MHI Group member Mitsubishi Shipbuilding reports that it has finalized the basic design for an ammonia fuel supply system (AFSS) for the X-DF-A ammonia fueled low-speed two-stroke marine engine currently under development
With conditions in the international marine salvage industry remaining challenging, orders for purpose-built salvage tugs have been somewhat scarce in recent years. Today, though, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
The “ammonia-ready” label is starting to be seen on an increasing number of recently announced shipbuilding contracts. But, while engine designers get nearer to bringing to market engines capable of burning ammonia,
Japan’s Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and NYK Line have obtained an Approval in Principle (AiP) from ClassNK for a vessel designed to carry ammonia on one leg of a voyage and captured carbon on
With interest in onboard carbon capture and storage solutions gaining traction, ClassNK has released “Guidelines for Shipboard CO2 Capture and Storage Systems.” The guidelines include provisions for indicating the class notation for
There’s growing interest in ammonia as a marine fuel and ammonia-fueled vessels will need to be served by specialized bunkering vessels. Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company
ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a large ammonia-fueled 210,000 DWT bulk carrier design jointly developed by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. The vessel’s
Tokyo-based e5 Lab Inc. and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. are to provide a “Roboship” design for a 499-tonne biomass fuel carrier being built by Honda Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. They say the
With increasing attention being paid to carbon capture as means of combating climate change, the question that arises is “what do you do with the carbon, once it’s captured?” Whatever its destination,
The first vessel to be installed with a CO2 capture plant to lower GHG emissions from its propulsion plant is a Japanese coal carrier, the Corona Utility, operated by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha
