Gasum to distribute LNG in Belgium

Gasum is expanding the outreach and quality of its maritime LNG offering and further improving the service to its shipping customers. As part of this strategy, Gasum has now obtained a license to deliver LNG for maritime customers in Belgium. The new LNG distribution license obtained on 17 March 2022 will allow Gasum to deliver

Large bore Wärtsilä engine launched to accelerate decarbonised operations

The technology group Wärtsilä announces the launch of the latest addition to its multi-fuel engine portfolio. The Wärtsilä 46TS-DF engine is designed with a focus on efficiency, environmental performance, and fuel flexibility signalling a new era of medium-speed marine engines. In gas fuel mode, the engine has the highest efficiency thus far achieved in the

GSC develops ammonia-ready LNG-fueled panamax

Japan’s Planning and Design Center for Greener Ships (GSC), in cooperation with member shipbuilders, has developed an ammonia-ready LNG-fueled Panamax bulk carrier. On 20 April 2022, the design received approval in principle (AIP) from the classification society ClassNK. The Panamax bulk carrier is LNG-fueled but ready for ammonia fuel. The 80,400 dwt ship has a

Keppel O&M delivers the first dual-fuel dredger

Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) has delivered the first dual-fuel Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) built in Singapore to Van Oord with no loss-time incidents. Named Vox Ariane, the high-specification dredger has a hopper capacity of 10,500 cubic meters and can run on LNG. It is the sixth dredger built by Keppel O&M,

Wärtsilä and Carnival Corporation join forces in fleet decarbonisation programme

The technology group Wärtsilä is to deliver its new Decarbonisation Modelling Service to Carnival Corporation as the cruise group aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across its fleet. Initially tasked with establishing an optimal decarbonisation path for the cruise ship ‘Regal Princess’, the project will expand to model solutions which could be applied to the

Roboship – Trailblazing green shipping in Japan

Roboship is the name of an innovative biomass fuel carrier that will be powered by a fully standardized, electric propulsion system for emissions-free operations and lower noise and vibration levels. The vessel will be 70-meter-long (229 feet), with a 499 GT. Honda Heavy Industries is the builder, with ABB providing the complete electric propulsion package

MAN bags order for ME-GI engines

MAN Energy Solutions has won the order for 4 × dual-fuel MAN B&W 6S60ME-GI engines in connection with the construction of two hybrid, 8,000 lane-metre, RoRo vessels for CLdN, the Luxembourg-based shipping group. Both 234-metre vessels are scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2025. The two newbuildings will have a hybrid propulsion system

NYK commences test on ship-to-ship biofuel supply

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) Line, a Japanese shipping firm, along with its affiliate Sanyo Kaiji Kabushiki Kaisha, has commenced ship-to-ship biofuel supply trial for tugboats. Using biodiesel supplied by Toyotsu Energy, the companies will carry out the three-month test navigation in tugboats operated by Sanyo Kaiji. Nagoya Port Authority is supporting NYK Line and

For zero emission shipping the US must invest on green hydrogen

A lot of alternative fuels are currently being tested in this sector, from LNG (liquefied natural gas) to biofuel and hydrogen. Out of these, green hydrogen and ammonia have the biggest potential, according to a recent report. Together with University Maritime Advisory Services, Ocean Conservancy launched a paper called “Future Maritime Fuels in the USA

ESL Shipping joins Swedish hydrogen hub project

Finnish dry cargo vessel operator ESL Shipping, a subsidiary of Aspo, is taking part in a project to produce hydrogen as a fuel at the port of Luleå in Sweden as the first customer-side stakeholder. Named Botnia Link H2, the project is a partnership between energy company Uniper, technology firm ABB, Swedish Port of Luleå