VentoFoil

Box ship giant to trial VentoFoil “wind assistance in a box” solution

Ocean Network Express (ONE), the ocean carrier established in 2017 by Japan’s K-Line, MOL and NYK, is launch of a new trial aimed at unlocking the potential of wind assisted propulsion. Following

Ulsan-class FFX-111 frigate

DRS hybrid drive system successful in sea trials of Korea’s first FFX-III future frigate

Arlington, Va., headquartered Leonardo DRS, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRS) reports that the Republic of Korea Navy’s first Ulsan-class Future Frigate experimental Batch-3 (FFX-III) has successfully completed sea trials. DRS provides the hybrid electric

Wärtsilä simulator

New Finnish maritime training center will feature advanced Wärtsilä simulator

Xamk (the South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences) will feature Wärtsilä’s latest simulator technology at a new campus in Kotka, Finland, that will also be used by Ekami (the Joint Authority of

ammonia cracker in container

VIDEO: Successful OSV test of ammonia cracker and fuel cell combo

Bilbao, Spain, based H2SITE reports that ammonia cracking is gaining traction for onboard power generation as a means of producing hydrogen for use in PEM fuel cells. The company says that it

diesel-electric back-up propulsion plan

Samskip’s hydrogen-powered box ships will have MAN diesel-electric back-up plant

The two hydrogen fuel cell powered feeder containerships on order for Rotterdam-headquartered Samskip will have a diesel-electric back-up propulsion plant with a permanent magnet generator. India’s Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL), which is

ammonia-fueled four-stroke engine

Wärtsilä in ammonia-fueled four-stroke first

Wärtsilä has brought to market the marine sector’s first four-stroke engine based solution for ammonia fuel. It is now commercially available as part of the Wärtsilä 25 engine platform, which was launched

hydrogen-hybrid research vessel

Key suppliers selected for world’s first hydrogen-hybrid research vessel

Ballard Power Systems and Chart Industries have been selected by Glosten and Siemens Energy to provide the fuel cells and hydrogen storage system for what is slated to be the first hydrogen-hybrid

Wallenius Wilhelmsen methanol-fueled car carrier

Wallenius Wilhelmsen orders engines for methanol-fueled car carrier quartet

Not too surprisingly, the series of giant methanol-fueled car carriers that Wallenius Wilhelmsen is building in China (see earlier story) will be powered by MAN B&W ME-LGIM main engines. The Oslo-listed RO/RO

Armada 78 meter lean-crewed offshore service vessel will be used in methanol conversion kit project.

Cummins methanol retrofit kit project wins U.K. funding

Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) reports that its proposal to develop a methanol retrofit kit for its QSK60 engine has been awarded GBP 4.4 million (about $5.36 million) in total funding through the

Ferry fitted with SmartDock autodocking tech

Seaspan deploys SmartDock autodocking on the first of two ferries

Canada’s Seaspan Ferries, which operates between Vancouver Island and the Canadian mainland, has just fitted the first of two vessels with the Wärtsilä ANCS SmartDock autodocking system. Wärtsilä ANCS (Automation, Navigation &

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