MAN methanol gensets picked for first methanol fueled car carriers
Methanol as a marine fuel is now moving into the car carrier sector. The first two methanol fueled vessels ordered for the sector —two 9,300 CEU (car equivalent unit) pure car and
UNCTAD: Shipping decarbonization can’t wait
Not that you’d know it from any excitement in the streets, but today, September 28, is World Maritime Day and, ahead of it, UNCTAD, the UN Conference on Trade and Development, yesterday
Pilot LNG partners up with Seapath for Galveston Bay LNG bunkering hub
Houston-based Pilot LNG LLC is moving ahead on its plans for a Galveston Bay LNG bunkering hub. It has now formed a joint venture with Seapath, a maritime subsidiary of the Logothetis
WinGD wins LR approval in principle for ammonia-fueled two-stroke engines
As the race to be first to market with future-fueled engines picks up pace, Lloyd’s Register has granted Winterthur, Switzerland, headquartered engine designer WinGD the first ever approval in principle (AiP) for
Crowley partners with ABS on augmented reality for maritime
Crowley and ABS are to jointly explore how to advance the use of augmented and virtual reality technologies for vessels and other marine environments. The agreement with ABS builds on a new
Op-Ed: Connectivity and the seafarer
By Kristin McGillicuddy, Senior Marketing Manager, Commercial & Leisure Maritime Before you begin reading this, stop and grab a pen and a piece of scrap paper. Really do it. We promise it
Vroon completes offshore vessel sell-off
One of the best-known companies in Netherlands shipping, Vroon, says that it has finalized its restructuring and completed the sale of 37 vessels from its offshore fleet. That leaves Vroon with a
“Dead admiral” appears in new videos
It now appears that Ukrainian Special Operations Forces were unduly overoptimistic in their assessment that Admiral Viktor Sokolov, the commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, was among those killed in a
BOEM postpones GoM oil and gas lease sale
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) yesterday announced that it is postponing Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261, which had been set for today, September
FMD adds new product and services capabilities
Continuing to expand its product and service capabilities, Beloit, Wis., based Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD) has reached new agreements with Hingham, Mass., based Massa Products Corporation and Spain’s Industrias Ferri S.A. An