Month: November 2023

METHANOL

METHANOL

Stolt Tankers has ordered six 38,000 dwt stainless steel parcel carriers from Wuhu Shipyard in China to be built as alternative fuels ready.

21st November 2023

Stolt Tankers opts for methanol-ready newbuilds

21st November 2023

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

Japan’s Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. (JAPEX), JGC Holdings Corporation (JGC HD,) and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) signed a Key Principles Agreement with Malaysian energy producer Petronas on 28 September 2023 in connection with plans…

21st November 2023

Malaysia offshore CCS project advances, FEED work to begin in 2024

21st November 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABS and Hanwha Ocean have signed a landmark strategic framework agreement to advance the digital transformation of shipbuilding. The agreement was signed at KORMARINE in Busan, Korea.

21st November 2023

Hanwha Ocean Collaboration with ABS to Support Shipbuilding Transformation

21st November 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Bureau Veritas (BV), the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) and NAPA, the maritime software and data services supplier, have completed the first phase of a Joint Development Project (JDP)…

21st November 2023

3D model-based class approval benefits validated by joint project

21st November 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

MAN Energy Solutions has received an order for two shipsets of variable-speed gensets from Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) in India in connection with the building of two short-sea feeder container ships for global logistics…

21st November 2023

MAN to supply gensets for H2-fuelled Container Feeders

21st November 2023

HYDROGEN

HYDROGEN

Three European ports are working together to explore the development of an intra-European corridor for renewable hydrogen connecting Spain, the Netherlands and Germany.

21st November 2023

Intra-European hydrogen corridor plans advance

21st November 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Shipping giant CMA CGM is behind the launch of the first European private-initiative laboratory dedicated to open research in artificial intelligence.

20th November 2023

CMA CGM behind launch of AI lab start-up

20th November 2023

METHANOL

METHANOL

Lloyd’s Register (LR), in collaboration with SDC Ship Design and Consult, has developed a new concept for the use of ballast water tanks in place of cofferdams around methanol tanks, allowing ship…

20th November 2023

Space saving concept for methanol-fuelled vessels developed

20th November 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Swiss marine power company WinGD will supply X-DF-M methanol-fuelled engines for a series of six container vessels to be built at Yangzijiang Shipbuilding in China. The 9,000 TEU vessels will each be…

20th November 2023

WinGD wins first order for methanol-fuelled 82-bore engines

20th November 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

MAN Energy Solutions has announced that it is developing an oxidation catalyst for four-stroke engines that will significantly reduce methane slip. Called ‘IMOKAT II’ and developed at MAN Energy Solutions’ headquarters in…

20th November 2023

MAN Targets Methane Oxicat Field Tests in Q1 2024

20th November 2023