In Singapore, Seaspan Corporation and Hapag-Lloyd announced on June 3 the completion of the first of five vessel conversions under their methanol retrofit program with the delivery of the Seaspan Yangtze. The companies expect each retrofit to cut well-to-wake CO2-equivalent emissions by approximately 30,000 to 50,000 metric tonnes per vessel annually when operating on low-carbon […]
In Greece, the Italian classification society RINA awarded Type Approval certification to Baker Hughes for a gas turbine that can operate on natural gas and up to 100 percent hydrogen in marine propulsion, the companies announced on June 4 at Posidonia, the international shipping exhibition in Athens. The turbine, the NovaLT 16, was originally developed […]
In India, Agastya Green Fuels Private Limited signed a long-term offtake agreement with Sri Lanka’s SAR Maritime Agencies, for the supply of 250,000 metric tons per annum of green methanol compliant with the EU’s RED III rules for renewable fuels of non-biological origin. The methanol would be supplied from the planned Agastya Green Fuels Hub […]
In Greece, the American Bureau of Shipping approved an MIT concept for integrating a nuclear reactor into cargo ship propulsion, issuing approval in principle at Posidonia, the international shipping exhibition in Athens, for the design developed with HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering and Capital Maritime Group. The MIT reactor uses a synthetic fluid to […]
In the United States, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Caterpillar have developed a dual fuel combustion system that allows marine diesel engines to run on more than 75 percent methanol, the laboratory said on June 2. The system addresses methanol’s poor ignition in compression-ignition diesel engines, a barrier for inland and coastal vessels. The approach […]
In Denmark, the Global Maritime Forum announced on June 4 the formation of a consortium to establish a green shipping corridor between the Port of Açu in Brazil and the Port of Antwerp-Bruges in Belgium, carrying zero-carbon fuels on vessels powered by those same fuels. The consortium, facilitated by the Global Maritime Forum and RMI, […]
In Belgium, Exmar announced the midsize gas carrier Antwerpen was delivered on June 10, the world’s first oceangoing vessel able to both transport ammonia and use it for propulsion. The Belgian-flagged ship was built by HD Hyundai Mipo, now merged into HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, and can carry more than 46,000 cubic meters of ammonia […]
In China, Shanghai Observer reports Jiangnan Shipyard delivered the 93,000 cubic meter very large ammonia carrier IVY COVE to Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping on June 10 in Shanghai, the first vessel of its size delivered worldwide and the first of its type to enter service in China. The ship is built to Jiangnan’s self-developed PANDA […]
In India, Manifold Times reports that VO Chidambaranar Port Authority signed an MoU with AM Green Ammonia to collaborate on a green ammonia production plant at Tuticorin with planned capacity of 1 million tonnes per year. The agreement covers more than production. VOC Port said the work includes green ammonia handling, storage and bunkering infrastructure, […]
In Greece, Lloyd’s Register announced at Posidonia on June 2 that it is backing a nuclear assisted pure car and truck carrier concept developed with Hyundai Heavy Industries, Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, Hyundai Glovis, G-Marine Service and the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute. The joint development project examines how a small modular molten salt […]
