By Nathan D. Wood, Carbon Reduction Scientist Nathan Wood is a carbon reduction scientist at U.K.-based Tunley Engineering and is responsible for processing, analyzing, and presenting carbon assessment data. He combines this with
DNV has issued a round up of 2022 orders for ships with alternative fuels using figures from its Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) platform. The total number of ships with alternative fuels ordered
Norwegian cruise ferry operator Fjord Line AS is to convert sister ships MS Stavangerfjord and MS Bergensfjord from single-fuel LNG-engines to dual-fuel LNG/MGO-engines. “The energy crisis, caused by the Russian invasion of
St. Catharines, Ontario, headquartered Algoma Central Corporation (TSX: ALC) reports that it has doubled its investment in its FureBear 50/50 joint venture with Donsö, Sweden, based Furetank, which will be boosted by
Alternative-fuel vessels and innovative finance solutions enable change By Brandon Hannaman, senior vice president of equipment finance for Key Equipment Finance Operating with fleets that meet current workloads are imperative for marine-industry
Despite the outrage expressed by U.S. maritime interests over his earlier issue of a “temporary and targeted” Jones Act waiver for Puerto Rico, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas approved another such
Bio-LNG (or liquefied biomethane) is widely seen as key to “extending the runway” for existing LNG-fueled tonnage to meet tightening GHG-reduction targets. To help meet the growing demand for the fuel, Amsterdam-headquartered
The U.S. tugboat, towboat and barge industry may already be the safest, most environmentally friendly, and most economical mode of freight transportation, but it is faced with the challenge of making a
It wouldn’t be SMM without major engine announcements and this week MAN Energy Solutions used the Hamburg trade fair to introduce the latest addition to its four-stroke engine portfolio: the MAN 49/60DF.
It’s often said that shipping is faced with making a change in propulsion systems as big as that from sail to steam. Could it just be that the next transition will be