Month: December 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

As the shipping industry edges closer to its 2050 net-zero target, the search for workable alternatives to heavy fuel oil has never been more urgent. What once seemed a distant ambition has now become a technical, regulatory and financial imperative.

Importer · 23rd December 2025

A look back at this year’s Special Reports

Importer · 23rd December 2025

TURBOCHARGERS

TURBOCHARGERS

Accelleron has signed its fiftieth Turbo MarineCare contract, a milestone, the company says, in the development of its smartly enabled service offering for turbochargers on two-stroke marine engines.

Importer · 22nd December 2025

Accelleron’s Turbo MarineCare service hits 50-contract landmark

Importer · 22nd December 2025

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Will the next decade be a golden age for American shipyards asks Darren Guillory (pictured), technical solutions specialist, SSI? From the clouded perspective of 2025 it is hard to discern whether plans for…

19th December 2025

Change and opportunity in US shipbuilding’s new era

19th December 2025

LNG

LNG

Rene Baart, head of retrofit solutions at WinGD, writes:At WinGD, we spend a lot of time looking ahead – at future fuels, new engine concepts and long-term decarbonisation pathways. But we are…

19th December 2025

Why Variable Compression Ratio technology is a practical retrofit path to 2030

19th December 2025

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

With the US renewing its focus on shipbuilding and shipyard modernization, there is a clear opportunity to collaborate with those involved in the South Korean shipping boom, says Mikko Forss, executive vice…

18th December 2025

US shipbuilding needs global collaboration

18th December 2025

HYDROGEN

HYDROGEN

LH2 Shipping has secured NOK 299 million in new funding to advance its portfolio of hydrogen-powered bulk carriers building on earlier support for its two previous similar vessels.

17th December 2025

Hydrogen boost for bulk shipping

17th December 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

UK-based wind-assisted propulsion (WAP) provider Anemoi Marine Technologies has announced another contract win a month after we reported on its latest Vale deal.

16th December 2025

Anemoi picks up another client in quick succession

16th December 2025

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

MISC and China Offshore have secured ABS approval for an Ammonia Floating Production Storage and Offloading concept, advancing FPSO deployment for alternative fuels.

16th December 2025

ABS approves ammonia FPSO

16th December 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ABB and HDF Energy have signed a joint development agreement to develop a high-power fuel cell unit for marine applications, targeting megawatt-scale hydrogen fuel cells suitable for a wide range of vessel…

15th December 2025

ABB and HDF Energy set course for commercial marine hydrogen fuel cells by 2030

15th December 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The Motorship’s Propulsion and Future Fuels conference returned to Hamburg in November at a moment when regulation, investment risk and fuel-choice anxiety continue to weigh heavily on the sector.

15th December 2025

A look back at Propulsion and Future Fuels

15th December 2025