Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract to design and a equip a 10th hybrid chemical tanker for Danish operator Tärntank. The new Tärntank vessels will reduce CO2 emissions using a combination of clean technologies. The wind-assist technology will be installed on...
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DAMEN’S LARGE WINDFARM VESSEL IS METHANOL-READY
Anticipating upcoming large-scale floating windfarm installation, Damen Shipyards has developed a vessel concept, Flow-SV, prepared for operation using methanol as fuel. The Flow-SV is intended to accelerate the development of this new maritime segment being specially...
MITSUBISHI SHIPBUILDING STUDIES AMMONIA BUNKER PROJECT
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company Mitsubishi Shipbuilding has recently completed a conceptual study for an ammonia bunkering vessel capable of supplying ammonia fuel to ships. The study involved joint investigations with Inpex Corporation, which claims...
DELTAMARIN PARTICIPATES IN SAIL CONVERSION PROJECT
Deltamarin of Finland and French company Socatra have signed a contract for a conversion basic design package for installing two Norsepower rotor sails onboard the 50,000dwt Chemical/Product tanker 'Alcyone'. The MR chemical tanker built in 2022, will be retrofitted...
TESTING TIME FOR ULSTEIN-DESIGNED EXPEDITION CRUISE SHIP
Sea Trials of 'Ocean Albatros', Sunstone Ships' latest Ulstein-designed cruise vessel, encountered what were described as "terrible weather conditions, which included more than 20m/s storm and heavy fog", but the vessel performed well and was completed in time for the...
HOULDER COMPLETES DESIGN OF LH2 VESSEL FOR SHELL
Design and engineering consultancy Houlder has recently completed a major design project for Shell International Trading and Shipping Company: the development of a concept design for a 20,000m3 liquid hydrogen (LH2) carrier. Houlder collaborated with Shell on the...
LOGISTICS COMPANY JOINS HYDROGEN BOAT PROJECT
Marinetrans, a logistics company headquartered in Oslo and Singapore, and specialising in transport of ship spares and marine equipment, has become a partner in a foiling hydrogen-fuelled boat project at Delft Technical University. Marinetrans joins other companies in...
UK GRANT AWARD FOR METHANOL WORKBOAT PROJECT
Vessel designer Chartwell Marine has been awarded a £320k Innovate UK Smart Grant, which will enable Chartwell and its consortium partners — Boat Electric & Electronics and Engineered Marine Systems — to develop and test the feasibility of a market-first...
WIND-POWERED RO-RO SECURES EU FUNDING
Wallenius Wilhelmsen and its project partners have secured Horizon Europe funding totalling €9m to support building its sailing ro-ro vessel, known as 'Orcelle Wind', which is scheduled to be planned, built and put into service within the next five years. Roger...
ACCOR AND CHANTIERS de l’ATLANTIQUE EYE SAILING CRUISE SHIP MARKET
French shipyard Chantiers de l’Atlantique and hotel group Accor have signed a letter of intent for the construction of two large sailing cruise vessels. The order for the construction is expected to be confirmed within the next few weeks. The first ship, to be named...
ABS GRANTS AiP TO SHI’S FLOATING NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) of South Korea says that it has received approval in principle (AiP) from ABS for the concept design of its 'CMSR Power Barge', a floating offshore nuclear power plant. CMSR Power Barge is a new concept power generation facility that...
LOW-EMISSION RAL TUG DELIVERIES
Canadian naval architecture practice Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) has announced the delivery of low-emission tug 'Hayden Grave', a RApport 2600 design, to Bay-Houston Towing of Galveston, Texas from Master Boat Buildersof Alabama. The new tug is the first in a series of...
C-JOB CONSORTIUM WINS LOW ENERGY DREDGER TENDER
Dutch naval architect C-Job, in a consortium with MARIN, has been successful in a tender process for the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat ‘Innovaties in de Kustlijnzorg’ (IKZ) programme. with a design for sustainable and cost-effective ‘Solution for Coastal Care’, based on...