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Shipyard group and sensor start-up to collaborate

Damen Shipyards Group and Utrecht-based start-up company, Sensing360, are to collaborate on using sensor technology to raise the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of ships. The sensor company uses photonics - the interaction between light and…

27.04.2023

Operation

ABS to promote ‘Green Corridors’ with new simulation service

The classification society ABS has launched a Green Shipping Corridors Simulation service in a move to support the development of such routes, which are seen as essential in shipping’s decarbonisation drive. The modelling service coincides with a…

25.04.2023

Shipbuilding

Headway to provide methanol fuel supply system

Qingdao-based Headway Technology Group has won an order to supply a methanol fuel supply system for a dual-fuel low-speed marine engine testing platform built by Dalian Marine Diesel Co Ltd (DMD). The order includes a customised fuel supply system…

24.04.2023

Shipbuilding

UK research venture to focus on CCS pilot

London-based Lomar, its new subsidiary lomarlabs, and climate tech start-up Seabound, are cooperating on plans to test new carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology in a pilot project. The initiative is part of the UK’s Clean Maritime Demonstration…

24.04.2023

Offshore

Ulstein wins design contract for installation vessels

Ulstein Design & Solutions BV has won a contract from Singapore-based Cyan Renewables to develop designs for a series of floating foundation installation vessels (FFIV). The deal comes against the backdrop of a growing shortage of heavy-lift…

21.04.2023

Offshore

Offshore wind newcomer orders second WTIV

Oslo-based Havfram Wind has exercised an option for a second wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) under its newbuilding contract with CIMC Raffles. The second unit, due for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2025, will be built to a similar…

20.04.2023

Operation

Wärtsilä simulator for Swedish training lab

Wärtsilä Corporation is to supply a specially designed laboratory equipped with the latest simulation equipment for a new marine training centre under development by tanker owner, Furetank, on Donsö island in Sweden. The lab, equipped for 14…

19.04.2023

Offshore

ClassNK awards AiP for offshore wind construction system

ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) to three Japanese partners for the conversion of a medium-sized self-elevating platform (SEP) into a jacked-up port crane capable of lifting 1,250 tonnes for the installation of large wind turbine…

18.04.2023

Shipbuilding

AiP for LNG-fuelled VLCC design

ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Deltamarin and GTT for a VLCC designed to operate on LNG. The dual-fuel vessel has been developed with a 12,500m3 GTT membrane-type LNG tank on deck to store the fuel at atmospheric pressure. The…

17.04.2023

Shipbuilding

Norway funds research into ammonia as hydrogen carrier

The Norwegian Government has committed to provide about EUR 5.9 million to fund technology group Wärtsilä, Höegh LNG, and a number of other partners in an initiative aimed at developing ammonia as a hydrogen carrier. It is part of Norway’s Green…

14.04.2023

Shipping

Dry bulk heavyweights adopt Wayfinder optimisation platform

Two US-listed dry bulk owners, Eagle Bulk and Star Bulk, based in Greece, have chosen Sofar Ocean’s Wayfinder voyage optimisation platform to cut ship emissions and maximise efficiency. The companies chose Sofar’s system after comparing a number of…

14.04.2023

Offshore

MSS and GustoMSC to design next-gen WIV

Maersk Supply Service (MSS) and GustoMSC have entered into an agreement to design a new generation of wind installation vessels (WIV) aimed at growing Europe’s offshore wind sector. The new design will be based on the same patent and characteristics…

12.04.2023

Shipbuilding

ClassNK and DBJ focus on sustainable financing

The classification society ClassNK and the Development Bank of Japan Inc (DBJ) have pooled resources to evaluate the 26,300-dwt LNG dual-fuelled chemical tanker, Fairchem Pioneer, within their Zero-Emission Accelerating Ship Finance (Programme),…

11.04.2023

Offshore

DNV awards jack-up unit with first Abate-Ready notation

The 2018-built Vahana Aryan, owned by Dubai-based Vahana Marine Solution DMCC, is the first jack-up unit to receive Abate-Ready notation from classification society DNV. The notation, introduced in September 2021, is a means by which owners and…

10.04.2023

Shipbuilding

V-Bunkers to commission electric-hybrid bunker tanker

Vitol’s Singaporean bunker company, V-Bunkers, is set to take delivery of the Marine Charge, the first of two electric-hybrid bunker tankers classed by Bureau Veritas (BV) that will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) during port operations in…

07.04.2023

Shipbuilding

Research vessel collects Arctic data

The recently delivered research vessel, Hanna Resvoll, built by Finland’s Kewatec Shipyard, is collecting essential research data for the world’s northernmost university, the University Centre in Svalbard. The Serecraft S14 design is equipped with…

06.04.2023

Shipbuilding

Keel laid for Italian Coast Guard multi-role vessel

A keel-laying ceremony for a 85m-long multi-purpose offshore vessel under construction for the Italian Coast Guard has been held at Fincantieri and Cantiere Navale Vittoria. The EUR 80 million vessel, which will be delivered with five years of…

05.04.2023

Shipping

Anschütz delivers first fuel-saving autopilot

Germany's Anschütz GmbH has supplied and installed the first in a series of autopilot systems, a NautoPilot 5400 NX, on board the Transfennica-owned Corona Sea, a dual-rudder RoRo vessel built in 2008 which operates between Finland and Germany. The…

04.04.2023

Shipbuilding

Hydrogen-powered ferry commissioned in Norway

The world’s first hydrogen-powered ferry, MF Hydra, has entered service in Norway for NPRA Ferry Management, a division of the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA). The ferry, which will run on liquid hydrogen, will be operated by Norled, one…

03.04.2023

Shipbuilding

Wind energy to provide more power for coal carrier

Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd (K-Line) and Electric Power Development Co Ltd (J-Power) are to install an Airseas’ automated kite system, Seawing, on board the 88,700dwt coal carrier, Corona Citrus. The Seawing, which can be deployed and stored…

03.04.2023

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