Clarksons reports on alternate fuels

Clarksons looks at shipping’s uptake of green technology

Summarizing the latest trends in green technology uptake and fleet renewal from the Clarksons’ Fueling Transition report and monthly data series, Steve Gordon, Clarksons Research managing director, comments that the uptake of

ABB's equipment package for new bulkers features PM shaft generators with a power-take-off (PTO) solution

Himalaya bulkers feature ABB PM shaft generators

Technology in a series of up to 12 new 210,000 dwt LNG-fueled bulkers will include a scope of ABB solutions with permanent magnet (PM) shaft generators at its core. The ships are

The 182,800 gross tons Carnival Jubilee will have a capacity for more than 5,400 guests and 1,700 crew.

Carnival to base LNG-fueled Jubilee in Galveston

Carnival Cruise Line yesterday announced that all 22 of its U.S.-based cruise ships will be back in guest operations by March 2022. And it used the annual CruiseWorld travel advisor conference in

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Fincantieri Bay to build second Polaris LNG bunkering barge

Sturgeon Bay, Wis., based Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding has agreed to partner with PNE Marine Holdings, an affiliate of Polaris New Energy to build a second 5,500 cubic meter LNG bunker barge. This

Island Offshore PSV being bunkered with biogas

Island Offshore operates PSV on biogas

Island Offshore reports that its LNG battery-hybrid PSV Island Crusader has become the first offshore vessel on the Norwegian shelf running on biogas, resulting in immediate and significant net reductions in CO2

First French-based LNG bunkering vessel named at Chinese yard

The first LNG bunkering vessel to be based in France was officially named Gas Vitality in a ceremony held October 26 at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, China. Following the signing of a long-term charter

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Møkster and Wärtsilä explore use of ammonia

Can you burn ammonia in existing LNG dual-fuel engines? Stavanger, Norway-based offshore support vessel specialist Simon Møkster Shipping aims to find out. The family-owned company has entered a collaboration agreement with Wärtsilä

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Pasha to repower veteran box ship to LNG dual fuel

A 42-year-old Pasha Hawaii containership, the 2,400 TEU Horizon Reliance, is to be converted from steam propulsion and converted to dual fuel—presumably LNG—propulsion. The ship is one of four Jones Act containerships

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Royal Caribbean to debut fuel cell battery-hybrid cruise ship

Next summer, Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE:RCL) is set to debut what it claims will be the cruise industry’s first hybrid powered ship, (though Norway’s Hurtigruten might quibble with that) as part its

LNG carrier will be fitted with shaft generators

Capital Gas LNG newbuilds will have Wärtsilä shaft generators

Wärtsilä is to supply four shaft generator systems to provide power take-off from the main engines for two 174,000-cubic-meter LNG carriers on order at the Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) shipyard in Korea

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