Month: March 2023

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

Croatian operator Jadroplov has purchased two newly-built, short-sea LPG carriers powered by LPG-capable dual-fuel machinery. The 7,500m3-capacity gas tankers are two in a series of three ordered from Sasaki Zosen in Japan…

28th March 2023

LPG-Fuelled Gas Tankers For Croatia

28th March 2023

LNG

LNG

Spanish operator Balearia has signed an initial six-month charter on an innovative ro-pax ferry, which has lain idle in Poland since completion last May. Originally ordered by Brittany Ferries for cross-Channel duty…

28th March 2023

Spanish Charter For Former Honfleur

28th March 2023

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMCZCS) has published a paper Managing emissions from ammonia-fueled vessels explaining the need for multiple different treatment technologies to manage emissions. 

27th March 2023

Mix of existing and new solutions could manage ammonia emissions

27th March 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

New advanced combustion technology designed to reduce methane slip is being developed for Wärtsilä’s large bore engine platform after earlier success with smaller engines.

27th March 2023

Methane slip reduction project targets Wärtsilä large bore engine platform

27th March 2023

OPINION

OPINION

The dust has barely settled on the draft agreement of the EU’s FuelEU Maritime legislation, which has seen difficult issues surrounding the admissibility of carbon-based fuels, the range of renewable fuels of…

27th March 2023

FuelEU Maritime rune reading

27th March 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

WinGD (Winterthur Gas & Diesel) has confirmed the receipt of a landmark order to supply a 92-bore low-speed, dual-fuel engine to run on methanol for a series of newbuildings for COSCO Shipping Lines. 

24th March 2023

WinGD Confirms First Chinese Orders for 92 bore Methanol Dual-Fuel Engine

24th March 2023

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Any notion of meeting global emissions targets by running ships on alternative marine fuels could be heavily affected by the Biden Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), if European policy makers fail to…

24th March 2023

Is power pricing sinking shipowners’ sustainability initiatives?

24th March 2023

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

Ricardo Batista, Policy Officer, EU Commission and member of the Fuel EU Maritime group, that reached a deal this morning, will be joining the keynote panel opening the 44th Motorship Propulsion and…

23rd March 2023

How will the Fuel EU Maritime Deal affect you?

23rd March 2023

REGULATION

REGULATION

The tanker industry is monitoring the development of regulations produced by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) that will affect the segment from 2025.

23rd March 2023

Tanker Industry Following CARB Regulations

23rd March 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The upcoming Motorship Propulsion and Future Fuels conference is opening with a high-level panel to discuss the impact of regulatory changes including FuelEU Maritime regulations. The session will include Ricardo Batista, Policy Officer, EU Commission…

23rd March 2023

EU representative to provide insight into FuelEU Maritime regulations

23rd March 2023