Baleària to convert five ferries to LNG fueling
AUGUST 1, 2018 — Spanish ferry operator Baleària is to invest 60 million euros (about $70 million) to switch the engines in five of the current ferries in its fleet to LNG
AUGUST 1, 2018 — Spanish ferry operator Baleària is to invest 60 million euros (about $70 million) to switch the engines in five of the current ferries in its fleet to LNG
July 20, 2018 — Crowley Maritime Corp. has taken delivery of El Coquí, one of the world’s first combination container/roll on-roll off (ConRo) ships fueled by liquefied natural gas (LNG), from shipbuilder
JULY 12 2018 — The French Coastguard (Affaires Maritimes) Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) Thémis has become the first vessel in France to be be given a hydrodynamic upgrade by retrofitting it with
JUNE 26, 2018 — MAN Diesel & Turbo has become MAN Energy Solutions. It says the name change “represents a new vision, as reflected by a new, corporate design” and that the
JUNE 13, 2018 — Fuelsave GmbH, a German energy efficiency start-up, has launched a technology that it says is capable of optimizing the fuel consumption efficiency of all marine diesel engines —
APRIL 30, 2018 — Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) says that installation of a rotor sail on the LNG-fueled ferry Viking Grace (see earlier story) was carried out with LR approval of
APRIL 20, 2018 — Norwegian expedition cruise and coastal ferry operator Hurtigruten is to upgrade up to nine of its existing ships to LNG hybrid operation. It has signed a Letter of
APRIL 13, 2018 — IMO’s Maritime Environment Protection Committee has agreed an initial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction strategy that requires international shipping to reduce total annual GHG emissions by at least
MARCH 29, 2018 — The two 79,500 m3 Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) newbuildings recently contracted by EXMAR at shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction, Subic Bay, Philippines, (see earlier story) will
MARCH 26, 2018 — Wärtsilä is to supply its Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) recovery technology, LNG fuel gas handling systems and the auxiliary engines for two new shuttle tankers being built for