Australian aluminium shipbuilder Incat has formed a new partnership with European shipping company Brittany Ferries and technology company Wärtsilä to explore design and technical requirements for a 137m zero emission ferry. Incat CEO Stephen Casey said: “Incat has...
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SCANDLINES ZERO-EMISSIONS FERRY TO APPLY DIGITAL CLIMATE TWIN TECHNOLOGY
Ferry operator Scandlines has chosen ReFlow, a Danish climate tech company, to develop advanced climate twins of its latest freight ferry design using life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. Steel is currently being cut at Cemre Shipyard in Turkey for the...
LITHUANIAN DESIGNER UNVEILS ELECTRIC PUSH-TUG DESIGN
Western Baltic Engineering (WBE) of Lithuania is launching new designs for what it believes is the first ever electric pusher vessel for use on Europe’s inland waterways. known as the ‘Eelectric Eel’. Klaipeda headquartered WBE said the first example is due to be...
GREENER ATB DESIGN FOR BRAZILIAN COASTAL SHIPPING
Canadian ship designer Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) has been awarded a contract by Rio Maguari Shipyard (Estaleiro Rio Maguari – ERM), located in Belém, Brazil, to develop the design package for an innovative Articulated Tug and Barge (ATB) for shipping containers along the...
FKAB GREEN TANKER DESIGN ADOPTED FOR NEW ALLIANCE
Tanker companies Furetank and Algoma are entering into a joint venture agreement to construct four climate friendly dual-fuel product tankers to trade in Northern Europe. Swedish Furetank AB and Canadian Algoma Central Corporation will own 50% each of the joint...
GLOSTEN TO DESIGN CALIFORNIAN HYBRID-HYDROGEN RESEARCH VESSEL
San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography has selected naval architecture and marine engineering company Glosten as the naval architect for the university’s new California coastal research vessel. The new vessel will have a first-of-its-kind hydrogen-hybrid...
DNV ISSUES AiP FOR GTT AND SHELL LIQUID HYDROGEN CARRIER
GTT of France has been granted two Approvals in Principle (AiP) from classification society DNV for the design of a membrane type containment system for liquefied hydrogen (LH2) and for the preliminary concept design of a LH2 carrier. These approvals are part of an...
EPA 4 COMPLIANT TUG FOR US OPERATOR
Ship designer Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) of Canada says that another tug to its ART 90-98 design has been delivered to operator Seabulk in Mobile, Alabama. The Advanced Rotortug Hermes joins sister ship Nike, delivered in 2021. Both vessels are 98.5ft long and were built...
AiP FOR NYK’S AMMONIA-FUELLED TUG
NYK Line and IHI Power Systems (IPS) have obtained AiP (Approval in Principle) from Japanese classification society Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) for a jointly-developed ammonia-fuelled tugboat design, said to be the world's first tugboat using ammonia as fuel. This...
KOREAN AiP ISSUED FOR CO2 CARRIER PROJECT
Korean Register (KR) and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) have conducted a joint development project (JDP) to develop 40,000m3 liquid Carbon dioxide (LCO2) carriers fuelled with LNG, which has resulted in KR issuing an approval in principle (AiP). As a way of tackling...
C-JOB TO DESIGN GREECE’S FIRST ELECTRIC RO-PAX
Greek ferry operator Saronic Ferries and C-Job Naval Architects have partnered to deliver the design for the first fully-electric Ro-Pax ferry in Greece, in line with Saronic Ferries' mission to operate a purely emissions-free fleet by 2040 to all destinations. George...
AiP FOR HYDROGEN-FUELLED AUTONOMOUS VESSEL
Acua Ocean, a UK-based developer of maritime autonomous surface ships, has been granted Approval in Principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register for its hydrogen system, control engineering system and electrical power distribution systems on what is believed to be the...
MOL AND MITSUI COLLABORATE ON AMMONIA-FUELLED TANKER
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), Tsuneishi Shipbuilding and Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding have launched a joint project aimed at developing and building an ocean-going liquefied gas carrier that will use ammonia as its main fuel. The vessel is envisioned as a mid-size...