Singapore-headquartered Berge Bulk has adopted San Francisco based Sofar Ocean’s Wayfinder voyage optimization platform across its fleet of owned vessels, including new vessels equipped with wind propulsion technology. Berge Bulk uses Wayfinder’s
In response to a provision in the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a new report entitled “Coast Guard: Autonomous Ships and Efforts to
The shipping industry’s struggles to overcome its most persistent safety challenges highlights the need for open reporting based on cultural change and modern technology, says Peter Broadhurst, senior vice president of Inmarsat
Brooklyn, N.Y.-headquartered ammonia to power pioneer Amogy Inc. is getting nearer to trialing the world’s first ammonia powered tugboat on a tributary of the Hudson River. In preparation for that event it
ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for an ammonia fuel bunkering boom design jointly developed by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) and TB Global Technologies Ltd (TBG). The AiP
From 2025, MAN PrimeServ – the after-sales brand of MAN Energy Solutions – will offer a methanol retrofit package for the conversion of currently in-service MAN four-stroke engines to dual-fuel methanol operation.
ABS has awarded approval in principle (AIP) to two new developments from Jiangnan Shipyard, Shanghai: a new insulation system and a design for an ultra large ethane carrier (ULEC). The ULEC design
By Fabien Cousteau, aquanaut and explorer In an era where our planet faces unprecedented environmental challenges, our oceanicendeavors are more crucial than ever. In June 2014, a decade ago, my team of
Wärtsilä is to supply a hybrid-electric propulsion system for the 11,000 dwt battery-hybrid self-unloading limestone carrier recently ordered by Canada’s CSL Group. As we reported earlier, CSL Group will build and operate
Continuing its work on commercial nuclear propulsion, ABS is working with the Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering (KRISO) to advance commercial small modular reactor (SMR) powered ships and floating