WinGD has landed a contract for two six-cylinder X-DF-A ammonia-fuelled engines from Singapore-based tanker company AET, a subsidiary of Malaysian International Shipping Corporation. The engines will be the first ammonia dual-fuel units to be…

Australia-based Fortescue has successfully completed renewable fuel trials on its Singapore-registered tug, Fortescue Green Pioneer, in the Port of Singapore. These latest trials, involving propulsion and manoeuvrability tests, following the delivery…

A crew transfer vessel (CTV) is to have its diesel engines replaced with a fully electric zero-emission Volvo Penta Inboard Performance System (IPS). The result of the retrofit will be the arrival of the world’s first electric crew transfer vessel,…

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) is to install an exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS) with carbon capture on board the 74,910dwt products tanker, Nexus Victoria. The Long Range 1 (LR1) tanker, built in 2015, will be fitted with a 15-MW EGCS Filtree…

Shanghai Shipbuilding Research and Design Institute (SDARI) has revealed details of two new multi-purpose vessel (MPV) designs suitable for heavy-lift and project cargoes. The Octopus 12.6 and the Octopus 12 have been developed in collaboration with…