Hydromover will be powered by swappable batteries

All-electric cargo vessel will be powered by swappable batteries

The first all-electric cargo vessel to operate in the Port of Singapore, the Hydramover, will use Shift Clean Energy’s PwrSwäp battery-swapping technology. The keel for the vessel was laid in Singapore yesterday

Mayorkas approved Jones Act waiver

Mayorkas issues “temporary and targeted” Jones Act waiver

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas yesterday released a statement saying that the Department of Homeland Security will approve “a temporary and targeted Jones Act Waiver” in order to address Puerto

No Jones Act waiver needed

AMP sets record straight on need for Puerto Rico Jones Act waiver

Here we go again. Detractors of the Jones Act are having a field day as the media puts out stories about Puerto Rico running short of diesel. Here’s an example from Bloomberg:

Ulstein HX122

Ulstein develops scaled up offshore wind foundation installer

With analysts and brokers predicting a significant shortage of offshore wind foundation installation vessels —and with the projected sizes of those foundations growing — Ulstein has expanded its portfolio with the Ulstein

Bourbon Wind

Bourbon creates new offshore wind division

Building on more than 10 years experience in the installation of the main floating wind farm prototypes in Europe, Paris-headquartered offshore services specialist Bourbon has established a new division dedicated to offshore

wing sail VLCC

Next generation VLCC features 4 rigid wing sails

With IMO’s CII and EEXI regulations looming, more owners are opting to add sails of one kind or another to ships in a bid to reduce CO2 emissions. In one example of

Viking Polaris

Viking takes delivery of second expedition ship

Torstein Hagen’s Viking Cruises today took delivery of its second expedition ship, Viking Polaris, in a ceremony at Fincantieri subsidiary Vard’s Søviknes, Norway, shipyard, where Viking’s first expedition ship, the Viking Octantis,

fossil-free steel

Alfa Laval aims to produce the first plate heat exchanger made with fossil-free steel

We’re a long way from seeing ships made with green steel, but ships’ equipment made with fossil-free steel may not be far away. With global steel production accounting for some 7% of

Clean Shipping Act of 2023

Ferry Service Expansion Act introduced

Congressman John Garamendi (D-Calif.) and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash) have introduced the “Ferry Service Expansion Act,” seeking significant additional funding for a number of programs — including the retrofit of current

Vessel powered with hydrogen dual fuel engines

Windcat Workboats plans another 6 hydrogen-fueled CTVs

Windcat Workboats and CMB Tech, both part of the CMB, have announced plan to order an additional six hydrogen-fueled crew transfer vessels (CTVs) by 2024. This follows the delivery of the Hydrocat

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