June 2021
This issue of Marine Log magazine includes several in-depth features on floating wind, green technology, environmental initiatives of ports and terminals, ballast water treatment systems, and LNG as a marine fuel.
LNG
Getting to zero is getting real
GM is to phase out gasoline and diesel powered cars by 2035—and California could ban gas-fueled leaf blowers and lawnmowers by 2024. Developments like that are a reminder that moves to make
First barge-to-ship methanol bunkering
Advocates of methanol as a marine fuel argue that it offers much the same advantages as LNG, but with fewer complications. Helping to underscore this, the world’s first barge-to-ship bunkering of methanol
Eneti in Jones Act WTIV talks with U.S. yards
Eneti Inc. (NYSE: NETI), the former Scorpio Bulkers, has entered into a binding agreement for the construction of one Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV) at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in South
Carnival Cruise Line ships to get a new look
Following the reception given to the striking red, white and blue livery adorning its 5,200 passenger, LNG-fueled Mardi Gras, another Carnival Cruise Line ship will soon receive the dramatic hull design scheme
BV classes Norway’s first LNG bunkering vessel
Bureau Veritas (BV) has awarded its classification to Bergen Tankers’ Bergen LNG, the first LNG bunkering vessel (LBV) operating in Norway. The vessel was created by converting the 2010-built oil tanker Oslo
CMA CGM orders 22 more ships
Marseille headquartered CMA CGM Group reports that it has signed an order with Chinese shipbuilder CSSC for 22 new ships. 6 LNG-powered containerships with a capacity of 13,000 TEUs; 6 LNG-powered containerships
World’s first LNG-fueled fast ferry ready for work
Spanish ferry operator Baleària reports that its Eleanor Roosevelt, the world’s first fast ferry with LNG-fueled engines, will start operating May 1 on its route linking Dénia on Spain’s east coast, with
U.S. ports see silver linings despite pandemic
Earlier last month, Port Canaveral in Florida marked a historic milestone in the safe, reliable transportation and delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in North America as the Q-LNG 4000, a cutting-edge
Samsung Heavy unveils new ECO-WTIV design
South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has unveiled its first proprietary Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV) design. It breaks new ground by using a combination of advanced green technologies to slash CO2