Shipbuilding

Shipbuilding

MacGregor wins PCTC deal

MacGregor, a Cargotec subsidiary, has won a contract to provide cargo handling components for two of the world’s first methanol-fuelled pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) which are to be built in China. The vessels, due for delivery during the…

04.10.2023
Shipbuilding

SRC gets approval for Methanol Superstorage system

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded approval in principle (AiP) to SRC Group for a new methanol storage retrofit system. The fuel has been identified as one of the frontrunners for existing ships as their owners seek to decarbonise their operations by…

04.10.2023
Shipbuilding

Carbon capture for general cargo ships

Germany’s Grona Shipping has released details of the conceptual and basic engineering developed by technology group Sener for shipboard carbon capture systems. The Sener design has also focused on optimised hull forms to minimise resistance at sea. …

28.09.2023
Shipbuilding

WinGD expects first ammonia-fuelled engines by 2025

Swiss engine company WinGD has revealed that it is ‘on track’ to supply the first X-DF-A dual-fuel ammonia engines in the first three months of 2025, with the first ships powered by these engines commissioned in 2026. The announcement follows…

24.07.2023
Shipbuilding

Finnlines takes delivery of hybrid RoPax

China Merchants Jinling Shipyard has handed over the first of two ice-class RoPax ferries, Finnsirius, to Helsinki-based Finnlines. Together with its sister ship, Finncanopus, due for delivery by the end of this year, the vessel will operate on the…

21.07.2023
Shipbuilding

Ammonia combustion test successfully completed

MAN Energy Solutions has revealed the first successful tests of an engine operating on ammonia at its Research Centre Copenhagen (RCC). The combustion was carried out using a MAN B&W two-stroke 4T50ME-X engine with what the company described as…

14.07.2023
Shipbuilding

Fibre optic condition monitoring for LNG carriers

Two separate consortia with a total of eight LNG carriers under construction at China State Shipbuilding Corporation subsidiary Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding for Qatar’s North Field project, have chosen fibre optic hull condition monitoring systems…

13.07.2023

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