US coatings company PPG has stressed the growing importance of low-friction coatings as global shipping faces the daunting prospect of complying with the IMO’s Greenhouse Gas Fuel Intensity (GFI) targets and emission reductions between now and…

Wärtsilä has extended its NextDF technology to a third engine type, the 46TS-DF, further reducing methane slip from LNG-fuelled vessels. The upgraded dual-fuel engine now cuts methane emissions to as low as 1.1% of fuel use – below the 3.1% benchmark…

Marine battery specialist AYK Energy will supply a 10.4-MWh battery system for Wasaline’s hybrid-electric ferry Aurora Botnia, in its largest ever retrofit contract. The upgrade, set to be completed later this year, will take place at Turku Repair…

Recent investments in onshore direct air carbon capture (DACC) projects by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and now Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) beg the question of whether land- or retrofitted ship-based onboard carbon capture (OCCS) systems will win out.

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