Anemoi Marine Technologies, a leading UK-based developer of Rotor Sails for the global shipping industry, is enhancing its efforts to provide its award-winning Rotor Sail technology for ship owners, managers and charterers to install onboard vessels as they look to decarbonise their operations. The company will be showcasing these solutions at Nor-Shipping 2023, a prominent international maritime event held from 6-9 June at NOVA Spektrum, Lillestrøm, Norway. Attendees are invited to visit Anemoi at Stand D05-04 at the UK Pavillion. Anemoi offers a range of Rotor Sails, varying in height ...

ABS has presented Provaris Energy with an approval in principle (AIP) for its innovative gaseous hydrogen floating storage concept in a ceremony at NOR Shipping. The solution, dubbed H2Leo, has a design capacity range of 300 to 600 tonnes of hydrogen, expandable to up to 2,000 tonnes. The unit is designed for various hydrogen supply chains and applications, including bunkering for the maritime sector, intermittent/buffer storage for green hydrogen production, and long-duration storage for excess renewable energy. The AIP is the latest support from ABS for Provaris, following ABS review ...

Swiss marine power company WinGD and Japanese shipbuilder and technology developer Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. have signed a memorandum of understanding to enter into a partnership on ammonia-fuelled vessels. The project will see WinGD applying its X-DF-A ammonia-fuelled engines to a range of vessel designs, with Mitsubishi both designing the vessels and completing the fuel chain with its ammonia fuel supply system (AFSS). Manabu Kawakado, Head of Marine Engineering Centre, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. said: “This collaboration will give both Mitsubishi and WinGD an important first-mover advantage in using ammonia ...

Innovative marine engineering consultancy, BAR Technologies, and naval architects, Deltamarin, have announced that they are once again partnering to lead the way in wind propulsion innovation with new build design, Aframax/LRII. The announcement comes off the back of previous collaboration on WindWings which, with saving of approximately 1.5 tonnes of fuel per wing per day, will debut on the Pyxis Ocean soon, fresh from being nominated for the Next Generation Ship Award at Nor-Shipping. Above deck, there have been great strides in design that harnesses the potential of wind propulsion; ...

Nesec is proud to be the main lender for the Oceandiva London. Merging innovative architectural design with the latest technology, Oceandiva London is a 2.2Mw powered battery CO2-neutral event vessel and will be the first carbon-neutral powered vessel on the River Thames, leading the way to decarbonise the river. In its role as main lender, Nesec has provided the pre- and post-delivery finance for the innovative and environmentally conscious vessel. Providing ship financing for almost 80 years, Rotterdam-based Nesec is well versed in financing innovative projects. The company has developed ...

Technology group Wärtsilä’s new patented and proprietary technology Wärtsilä Ammonia Release Mitigation Systems (WARMS) has received Approval in Principle from classification society DNV. The approval in principle covers its use on ships fuelled by ammonia with the DNV Class notation gas fuelled ammonia or on gas tankers fuelled by ammonia with the DNV Class notation GF NH3. This innovative system mitigates the risks associated with future fuels, such as ammonia, which can be hazardous to both health and the environment unless handled and stored with great care. With WARMS, typical ...

Sanmar Shipyards delivered its first battery electric tug to ABS class for Canada-based HaiSea Marine, a joint venture partnership between the Haisla First Nation and Seaspan ULC. The HAISEA WAMIS harbor tug, the first in its ElectRA 2800SX series, will be part of a fleet of harbor and escort tugs providing services to LNG Canada’s future terminal in British Columbia and is equipped with two steerable, fixed pitch (FP), azimuthing, L-drive propulsion units powered by electric motors integrated on top of each unit. The tug’s fully electric propulsion system is ...

DNV’s latest white paper “Biofuels in shipping” finds that the flexibility of biofuels can enable the shipping industry to accelerate its journey towards decarbonization while maintaining operational efficiency. Current limitations in production capacity, however, may impact short-term supply and create stiff competition with other sectors. With the shipping industry getting ready to meet decarbonization requirements, the use of biofuels is on the rise. The current global production capacity of sustainable biofuels is around 11 million tonnes of oil equivalent (Mtoe) per year. DNV predicts that a sustainable and economically viable ...

Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat business, and a world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has published its Decarbonisation Toolkit, which outlines a practical blueprint for decarbonisation in the maritime industry. Compiled by maritime innovation consultancy Thetius, the report uses real life examples to set out a framework across three domains of energy transition: ‘Operation’, ‘Ship’ and ‘Human Element’. At the operational level, voyage optimisation is a particularly effective means of decarbonisation. In September 2022, Scandinavian shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen announced its intention to adopt an AI-based voyage optimisation system across ...

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has agreed to undertake technical studies on an ammonia fuel supply system for large, low-speed two-stroke marine engines under development by Winterthur Gas & Diesel AG (WinGD), a Swiss designer of large marine engines. The signing ceremony of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) was held at WinGD Headquarters in Switzerland on June 2. MOU signing ceremony at WinGD Headquarters in Switzerland The newly concluded MOU reflects both companies desire to contribute to the achievement of the International Maritime ...

As the debate over the potential shipping decarbonization avenues is heating up, Hellenic Shipping News (www.hellenicshippingnews.com), interviewed Mr. Dave Gregory, Managing Director of North Europe for Baseblue. According to Mr. Gregory believes that the shipping industry will struggle to meet the 2030 mandates, set by the IMO. Baseblue was created through the merger of three leading bunkering companies Bunkernet, BMS United and SBI Bunkering BV, the company’s global network proactively fuels the shipping industry toward a better future. A recent study by Mckinsey concluded that the future of bunkering would ...

The Berlin-based venture studio Flagship Founders has announced today the spin-off of another startup, Arinto, a software solution enabling ‘Just-In-Time Arrival’ of merchant ships in ports. With this, shipping companies and ship managers will be able to calculate the ideal arrival time of vessels and therefore make voyages much more efficient. This will lead to drastic reductions in fuel consumption, lower emissions, and make shipping more sustainable. Global shipping causes about three percent of worldwide CO2 emissions. A variety of factors contribute to this. One of the biggest and yet ...

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. (Yang Ming) and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (Hyundai Heavy Industries) signed a new shipbuilding contract en bloc for five 15,500 TEU LNG dual fuel container vessels. The signing was conducted by Captain James Jeng, Yang Ming’s Chief Marine Technology Officer, and Mr. Jae Ho Kang, Hyundai Heavy Industries’ Executive Vice President. These new vessels are scheduled to be delivered in 2026, as part of Yang Ming’s mid-long term fleet plan. In response to the maritime net zero carbon emission target by 2050, Yang ...

Bunker One, one of the world’s leading suppliers of fuel and lube to the shipping industry, can now support ships passing by Gothenburg and Skaw with methanol as an alternative fuel. Bunker One has signed a long-term charter of the tanker MT NORE, which as of May 2023, received all bunkering permits and certifications for operating in the region. MT NORE is the fourth bunker tanker in Bunker One Sweden’s fleet. “Gothenburg, Skaw and the entire Scandinavian region is one of our most important bunkering hubs with significant vessel traffic ...

Wind propulsion may be making a comeback in the global shipping fleet but how is this technology actually perceived by the modern maritime industry? The multiple mature technologies available today make wind a realistic and viable renewable energy source that can significantly reduce the carbon footprint of cargo vessels. In recent years, there has been a sharp uptake of wind propulsion systems for use on merchant ships. However, as a technology group that is available to ship operators that can offer proven double digit fuel savings using an emission-free source ...