DP World, Maersk to work together to boost decarbonization

Dubai-based terminal operator DP World is joining forces with Danish liner giant A.P. Moller – Maersk to boost operational efficiencies and deliver decarbonisation solutions at Jebel Ali port in the United Arab Emirates. The long-term strategic partnership will provide support for Maersk’s customers by implementing new processes to improve quayside productivity, which should result in

US DoE encourages Port of Corpus Christi’s HCH2

The Port of Corpus Christi has been encouraged by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstration to submit a full application for its Horizons Clean Hydrogen Hub (HCH2) through the Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs Program. The port sees itself as the prime applicant for the HCH2, being the common denominator to

Advent to collaborate with Alfa Laval on marine fuel cell project

Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc announced that it will collaborate with Alfa Laval to explore applications of Advent’s methanol-powered high-temperature proton exchange membrane (HT-PEM) fuel cells in the marine industry. Funded by the Danish Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program, the project is a joint effort between Advent, Alfa Laval and a group of Danish shipowners.

Scandlines’s new propeller blades yield 11% fuel savings

Scandlines decided to replace the five propeller blades of the 4.6 meter diameter center propeller with smaller blades. It now has a diameter of 4.2 meters. Copenhagen-headquartered Scandlines has installed new blades on the center propellers of the two battery-hybrid ferries it operates on the Gedser-Rostock route between Denmark and Germany. This has optimized the

Use of BMS at major ports welcomed by IBIA

Port authorities of Rotterdam, Antwerp and Zeebrugge have taken an important step toward improving transparency and reliability in the ARA bunker market by agreeing to mandate the use of a bunker measuring system (BMS) for bunker supply vessels. The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) in an announcement said that it welcomed news on the move

MOL to start building Wind-Hunter

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) plans to launch the construction of Wind Hunter, a hydrogen-producing vessel outfitted with multiple rigid sails, in 2024. The construction forms part of the company’s Wind Hunter project, which seeks new applications for hydrogen fuel and wind power. The project intends to use MOL’s rigid, collapsible sail technology developed under the

Vision Energy to speed up development of green energy terminal

Vision Energy is in advanced stages of planning for construction and delivery of Northwestern Europe’s first import, storage and handling terminal designed exclusively for hydrogen carriers, renewable energy products and low-carbon fuels. Vision Energy, through its wholly owned subsidiary Evolution Terminals BV, just announced partnership with Linde Engineering, a leading global industrial gases and engineering

ML to help predict ship exhaust gas emissions

A group of researchers from the National Korea Maritime and Ocean University (NKMOU) led by Dr. Won-Ju Lee, an Associate Professor in the institute’s Division of Marine System Engineering, have measured the emissions of a continuously operating oil-fired boiler in a training ship under different air-to-fuel ratios. The exhaust data for CO2, NOx, and SO2

Samsung Heavy to move forward with nuclear power plants

Samsung Heavy Industries has developed a conceptual design for a floating nuclear power plant based on compact molten salt reactor (CMSR) technology. The CMSR power barge concept, approved by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), supplies electricity and thermal energy produced by utilising CMSR technology developed by Denmark’s Seaborg. The two companies teamed up last

Jackson Offshore and Caterpillar to work on hybrid energy solution

Caterpillar Marine said it has agreed with Jackson Offshore Operators LLC to pilot an integrated hybrid energy solution aimed at reduction of fuel consumption and diesel exhaust emissions. The companies will demonstrate the technology on Jackson Offshore’s M/V Thunder Platform Supply Vessel, jointly working towards the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions while at the same