Van Oord orders mega WTIV
Gearing up for ever larger wind turbines and with global offshore wind farm development plans surging, Rotterdam-headquartered Van Oord has placed an order with the Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard in China for
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Höegh signs LOI for two giant ammonia-ready car carriers
Moving ahead on a plan announced back in April, Oslo-headquartered Höegh Autoliners has entered into a Letter of Intent (LoI) with shipbuilder China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. (CMHI) to build
World first: Box ship bunkers renewable synthetic natural gas
A containership that first made the headlines when its main engines were converted to dual-fuel operation is in the news again. In a world-first for the maritime sector, the ship, the ElbBLUE
Solstad to upgrade 9th PSV to battery-hybrid
As part of the frame agreement between Aker BP and Solstad Offshore, the companies have entered into a new contract for the 91.6- by 22-meter platform supply vessel (PSV) Far Solitaire. The
Over one-third of world fleet could fall short on IMO CII ratings
Data from Ship Review, a ship ESG assessment platform launched by Berlin, Germany, based Scope ESG Analysis GmbH, indicates that, based on data from 2020, more than one-third of the world fleet
Liquid CO2 carriers: The next big thing?
With carbon capture and storage (CCS) gaining traction as a technology to reduce the impact of CO2 emissions, maritime transport will play a key role in the CCS value chain. This is
Industry leaders want zero emissions by 2050, carbon tax by 2025
As climate change takes center stage at the UN General Assembly, more than 150 leading players from across the shipping value chain have signed on to a “Call to Action for Shipping
DNV: “No show stoppers” for ammonia-fueled gas carrier design
DNV has awarded Navigator Gas an Approval in Principle (AiP) for an ammonia-fueled gas carrier design developed by industrywide consortium, including MAN Energy Solutions, Babcock International, and the Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA).
Machine learning helps TotalEnergies cut emissions
French energy major TotalEnergie is using a solution from Nautilus Labs to visualize and analyze data from its LNG carrier fleet in order to optimize overall efficiency and cut emissions. Working as
JDP aims to develop future-proof LNG carrier design
Wärtsilä is working with ABS and China’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (HZS) in a Joint Development Project (JDP) to develop a flexible, future-proof, and modular LNG carrier (LNGC) vessel concept. The multi-fuel electric vessel