All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 62
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NewsEuropean ports express trepidation over shore power regulations
This week the European Parliament will formalise two important port regulations on onshore power
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NewsUK port to investigate the potential of green hydrogen
RWE, Mitsui and the UK’s Port of Tilbury have signed an agreement to investigate the potential of renewable hydrogen for both port infrastructure and the creation of a hydrogen plant.
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NewsBunker contamination issue linked to Houston supplier
A contamination that has caused fuel system and engine problems on 11 vessels that took on bunkers in Houston between March and May has been identified by Veritas Petroleum Services (VPS).
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NewsSwedish port completes shore-power operation for tanker
The Swedish port of Gävle has become one of the first in the world to successfully connect a tanker vessel to shore-based power.
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News£34 million available in latest round of CMDC funding
A fourth round of funding brings the UK government support for maritime decarbonisation to £129 million
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NewsThordon bearings for articulating rudder
Thordon has played a pivotal role in the repairs to a workboat with the first application of the company’s new seal-embedding bearing on an articulating rudder
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NewsDNV plans to launch VTI to help industry’s decarb drive
DNV has decided to launch a Recommended Practice (RP) offering that aims to produce a method to measure and evaluate the technical performance of ships and to address some of the shortcomings that have emerged with the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) index.
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NewsCruise Line Fosters Zero-Carbon Approach
Marseilles-based Compagnie du Ponant, operator of expedition-type small cruise ships, plans to order a newbuild melding a raft of advanced and groundbreaking technologies focused on decarbonisation.
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NewsMitsui Augments Engine Production Range
Ranked among the world’s most prolific manufacturers of large marine engines, Mitsui E&S (MES) produced 136 two-stroke units totalling 2.83m bhp (2.11m kW) under its MAN licence in the past financial year. Affirming market recovery and the resilience of Japanese shipbuilders, the projected output from the company’s Tamano complex for the current year ending 31 March 2024 is up at 2.90m bhp (2.16m kW), consisting of 143 units.
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NewsP&O Ferries renews North Sea contracts
P&O Ferries is strengthening its position in the North Sea with two key contract renewals
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NewsMAN ES Uses LGI Strategy For 1st Ammonia Combustion
MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES) has successfully started up combustion on a 2-stroke test engine operating on ammonia as fuel using the liquefied gas injection (LGI) combustion strategy, the company confirmed.
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NewsIINO Lines to retrofit Norsepower Rotor Sail on bulker
Japanese ship operator IINO Lines and power utility J-POWER have signed an agreement with Norsepower Oy to install a Norsepower Rotor Sail on board a coal carrier, Yodohime. The installation will be the first for a coal carrier.
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NewsOpinion: MEPC80 deal sends a clear message (about the IMO)
The agreement of a deal to achieve climate neutrality for global shipping by 2050 at the 80th meeting of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) last night is a significant milestone for global shipping.
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NewsRevised GHG reduction strategy for global shipping adopted
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted a revised strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping.
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NewsMAN ES and Shell join forces on decarbonisation
A new partnership aims to develop low-carbon energy solutions such as carbon capture, utilisation and storage and green fuels
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NewsHapag-Lloyd and Seaspan ink 15+45 MeOH retrofit deal
Seaspan Corporation (Seaspan), the containership owner and manager, in collaboration with Hapag-Lloyd, have signed a Conversion Commitment Agreement with MAN PrimeServ. The deal covers the retrofit of the main engines aboard 15 container vessels equipped with MAN B&W S90-type main engines to dual-fuel MAN B&W ME-LGIM types capable of operation on green methanol. The Agreement includes 45 optional engine retrofit solutions.
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NewsBV type approval for ShaPoLi solution
METIS Cyberspace Technology has received type approval from Bureau Veritas covering the functionality of its solution for monitoring and reporting shaft power limitation (ShaPoLi).
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NewsSauer Compressors launches new high-pressure compressor series
Sauer Compressors is launching a new series of high-pressure compressors. The new SAUER Orkan series has been designed for gas industry applications, and is now available in the first four standard types. The new type of compressor is suitable for the compression of many gases and a wide variety of applications, and uses a newly developed magnetic coupling to ensure the compressors are hermetically gas-tight.
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NewsEU ETS bill set to exceed EUR3bn in 2024
The European Union’s Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (EU MRV) dataset for shipping’s European CO2 emissions for the year 2022 has just been published, with the data highlighting some significant year-on-year changes from 2021.
