Ørsted acquires Europe’s largest e-methanol project
Ørsted is going all in on green e-methanol and sees green fuel for shipping as a major market. Its board has taken a final investment decision (FID) on the 50,000 tonnes/year FlagshipONE
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Kongsberg launches new space-saving retractable azimuth thruster series
Aimed at vessel designs in which onboard space is limited, Kongsberg Maritime’s new ULE PM series retractable azimuth thrusters are smaller than competing units while maintaining thrust power. The result of a
BV and ThorCon join forces to develop MSR nuclear power barge
While molten salt reactors have been proposed as offering a future option for marine nuclear propulsion, that seems yet a while away and an earlier application of the technology could well be
Marinfloc combined systems help reduce CAPEX, OPEX in methanol-fueled containership project
Twelve 16,200 TEU methanol-fueled containerships under construction in South Korea will each be fitted with MAN B&W 8G95ME-C10.5-LGIM-EGRTC engines that use exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) to meet IMO Tier III NOx reduction
Silverstream Technologies appoints a chief data officer
Hull air lubrication specialist Silverstream Technologies has appointed Nick Chrissos as chief data officer (CDO). He joins Silverstream following two decades at global technology giant Cisco, where he held various roles including
TORM signs up 31 ships for MAN Energy Solutions digital service
MAN Energy Solutions has won a contract to deliver its PrimeServ Assist digital service to 31 vessels in Danish product carrier specialist TORM’s fleet. “Enabling immediate support to our crews is of
Provaris Energy moves ahead with compressed H2 carrier plans
Any transition to a green hydrogen economy will require the seaborne transformation of large volumes of hydrogen and Australia’s Provaris Energy Ltd (ASX: PV1) believes that shipping it in compressed high purity
MacGregor books orders for heavy-duty cranes and electric transloading cranes
MacGregor is to supply heavy-duty cranes for a total of ten floating crane barges to be built by PT Karya Teknik Utama at its KTU Shipyard in Indonesia. The barges are scheduled
ABS explores the future of cutting edge maritime tech
Will autonomous vessels dominate the oceans? Can artificial intelligence design an optimized offshore asset? Is nuclear power the ultimate energy source of the future? These are some of the questions facing maritime
Amogy in cooperation on fuel cells with Ballard
Brooklyn, N.Y. based ammonia-to-power innovator Amogy Inc. has signed of a contract to purchase fuel cell systems from Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP) Ballard’s FCwave engine is a scalable fuel cell system