Current barriers to the uptake of hydrogen as a ship’s fuel include the difficulties and costs of its production, distribution and on board storage. However, by producing hydrogen on board using readily
According to a just-released independent study, reductions in ship emissions of GHG of up to 21% can be achieved using LNG as a marine fuel, compared with conventional oil-based fuels over the
DECEMBER 27, 2018 — The Board of Russian natural gas giant Gazprom has been reviewing the prospects of the LNG bunkering market and has instructed the company’s management to continue creating infrastructure
NOVEMBER 9, 2018 — ABS, OceanFinance and Scorpius Space Launch Company (SSLC) are joining forces on the SPACE TECH4SEA project to adapt composite technologies developed for the space industry to LNG fueled
JANUARY 3, 2018 — Amsterdam headquartered Titan LNG says that adoption of LNG as marine fuel significantly accelerated in 2017, setting the stage for a push beyond the tipping point. The order
JULY 13, 2016 — Wärtsilä and other leading marine industry players have formed a coalition, known as SEA/LNG, to accelerate the widespread adoption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel.
Titan Clean Fuels has successfully bunkered the Hapag-Lloyd containership Brussels Express with 2,200 tonnes of bio-LNG. Believed to be the largest yet ship-to-ship bioLNG bunkering, the operation marked Hapag-Lloyd’s entry into using
In what’s being claimed as a world first for the maritime industry, Japan’s Mitsui E&S Co. Ltd, a MAN Energy Solutions’ licensee, has successfully tested a 50-centimeter bore MAN B&W two-stroke engine
Wärtsilä has introduced a new ultra-low emissions version of its Wärtsilä 31DF engine, first introduced in 2015. When operating on LNG, this new version of the dual fuel engine can further reduce
By Margaret Kaigh Doyle, Alternative Fuels Program Manager, Transparensea Fuels The arrival of alternative fuels is transforming more than the energy sources powering ships—it is shaking up the fuel procurement process itself,
