KR approves methanol MR tanker

As part of the Joint Development Project (JDP) between the three companies, the MR tanker is designed as a dual-fuel vessel, harnessing the power of marine gas oil (MGO) and methanol.

New MR tanker design beats IMO’s 2050 targets using fossil fuels

An MR tanker, designed by Sweden’s FKAB Marine Design, has been granted approval in principle (AiP) by Italian classification society RINA, claimed as the first AiP of a design using currently viable technology and fuels that achieves IMO 2050 targets. Conceived by the class society and designed by FKAB, the propulsion is based on combining