The University of Nottingham, UK, is leading a new project to investigate the potential of ammonia to fuel and decarbonise the long-haul shipping industry, and to boost the UK’s powertrain sector. MariNH3 is a £5.5 mn ($6.79 mn) EPSRC-funded project that aims to develop new and disruptive engine technology that will one day cut pollution
The world’s population is expected to reach almost 10 billion by 2050. As our numbers swell, so too does the pressure on the agriculture industry and its farmers. A great responsibility for feeding the world falls on India, which is the second-largest producer of staple foods like rice, wheat, groundnuts, fruits and vegetables globally. Contributing
Toyota Motor Europe, CaetanoBus and Air Liquide have signed an agreement related to the development of hydrogen-based transport options, as the race to develop low and zero-emission vehicles heats up. Toyota said the deal would aim for what it called “closer cooperation in developing opportunities for hydrogen mobility projects in several European countries.” CaetanoBus is
H2-Industries, a startup company developing hydrogen technologies, working with naval architecture company TECHNOLOG Services has developed a novel concept ship that they say could collect plastic waste from the world’s oceans and converts it into hydrogen. The ship is being designed to be more than 490 feet in length, with the exact size to be
ITOCHU Corporation, one of Japan’s largest general trading companies, and GoodFuels, the leading biofuels pioneer for the global transport industry, have announced a new partnership agreement to scale sustainable marine biofuel in Singapore, Japan and Asia-Pacific. ITOCHU is actively engaged in the wholesale, distribution, and bunkering of petroleum products in both Singapore and Japan, while
GT It was selected in April 2022 by its partner, Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries, to design cryogenic tanks for six liquefied natural gas (LNG) container ships. These six new vessels, capable of carrying 7,900 containers each, will be equipped with a tank of liquefied natural gas, used as fuel, with a capacity of 6000
Using data from the Environmental Protection Agency, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison estimate that about 50,000 premature deaths would be avoided every year if microscopic air pollutants called particulates were eliminated in the US. Premature death and hospitalization are also extremely expensive for the US economy. The study estimates that eliminating such air pollution
Finnish oil refiner Neste has introduced a co-processed 0.1% sulphur marine fuel together with Danish bunkering specialist Nordic Marine Oil that is said to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by up to 80%. Neste said the biofuel fuel enables GHG reductions over its life cycle compared to fossil fuels, without compromising product quality and performance.
With the technological and regulatory challenges associated with burning methanol as a bunker fuel largely resolved, it’s time for the industry to move forward, as Maersk has done, and get ready to go green with methanol. That was the view widely expressed at our “Rise of Methanol As A Future Proof Marine Fuel” seminar held
AIRCOAT has developed a new foil that creates a passive air layer for ship hulls that makes them more fuel efficient and environmentally friendly. The passive air lubrication technology coats the ship hull with a thin and permanent layer of air when it is submerged in water. This reduces drag, and is also expected to