AOS picks Volvo Penta to power new offshore wind CTVs
Four new offshore wind farm crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to be built at Blount Boats for American Offshore Services (AOS) will be powered by quad Volvo Penta IPS drives. Each 30-meter (99-feet)
Cowes Harbour and Cedar Marine to develop sustainability plan
Cowes Harbour Commission (CHC) is joining the charge for environmental responsibility among the UK’s ports and harbors as it today announces its adoption of the Carbon Management Plan developed by technical and
MAN readies four-strokes for green future fuels
By continuously developing the range of services for its portfolio of four-stroke engines, MAN Energy Solutions is enabling its customers to exploit a range of synthetically manufactured, climate-neutral future fuels. Already today,
Austal USA lines up steel supply for T-ATS project at shipyard
Following its receipt of a $144.6 million U.S. Navy contract to build two steel-hulled Towing, Salvage, and Rescue ships (T-ATS), shipyard Austal USA has contracted with local Alabama steel provider SSAB Americas
Is the future of LNG as a marine fuel to use it to produce hydrogen?
Current barriers to the uptake of hydrogen as a ship’s fuel include the difficulties and costs of its production, distribution and on board storage. However, by producing hydrogen on board using readily
New battery hybrid tugboat design developed for U.S. market
Coden, Ala.-based Master Boat Builders Inc. (MBB) and naval architect and marine engineering firm Robert Allan Ltd. (RAL) have developed new battery hybrid tugboat design, the ElectRA 3000-H. This design has been
IMO’s MEPC 77 avoids the tough stuff
Last week’s meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC 77) once again demonstrated that the IMO is too often a place where dreams go to die and
Webb Institute elects next president
Mark Martecchini has been elected as the 16th president of Webb Institute. Effective July 1, 2022, he will succeed R. Keith Michel who has served as Webb’s president for the past nine
Another major U.S. offshore wind project gets BOEM approval
South Fork Wind has received its Record of Decision from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), successfully reaching a critical milestone in the federal environmental review.
Cheniere in 20-year LNG export deal with China’s Foran Energy
Houston-headquartered Cheniere Energy Inc. reports that its subsidiary, Cheniere Marketing International, LLP has entered into a binding 20-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) sale and purchase agreement with Foran Energy Group Co., Ltd.