STOLT TANKERS TO APPLY GRAPHENE-BASED PROPELLER COATINGS TO 25 SHIPS
Norwegian chemical tanker company Stolt Tankers, a subsidiary of Stolt-Nielsen, has signed a two-year agreement with Canada-based Graphite Innovations & Technology (GIT).
Under the deal Stol Tankers will apply GIT’s XGIT-PROP graphene-based marine coating to...
WHEN A SWEDISH PROGRAM TO INVESTIGATE ENGINE ROOM FIRES WAS LAUNCHED
The year was 1985.
At this time I was running my own consulting company and with my previous work experience on the development of fire detection systems, together with one of the Salen subsidiary companies,...
EXXONMOBIL ACQUIRES MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES’ CO2 CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY
ExxonMobil has deployed Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ (MHI) CO2 capture technology as part of its end-to-end carbon capture and storage (CCS) solution for industrial customers.
With support from The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (KEPCO), the...
TECO 2030 AND THYSSENKRUPP SIGN FUEL CELL PRODUCTION LINE CONTRACT
Norwegian cleantech company TECO 2030 has signed a contract with Germany’s engineering company thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering for the delivery of the first complete fuel cell stack production line at the TECO 2030 Innovation Centre...
COMPANIES FINED $2M IN MARPOL CASE WHILE ENGINEER WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY
The owner and operator of a bulker registered in the Marshall Islands were sentenced and fined after pleading guilty in a March 2021 MARPOL case at the Port of New Orleans. The Department of...
THE WORLD’S LARGEST SHIP EQUIPPED WITH A WIND DEFLECTOR TURNS HEADS AS IT TOURS...
ONE Trust, a 20,170 TEU containership owned by Japanese shipowner Ocean Network Express (ONE), is showcasing an innovative device installed on its bow, a wind deflector.
The device has been installed at Qingdao Beihai shipyard...
HURTIGRUTEN NORWAY NETS GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR ZERO-EMISSION SHIP PROJECT
Cruise company Hurtigruten Norway has received over NOK 67 million ($6.7 million) for its first zero-emission ship project.
As disclosed, the main objective of the project is to enable sustainable passenger and freight transport along...
SUBSTATIONS FOR FIRST US OFFSHORE WIND FARMS READY FOR INSTALLATION
The first substations of the U.S.’s commercial offshore wind farms have been completed and are being moved from Texas and Denmark to the locations for their installations. These projects signal several key milestones in...
ENETI AND TRANSOCEAN LOOK TO JV TO MEET OFFSHORE WIND INSTALL DEMANDS
Eneti, which was launched in 2021 to focus on the offshore energy sector, and Transocean, a large provider of offshore contract drilling services for oil and gas wells, believe they can offer a unique...
EU PROJECT SEEKS TECHNOLOGY FOR SMARTER, MORE PRODUCTIVE SHIPBUILDING
A consortium of industrial companies and academic institutions launched on January 1 an EU-funded project that seeks to enhance the productivity of shipbuilding through a focus on computational tools. The consortium aims to create...