New NEN 7427-1 standard helps the marine industry become green

The Royal Netherlands Standardization Institute (NEN) published the NEN 7427-1 standard for residual marine fuels that use fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) as a blend component. Although biofuels have been used as blend components in the shipping industry for quite some time, there was no specific specification for this industry. The publication of the new

ABB introduces new propulsion system

The Swiss technology group named the innovative concept ABB Dynafin, which it said took over a decade of research, development, and testing.

ExxonMobil Marine signs MoU with Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology

ExxonMobil Marine and the Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS), a leading university in the field of science and technology in Indonesia, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the goal of supporting Indonesian students looking for a career in the marine industry. The agreement underlines ExxonMobil’s commitment to education and nurturing the next

‘We will have to wait till 2024 to know which fuel will be more beneficial’

In an exclusive interview with Future Fuels, Mr Indra Nath Bose, Advisor, the Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd, shares his views on the energy transition currently happening in shipping industry in general and its impact on the Indian coastal ships in particular. Marine industry’s current worry is the impending regulations that are for milestones of

MAN and DNV sign MoU on decarbonisation and digitalisation

MAN Energy Solutions and classification society, DNV, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Effective immediately, the MoU is due to run for a period of three years. Under the terms of the memorandum, the two companies will – by June 30th, 2022 – detail action plans within the fields of decarbonisation, the hydrogen value-chain and