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NewsBoxship Lines Adopt Slower Speeds
Whereas average sailing speed in the containership sector increased by up to 4% during the Covid-19 pandemic on the back of strong demand and in the face of widespread port congestion, the trend now has reversed.
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NewsVPS appoints new sustainable fuels boss
Maritime decarbonisation company, VPS, has appointed a new head of sustainable fuels
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NewsMaking methanol a viable fuel for the shipping industry
There are still obstacles in the way to the widespread adoption of methanol
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NewsAutomotive shipping turns to biofuels
DB Schenker and Volvo Cars are teaming up on more sustainable ocean freight, shipping 12,000 standard containers with automotive spare parts on vessels using biofuel.
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NewsAmsterdam moves to extend its alt fuels offering
FincoEnergies and the Port of Amsterdam will now supply biomethanol by truck extending the port’s alternative fuel offering to customers.
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NewsMAN 175Ds for Svitzer tugs
UZMAR Shipyards in Turkey has placed an order for 4 × 12V175D-MM IMO Tier II engines, each rated at 2,400 kW @ 1,800 rpm, for two TRAnsverse tug newbuilds.
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NewsESVAGT chooses Brunvoll propulsion package
Brunvoll has been chosen as the supplier of a complete propulsion and manoeuvring system for a Service Operations Vessel (SOV) designed to operate on green fuel, currently being built for ESVAGT at Cemre Shipyard.
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NewsFirst NH3-fuelled X-DF-A engine to be delivered in Q1 2025
WinGD has stated that it is on track to deliver the first X-DF-A dual fuel engine capable of operating on ammonia by Q1 2025, and expects the first vessel powered by X-DF-A engines to enter service by 2026.
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News11th SOV from HAV Design for Esvagt
HAV Design is creating a methanol hybrid SOV for Esvagt, the eleventh SOV the two companies have collaborated on
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NewsHapag-Lloyd in landmark bonded LNG bunkering in China
Hapag-Lloyd’s container vessel Berlin Express has received a bunkering of bonded LNG in China. The delivery was supplied by World Fuel Services Corporation, and marked the first LNG bunkering operation at a Chinese port for a Hapag-Lloyd vessel.
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NewsFirst green methanol bunkering in Korea
A Maersk container feeder vessel has received the world’s first bunkering of green methanol. The delivery in South Korea marked the first time any vessel has been bunkered with green methanol.
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NewsFirst ME-GA engine with individual cylinder control option completes gas trials
The first low-pressure ME-GA engine to be equipped with a new engine control feature, ‘ME-GA-opti’, has successfully completed LNG gas trials in South Korea, MAN ES has announced.
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NewsGround broken on Saudi engine factory
Makeen, the joint venture formed between HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co., Saudi Arabian Industrial Investments (Dussur) and Saudi Arabian Development Co. (SADCO), has broken ground on the construction of a new engine production and service facility in Ras Al-Khair, near Jubail in Saudi Arabia.
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NewsGerman Equipment Makers Sustain Business Growth
Germany’s marine equipment and systems sector achieved a further advance in order volume and a recovery in turnover last year on the back of rising, global fleet investment. While contract intake has continued to increase significantly in 2023, with future positive prospects attributed to the energy transition, industry association VDMA pointed to the lack of skilled workers as a possible restraint on growth.
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NewsISA discusses deep-sea mining
Whether to allow deep-sea mineral mining is on the agenda as the ISA convenes its 28th session
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NewsFalling container CO2 emissions – dip or trend?
Container industry carbon emissions are falling but is it too soon to say whether this will be sustained?
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NewsMaersk takes delivery of first methanol-fuelled boxship
Maersk has taken delivery of the company’s first container vessel capable of operating on methanol. The 2,100 teu vessel, which has yet to be named, was handed over by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard and Hyundai Heavy Industries on 10 July.
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NewsGroundbreaking First AEngine Test Completed
MAN Energy Solutions has announced the successful first running of a test engine on ammonia at its Research Centre Copenhagen (RCC). The company reports that the successful combustion was performed on a MAN B&W two-stroke 4T50ME-X type and produced positive results with particularly promising data regarding pilot-oil amount and combustion stability.
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NewsMercator to launch new conference to break down silos between ports and shipowners
Mercator Media is launching a new conference, Green Ports & Shipping Congress, to bring together shipowners, suppliers and port operators to encourage and promote collaboration. The conference recognises that many of the problems related to decarbonising the maritime sector, and their solutions, overlap.
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NewsUAE increases hydrogen ambitions in revised Energy Strategy
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) released a revised Energy Strategy at the beginning of July, earmarking investments of up to US$54 billion into the country’s renewables sector by 2030. Among the projects, the UAE announced that Masdar (the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company) plans to increase green hydrogen production to 1.0 million tonnes per year by 2030, and that the state plans to develop two hydrogen production hubs by 2030.
