Foreship has recruited Jonny Berglund as its Business Development Director, in a new role to focus the Helsinki-based group’s efforts in growing its presence in commercial shipping. With a career-long commitment to maritime, including seagoing experience as an...
Singapore-based Vallianz Holdings has contracted Ulstein Design & Solutions for the development of a new, hybrid heavy transport vessel (HTV), a customised version of the Ulstein HX120 design, which will feature dual-fuel engines and a battery energy storage...
Shipping companies James Fisher and Graig Shipping have unveiled a new service operation vessel (SOV) design concept, in conjunction with Ulstein Design & Solutions and DNV. The Ulstein Twin X-Stern vessel, designated Ulstein SX221 Diamond SOV, will support the...
Dutch company Conoship is designing a hydrogen-fuelled short sea cargo vessel, of about 5000 dwt, in a partnership with Tata Steel and Van Dam Shipping of Groningen. The steel company wants to reduce CO2 emissions resulting from sea transport of steel coils. The new...
Norwegian cleantech company Teco 2030 has launched its hydrogen powered tanker concept, ‘Hy-Ekotank’, together with partners Ektank, Shell Shipping and Maritime, and DNV, which through retrofitting fuel cells with compressed or liquid hydrogen storage on existing...
ABS has granted approval in principle (AiP) to a design by Samsung Heavy Industries’ (SHI) for an ammonia-fuelled Neo-Panamax container vessel. The AIP confirms the design has been reviewed by ABS against the requirements outlined in the ABS Guide for Ammonia Fueled...
Ship design consultancy ICE has developed a Service Operation Vessel (SOV) design suitable for emission free operations and cost-effective maintenance of offshore wind farms. The concept uses a battery-powered propulsion system designed to be recharged using offshore...
Australian green energy company Provaris Energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with UK-based Northern Marine Management, part of the Stena group of companies. Under the MoU, Provaris and Northern Marine will develop a Technical Partnership to support...
Turkish shipyard Uzmar and Canadian naval architects Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) have signed an agreement to design and build a new series of methanol-fuelled tugboats. These new designs, exclusive to Uzmar, represent a new generation of lower emission tugs that Uzmar's...
Concept designs for two environmentally-friendly bulk carriers have been developed by a consortium of Japanese companies. A 200,000 dwt class capesize LNG-fuelled and battery-powered energy-saving bulk carrier has been designed by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ('K' Line) with...
Wilhelmsen and German transport group DB Schenker joint-owned company Massterly has signed a joint letter of intent with Kongsberg and its partners – furniture maker Ekornes and vessel designers Naval Dynamics - as a first step in a collective aim to replace the...
According to Danish naval architecture consultancy OSK-ShipTech, in the CO2 emissions debate, the shipping industry should steer a different course from that which focuses only on CO2 emissions from fuel, and concentrate on the broader picture. Although the ferry...
GTT has been awarded a new approval in principle (AiP) from Bureau Veritas (BV), for the Shear-Water concept, a new ballast-free LNG bunker and feeder vessel (LNGB&FV). This follows earlier approvals from China Classification Society and DNV. GTT points out that...
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