China’s first hydrogen-powered ship makes maiden voyage

China’s first hydrogen-powered ship completed its maiden voyage on the Yangtze River in Yichang, Central China’s Hubei Province, a breakthrough in the application of hydrogen fuel cell technology in inland waterway vessels. Named Three Gorges Hydrogen Boat No.1, the vessel has a maximum range of 200 kilometers, and it is powered by a 500-kilowatt hydrogen

ACO launches new hydrogen concept car

The Automobile Club de l’Ouest has unveiled a new electric-hydrogen prototype concept car as part of its Mission H24 project, set to take to the track in January 2025. The as yet unnamed car is the third to be built as part of the ACO’s ongoing push to incorporate hydrogen technology at the 24 Hours

IEA’s netzero roadmap highlights doubling energy efficiency

The updated Net Zero Roadmap from the International Energy Agency (IEA) underscores the urgency of this objective and highlights the need for governments to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030, gradually reduce fossil fuel usage, and double energy efficiency improvements. The IEA’s latest report reveals that while the path to achieving the 1.5 °C goal

Maersk launches first green methanol-powered containership

Maersk announced that the first in a new series of 12 large methanol enabled container ships, made her launching and undocking milestone. In particular, the world’s first large containership powered by methanol was floated out of its building dock at Hyundai Heavy Industries over the weekend. As explained, the vessel measures 350 meters in length

BASF first company to produce metal-organic frameworks for carbon capture

BASF is the first company to produce metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) on a production scale of several hundred tons per year. MOFs are highly crystalline structures with nanometer-sized pores and a large surface area. This structure offers a high capacity for the storage of carbon dioxide (CO2), the dehumidification of air for room climate control, and

AkzoNobel, Silverstream Technologies release white paper to help ship owners

Ship operators can reduce their fuel use and emissions output by using Silverstream Technologies’ air lubrication system (ALS) with AkzoNobel’s fouling control coatings, a new white paper has revealed. Marine industry experts from both businesses have collaborated to show that a combination of air lubrication and the right fouling control coatings can reduce hull resistance

India’s energy demand will continue to grow exponentially

Talking about the fast progress made by India in green and clean energy sector, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, the Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Housing & Urban Affairs, said that the 10 percent target on biofuel blending by November, 2022 was attained 5 months in advance, and the 20 percent biofuel blending target

Lomar partners with Alicia Bots for autonomous hull cleaning tech

Lomar has teamed up with US robotics startup Alicia Bots to deploy autonomous hull cleaning technology on up to fifteen of its vessels. The UK-based shipping subsidiary of Libra Group said the move both integrates cutting-edge robotic hull inspection and grooming solutions into its biofouling control practices as well as tests new use cases, “marking

Sprintex  supplies critical component to $15 bn Hydrogen-Powered Shipping Project

Australian technology will play a major role in a European Union (EU) project designed to halve emissions in the maritime industry by 2050. Australian company Sprintex has supplied a critical component to the US$15 billion EU Sustainable Hydrogen-Powered Shipping Project (sHYpS), involving 13 partner companies in six countries, which will convert six cruise ships to

MAN Energy Solutions signs with Spire to accelerate digitalisation strategy

MAN Energy Solutions has selected Spire Global, Inc., a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, to provide weather data and real-time automatic identification system (AIS) vessel-tracking data. According to McKinsey & Co, the shipping industry can decrease fuel consumption by 1% through optimised vessel execution and performance management mechanisms, utilising AIS and