HydroTug at shipyard

World’s first hydrogen-fueled tug features Schottel propulsion

Launched earlier this year by Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Amon, the world’s first hydrogen-fueled tug, the HydroTug, will be among the cleanest vessels in the fleet of the Port of Antwerp-Bruges in Belgium

FCM methanol fuel supply system

6 new methanol-fueled box ships will have Alfa Laval fuel supply systems

A key technology in six methanol dual-fuel 1,170 TEU containership newbuilds will be the Alfa Laval FCM methanol (fuel conditioning module, methanol) low-flashpoint fuel supply system (LFSS). The ships have been ordered

OKEE Shipping is using StormGeo solution for CII

OKEE Maritime adopts StormGeo’s CII solution

Hamburg, Germany, headquartered OKEE Maritime GmbH, which manages a fleet of ten container vessels in regional feeder services worldwide, is using StormGeo‘s digitalization tools to improve environmental performance, including StormGeo’s route optimization

Wallenius Wilhelmsen plans to build the world’s first full-size, primarily wind-powered pure car and truck carrier.

Propulsion: What’s in the wind?

It’s often said that shipping is faced with making a change in propulsion systems as big as that from sail to steam. Could it just be that the next transition will be

Mark W. Barker is believed to be the first ship for U.S. Great Lakes service built on the Great Lakes since 1983.

Modern laker Mark W. Barker features Thordon RiverTough bearings

Like other vessels in the Interlake Steamship fleet, Mark W. Barker, the first new U.S flagged Great Lakes bulker in almost 40 years, is fitted with oil-free propeller shaft bearings from Thordon

tug to be converted to ammonia fuel

Japan’s first LNG-fueled tug to be converted for ammonia fuel

Japan’s NYK Line has concluded a contract with the Keihin Dock Co shipyard, an NYK Group company, to modify a tugboat to ammonia fuel specifications. The vessel chosen for the conversion is

Metadata advisory

ABS issues advisory on creating and using metadata

To support the growing development and adoption of smart, autonomous and remote-control functions in the marine and offshore industries, ABS has released an advisory providing best practices for creating and using metadata

Shis bunkering using BunkerMetric

Alfa Laval adds bunker procurement optimization to StormGeo

Within a few months of its acquisition of weather intelligence specialist StormGeo, Alfa Laval has signed an agreement to acquire BunkerMetric, a Scandinavian software company that develops advanced decision support tools for

Vessel has been trialing autonomous

Navy conducts unmanned logistics prototype trials with pre-delivery EPF

Even before it is formally delivered to the Navy, the future USNS Apalachicola (EPF 13) is performing a series of planned test events assessing autonomous capabilities integrated into the shipboard configuration, demonstrating

Ferry got new Schottel propulsion system

Lake Victoria ferry gets new Schottel propulsion system

With an area of over 23,000 square miles, Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa—and a vital resource for the 30 million people who live on its shores. Every day, almost

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