulsion technology developer GT Green Technologies is collaborating with classification society Bureau Veritas to obtain approval in principle for its innovative wing concept.
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NewsMitsubishi Shipbuilding begins NH3 abatement system demonstration tests
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has announced the beginning of demonstration tests of the ammonia gas abatement system (AGAS) at its testing facility at Nagasaki District MHI Research & Innovation Center. The tests are intended to demonstrate that the AGAS can safely process surplus ammonia from ammonia-fuelled vessels.
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NewsBrunvoll to propel new fishing vessel
Brunvoll is to supply a propulsion and manoeuvring package for FSV’s new stun and bleed vessel
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NewsBulker equipped with rigid wing sails begins first voyage
BAR Technologies and Cargill Ocean Transportation have announced that the retrofit installation of BAR Tech’s wind propulsion technology WindWings on Mitsubishi Corporation’s Pyxis Ocean has been completed successfully.
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NewsCCS awards AiP to LH2 fuel supply system
Classification society CCS (China Classification Society) has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Weishi Energy Technology Hebei for a liquid hydrogen fuel supply system design suitable for use aboard marine vessels. The AiP is the first to be awarded by CCS for an LH2 fuel supply system.
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NewsAvance Gas takes up LPG-fuelled LPG/ammonia carrier options
Avance Gas has taken up an option for two 40,000 cbm LPG/ammonia carrier newbuildings with Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering (CIMC SOE). The dual-fuel newbuildings will be powered by engines capable of operating on either LPG or compliant fuel oil, the ship owner confirmed.
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NewsConsortium to develop 16,000cbm LH2 containment system
UK engineering company TWI is one of 14 partners that has received EU funding to develop a 160,000cbm liquified hydrogen (LH2) containment system for ships
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NewsStrain On Damen’s Romanian Links
Dutch group Damen has been compelled to give up management and operational control of the Mangalia shipyard, Romania’s largest shipbuilder and the biggest in Damen’s international network. The move has been precipitated by a change in Romanian legislation, but does not affect the organisation’s other, longer-established presence in the country by way of Damen Shipyards Galati.
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NewsChevron broadens collaboration with Cummins into biofuels
Chevron’s US subsidiary Chevron U.S.A. Inc., signed a memorandum of understanding with Cummins on 10 August extending the scope of an existing 2021 strategic collaboration agreement to cover biofuels, including renewable natural gasoline blends and biodiesel. The new agreement is intended to encourage the commercial and industrial adoption of the fuels in North America.
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NewsNYK to collaborate in NH3 bunker boom project
TB Global Technologies Ltd. (TBG), the Japanese cargo handling equipment specialist, has signed an agreement with NYK to jointly develop Japan’s first bunkering boom for ammonia, a device used to supply ammonia fuel between ships.
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NewsIBIA appoints Hughes as IMO Representative
Dr Edmund Hughes has been appointed as the permanent representative of bunker representative association IBIA at the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Dr Hughes will take up the role on 1 September 2023.
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NewsWärtsilä brings liquefaction expertise to Finnish energy project
Wärtsilä is bringing its liquefaction expertise to a major energy transition project in Finland
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NewsSilverstream appoints new CCO
Silverstream Technologies has appointed Alistair Mackenzie as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO).
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NewsPort of Rotterdam CCUS project set to proceed
The Porthos carbon capture use and storage project at the Port of Rotterdam is set to advance, following the dismissal of a challenge by Dutch environmentalists to the project. The project’s developers were reported to have committed to a Final Investment Decision (FID) on the mega-project ”within weeks” following the ruling by the Netherlands’ highest court yesterday (16 August).
