Month: August 2023

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Kongsberg Digital has provided a second Full Mission K-Sim Engine simulator package to Danish engineering school, Aarhus Maskinmesterskole.

Importer · 31st August 2023

Kongsberg adds green engines to simulator package

Importer · 31st August 2023

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Anna Müller has been appointed as president of Volvo Penta and a member of Volvo Group management.

Importer · 31st August 2023

Volvo Penta appoints new president

Importer · 31st August 2023

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Dr Alexandra Ebbinghaus, GM Decarbonisation at Shell Marine, highlighted the challenges and opportunities that the industry is confronting in an interview with The Motorship

31st August 2023

MEPC80 Has Set The Direction Of Travel For The Industry: Ebbinghaus

31st August 2023

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) has announced the appointment of Alexander Prokopakis as its new Executive Director. Prokopakis will take up the role on 1 September 2023.

31st August 2023

IBIA appoints Prokopakis as Executive Director

31st August 2023

LNG

LNG

Wärtsilä is to supply the LNG fuel gas supply system (FGSS) for four new dual-fuel 23,000 teu container ships.

31st August 2023

Wärtsilä to supply FGSS for new LNG dual-fuel boxships

31st August 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The second phase of the Nippon Foundation’s MEGURI2040 project was announced in July 2023. The project, which intends to support the full-scale commercialisation of fully autonomous ship technology by 2025, will focus…

31st August 2023

Japanese fully autonomous vessel project targets 2025 commercialisation

31st August 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Swedish shipping company Furetank has announced that it is co-developing and testing two technologies with Wärtsilä that demonstrate the potential to halve methane slip emissions.

31st August 2023

Methane slip reduction potential of Wärtsilä engine solutions

31st August 2023

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

DNV has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and MISC Berhad (MISC) for their Floating CO2 Storage Unit (FCSU) concept. The innovative design is capable of functioning as an intermediate CO2 storage unit or as…

31st August 2023

AiP For Floating CO2 Storage Unit Concept

31st August 2023

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

The first plug-in hybrid electric inland towing vessel in the US was christened at a ceremony in Houston, Texas on 25 August.

30th August 2023

First US plug-in hybrid inland towing tug delivered

30th August 2023

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Thierry Hochoa has been appointed chief financial officer at GTT, with effect from 4 September 2023.

30th August 2023

GTT appoints new CFO

30th August 2023