LIFEBOAT FALLS FROM QUANTUM OF THE SEAS – FORTUNATELY NO INJURIES
On December 1, 2022, a lifeboat from Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas detached from its davits and fell aft-first into the water.
Captain Francesco Suma explained that the ship’s number 12 lifeboat, on the...
SHI TEAMS UP WITH DASSAULT TO TRANSFORM INTO A ‘SMART YARD’
South Korea’s shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with French software corporation Dassault Systèmes to create a “smart yard” based on new digital transformation technology.
The smart yard is designed...
CLASSNK GRANTS 1ST AIP FOR DUAL-FUEL ENGINE POWERED BY HYDROGEN
Classification society ClassNK has issued an approval in principle (AiP) for a dual-fuel generator engine using hydrogen gas as fuel for a liquefied hydrogen (LH2) carrier developed by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (KHI).
As informed,...
TENTATIVE DEAL ON INCLUDING SHIPPING’S GHG EMISSIONS IN EU ETS COVERS METHANE AND N20
A preliminary agreement has been reached between the EU’s top three institutions to include greenhouse gas emissions from the maritime sector in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS).
The tentative deal was struck on Tuesday...
FINNISH PARTNERS DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY FOR ONBOARD HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM LNG
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has entered into a joint development agreement with Hycamite TCD Technologies, a privately-owned compatriot company specialising in the development of technology for producing clean hydrogen and solid carbon from methane.
Under...