Month: February 2019

The Tallink Group’s 49,000gt Megastar was designed for the busy Tallinn/Helsinki route across the Gulf of Finland GENERAL NEWS

Tallinks Megastar RoPax to provide data for autonomous vessel project

When launched in mid-2019 the Water-Go-Round will be the first fuel cell vessel in the US and the first commercial fuel cell ferry in the world ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Maritime fuel cell market grows in 2018

The 179,288-dwt bulker Frontier Sky completed a trial bunkering operation of biofuel at the port of Rotterdam (credit: GoodFuels Marine) ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

NYK trials blockchain in biofuel bunkering

ABS has issued guidance for liquefied gas tank barges Photo: wikimedia LNG

ABS issues guidance on LNG barges

IMO secretary general, Kitack Lim and Ümit Yalçin, ambassador and permanent representative of Turkey to the IMO Photo: IMO REGULATION

Turkey ratifies Hong Kong convention

Dalian-built very large ethane carrier (VLEC) for US-China shipments (photo courtesy of JHW Engineering) VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

CHINA BUILDS CAPACITY FOR ETHANE IMPORTS

The MEPC will consider the implementation of the 0.50% global sulphur limit for sulphur in fuel oil at the 74th session on 13-17 May 2019 GENERAL NEWS

ICS updates Sulphur Cap compliance guidance

DSIC Offshore delivered its first 85,000 m3 VLEC on 15 January VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

DSIC delivers 85,000 m3 VLEC

Three cost-benefit studies of a potential ECA in the Mediterranean have reported since December GENERAL NEWS

EU impact assessment favours Med ECA

ONE GRUS is a sister ship to the ONE STORK, pictured VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

JMUC delivers ultra large container ship for ONE