HAPAG-LLOYD’S FIRST LNG-FUELED ULCV FLOATED IN SOUTH KOREA
Two years after the order was placed, the first of Hapag-Lloyd’s new ultra-large container vessels was recently floated. The ship is the first of a new class of vessels for the carrier which will...
KOREAN MAJORS LED BY SINOKOR AND HMM FORGE ALLIANCE TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR-POWERED SHIPS
Korean industry majors, led by shipping heavyweights HMM and Sinokor, have joined forces on the development of nuclear-powered ships.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed earlier today by representatives of Gyeongju city, the Gyeongbuk...
SCOTLAND RECEIVES BIDS FOR OFFSHORE WIND TO POWER OIL & GAS PRODUCTION
Scottish authorities are reporting that they received strong initial interest for their new program designed to support innovation in offshore wind development and to use offshore wind to decarbonize the North Sea oil and...
CARNIVAL JOINS THE RUSH TO INSTALL STARLINK
Carnival Corporation has joined the rush to add SpaceX's Starlink satcom service to its fleet, joining Royal Caribbean and Hurtigruten.
Carnival already started the rollout in December on the fleets of its Carnival Cruise Line...
ENGINES DRIVEN BY SOUND WAVES FOR BOTTOM-CYCLE MARITIME APPLICATION
Thermoacoustic engines are based on tubes that convert heat into resonant sound waves, which in turn drive pistons inside cylinders. A discovery from several hundred years ago involved the bottom end of a vertical...
FIRST AMPHIBIOUS CREW TRANSFER VESSEL COMMISSIONED
The UK’s Commercial Rib Charter, which bills itself as Europe's largest Rib operator, is commissioning a unique crew transfer vessel designed to meet the challenges at the Scroby Sands RWE Wind Farm, a nearshore...
DUTCH SHIPOWNERS RALLY BEHIND WIND-PROPULSION
Four Dutch shipowners will pioneer the 3rd generation of VentoFoils produced by eConowind, becoming active ambassadors of the solutions.
Namely, Boomsma Shipping, Vertom Group, Van Dam Shipping, and Schram Shipping have been the early developers...
FIRST INLINE SHAFT GENERATOR RETROFIT DONE BY WÄRTSILÄ AND BERGE BULK
Ship operators are increasingly looking for new means of improving the operating efficiency for in-service vessels as new regulations such as the IMO’s EEXI and CII going into effect and the EU’s carbon emission...
MARITIME, MINING, AND ENERGY MAJORS TO CREATE A GREEN CORRIDOR FOR IRON ORE
A new consortium comprising UK-based mining company Anglo American, Tata Steel, CMB, VUKA Marine, Freeport Saldanha, and ENGIE plans to explore the options for developing a maritime green corridor for the zero-emission shipping of...
E-METHANOL AND THE FUTURE OF MARINE
As the marine industry looks to decarbonize, with ambitious targets set by the International Maritime Organization IMO 2030 and IMO 2050, new fuels will be part of the solution. But which fuel will it...