Month: September 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Jan De Nul Group announced earlier in summer that its trailing suction hopper dredger, Alexander von Humboldt, had completed 2,000 hours operation on 100% renewable, second-generation Biofuel Oil (BFO). The vessel is…

22nd September 2020

Trailer dredger reaches operational milestone running on 100% 2nd Gen biofuel

22nd September 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The prospects for green hydrogen, green methanol and green ammonia as transport fuels are growing with three new large-scale production projects underway.

21st September 2020

THREE NEW GREEN HYDROGEN PROJECTS LEAD GLOBAL SCALE-UP

21st September 2020

LNG

LNG

The world’s largest LNG bunker vessel has been officially named at a ceremony held in Rotterdam.

21st September 2020

World’s largest LNG bunker vessel named

21st September 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Lloyds Register (LR) and the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) are collaborating on marine autonomy projects, bringing clarity to the requirements and assisting stakeholders in realising the potential of these systems.

21st September 2020

LR and NPL partner on marine autonomy

21st September 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Intertanko paints a bleak picture for tankers under current EEDI plans, in which flaws in the IMO’s initial EEDI baseline could imperil VLCCs as a vessel type.

21st September 2020

EEDI threatens VLCCs’ future, Intertanko warns

21st September 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

As researchers deepen their understanding of autonomous and remote vessel operations, a new breed of smart ship systems combining simulation capability and artificial intelligence is emerging.

21st September 2020

Making ship systems smarter with simulation

21st September 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Copenhagen-headquartered Swire Blue Ocean (SBO) plans a major fleet investment on the strength of sustained growth in the offshore wind farm sector, writes David Tinsley.

21st September 2020

SCALING-UP FOR OFFSHORE WIND BUSINESS

21st September 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A Belgian pairing of influential shipping and engineering interests has given a fillip to the industry’s drive for viable low-carbon or carbon-free technologies by launching a hydrogen-fuelled medium-speed engine, writes David Tinsley.

18th September 2020

DEBUT FOR HYDROGEN ENGINE SERIES

18th September 2020

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

Corvus Energy has been selected by Holland Ship Electric to supply lithium ion battery-based energy storage systems (ESS) for five new all-electric ferries being built by Holland Shipyard Group for Amsterdam’s municipal…

18th September 2020

Corvus powers new all-electric ferries

18th September 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Furuno Hellas has been awarded Digital Twin Ready certification from Lloyd’s Register (LR) for HermAce, a smart onboard system that collects and monitors data on bridge navigation and communication equipment.

18th September 2020

LR certifies Furuno digital twin technology

18th September 2020