General News

BIOFUELS

BIOFUELS

Wallenius Wilhelmsen has conducted its first biofuel bunkering involving the use of a B30 HSFO-biofuel drop in blend in Korea. The bunkering of the 6,354 teu pure care and truck carrier Torrens was undertaken at Masan…

6th November 2023

Wallenius Wilhelmsen bunkers first biofuel in Korea trial

6th November 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Finnish technology company Wärtsilä has announced plans to divest its Gas Solutions business unit, alongside plans to consolidate the Exhaust Treatment and Shaft Line Solutions business lines within its Marine Power division, with…

6th November 2023

Wärtsilä announces plans to divest Gas Solutions unit

6th November 2023

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

A major programme of investment in support vessels tailored to the long-term needs of the offshore wind sector on the UK Continental Shelf is being rolled out by the Aberdeen company North…

6th November 2023

Tailor-Made Service Vessels For Largest Wind Farm

6th November 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Group Davie, the privately-owned Canadian shipbuilder, has concluded the acquisition of the assets of Helsinki Shipyard Oy.

6th November 2023

Davie concludes Helsinki shipyard acquisition

6th November 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A growing production programme testifies to the resurgence of the former Hijos de J.Barreras shipyard in Spain’s Galicia region under the name Astilleros Ria de Vigo. 

6th November 2023

Workload Builds At Revived Spanish Yard

6th November 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Lloyd’s Register has provided further guidance on the key steps that ship owners/ship managers/charterers are recommended to follow ahead of the entry into effect of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Directive on 1 January 2024.

3rd November 2023

LR outlines EU ETS implementation steps

3rd November 2023

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

Yara International’s subsidiary Yara Clean Ammonia has announced plans to form a joint venture with North Sea Container Line (NCL) to order and operate a container ship that will use pure ammonia as…

2nd November 2023

Norwegian consortium targets operate NH3-fuelled containership operations by 2026

2nd November 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Danish company Danelec, a leading supplier of electronic equipment to the maritime sector, has acquired MacGregor’s Voyage Data Recorders division. With this investment, Danelec enhances its installed base to a total of 16,000 vessels.

2nd November 2023

Danelec acquires MacGregor’s VDR division

2nd November 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Kongsberg Maritime has announced that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Solstad Offshore to identify and trial decarbonisation technologies across Solstad’s fleet.

2nd November 2023

Kongsberg Maritime in decarb technologies collaboration with Solstad

2nd November 2023

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

DNV has entered into a joint development project (JDP) with AL Group and its Singapore company Asiatic Lloyd Maritime LLP to examine the technical and economic feasibility of applying CCS technology on board AL Group’s containerships and Kamsarmax…

1st November 2023

DNV JDP To Study CCS Feasibility For Boxships and Bulkers

1st November 2023