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ABB wins Azipod deal for polar research vessel

ABB is to supply an ice-class Azipod® DI electric propulsion system for a new polar research icebreaker to be built at Guangzhou Shipyard International in China (GSI). The ship, which will have classification society DNV ‘SILENT A’ notation, is…

01.09.2023

Stillstrom and North Star sign MoU on offshore charging

Offshore charging specialist, Stillstrom, and support vessel owner, North Star, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work jointly on vessel electrification and offshore charging systems. The A.P. Moller-Maersk subsidiary and the…

31.08.2023

Gothenburg to revolutionise port call management

The Port of Gothenburg is to introduce new software, Digital Port Call, early next year that will consolidate all of the information required for an efficient port call. Developed jointly with Finnish port operations specialist, Awake.AI, the system…

30.08.2023

First LNG-based carbon insets issued

Clean fuel supplier, Titan, and 123Carbon, a blockchain-based carbon insetting platform for transport, have issued the first LNG-based carbon insets. Insetting allows fuel providers, like Titan, and shipping companies to spread the environmental…

29.08.2023

Wärtsilä supplies power package for Brazilian Navy ship

An Antarctic support vessel being built for the Brazilian Navy at Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz shipyard is to have a range of power-related systems supplied by technology group Wärtsilä. They will include three Wärtsilä 32 diesel generating sets, a…

28.08.2023

Offshore wind farm owner pilots autonomous systems

Toronto-based Northland Power, owner of the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm in the North Sea, has completed joint tests with Germany’s Subsea Europe Services to use uncrewed surface vessels (USV) and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) for…

28.08.2023

All electric ferry "a game-changer"

Corvus Energy, Wärtsilä, and Incat have released details of what they claim will be the world’s first zero-emission, electric, lightweight RoPax ferry. The 130m-long catamaran is currently under construction at Incat in Tasmania, Australia. Due for…

23.08.2023

Bureau Veritas to assess AirWing technology

GT Green Technologies has retained Bureau Veritas to assess its AirWing wind propulsion technology with the aim of achieving Approval in Principle (AiP) for its AirWing20TM system. The company has been awarded funding to support technology…

23.08.2023

Investors gear up for floating wind

Swiss construction company, Implenia, has agreed with NorSea, a privately owned industrial group majority owned by Wilh. Wilhemsen, to become equal minority shareholders in WindWorks Jelsa, an industrial plant on Norway’s west coast, with holdings of…

22.08.2023

Fuel cell tug design moves to next stage

The second design phase of a methanol hybrid fuel cell (MHFC) tug being developed by A.P. Møller-Mærsk subsidiary, Svitzer, and naval architects, Robert Allan Ltd., has now begun. Following technical studies to establish the feasibility of this type…

21.08.2023

Odfjell picks eSAIL system for chemical tanker

Norway’s Odfjell is to install an eSAIL® from Spanish wind sail company, bound4blue, on board its chemical tankers. The tanker company’s move, with installation of the suction sail likely in 2024, will be the first time that this technology has been…

21.08.2023

Liquefaction expertise for major energy transition project

Wärtsilä has been contracted to provide the front-end engineering design (FEED) for the liquefaction and storage of liquefied synthetic methane (LSM). It is planned that the Power-to-X facility will be built by Koppö Energia Oy, a joint venture…

17.08.2023

NSB Group chooses Telemar comms package

Buxtehude-based Niederelbe Schiffahrtsgesellschaft (NSB Group) is to use a Telemar communications package to support maintenance and compliance requirements on board half of its managed vessels. NSB currently has about 50 vessels under management and…

16.08.2023

Abeking & Rasmussen launches its largest-ever yacht

North German shipbuilder, Abeking & Rasmussen, has launched a new superyacht, the 118.2m-long Liva°. Its sleek black hull stands as a symbol of sophistication and elegance on the water, the shipbuilder declared. Its diesel-electric propulsion,…

15.08.2023

Shipowning: Greeks slip to second position behind China

After ten years in the lead, Greek owners have slipped into second place behind China in the global shipowning league table. Measured in gross tons (gt), the two countries are almost equal but China leads with 249.2 million gt against Greece’s 249.0…

15.08.2023

Ammonia fuel supply system awarded AiP

An ammonia fuel supply system developed by Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has been awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) by ClassNK. This means that SHI’s conceptual design, which has been developed based on part C of ClassNK’s ‘Guidelines for Ships…

14.08.2023

Electric short-sea cargo ships ordered in China

Netherlands-based ÈTA Shipping and Mercuria, a Cypriot-domiciled Swiss energy and commodity trader, have joined forces to order six, option ten, short-sea general cargo vessels at Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering Co. Ltd. in China. The 7,400dwt ÈTA…

14.08.2023