Finnish ship designer Deltamarin and carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) company Ecolog have collaborated on an LCO2 carrier design for the purpose of tendering at shipyards worldwide. The new design is intra-EU, short range, low pressure, and shallow...
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SIX JAPANESE COMPANIES JOIN TO DEVELOP METHANOL-FUELLED TANKER
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), MOL Coastal Shipping, Tabuchi Kaiun Co, Niihama Kaiun Co, Murakami Hide Shipbuilding, and The Hanshin Diesel Works, have agreed to form a strategic alliance aimed at reducing environmental impact through the development of a methanol-fuelled...
CONCEPT DESIGN COMPLETED FOR NYK AMMONIA-FUELLED SHIP
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), MTI, and Finnish consultancy Elomatic have jointly completed the development of a concept design for an ammonia-fuel ready LNG-fuelled vessel (ARLFV). NYK Group companies NYK and MTI have set a long-term target of net-zero...
ClassNK AND NAPA STRENGTHEN DESIGN APPROVAL PROCESS
Finland-based maritime software company NAPA and classification society ClassNK have strengthened their partnership to support the use of 3D models in the ship design approval process. By streamlining data sharing between design and class approval software, this move...
DANISH PROJECT ASKS WHETHER RETROFIT CAN BE GREENER THAN NEWBUILD
Ship design company OSK ShipTech has joined with several partner companies and organisations in an Energy Cluster Denmark project which compares the total CO2 emissions of shipbuilding in order to see if retrofitting existing vessels can be more beneficial than...
‘OFF THE SHELF’ ULSTEIN HEAVY LIFT SHIP FILLS RENEWABLE ENERGY GAP
According to Ulstein Design and Solutions, a shortage is predicted of specialised heavy lift vessels needed to install the increasing number of larger, next generation wind turbines, a situation which will jeopardise future offshore wind farm realisations. Proven,...
GREEN FACTORY TRAWLER TO BE BUILT TO ULSTEIN DESIGN
Norwegian fishing company Bluewild is expanding its fleet with a new factory trawler designed by Ulstein Design and Solutions; with gentle handling of the catch and the lowest possible energy consumption being important elements in the design development. The new...
BMT TO DESIGN US WIND FARM SUPPORT VESSELS
BMT has been awarded a design contract for three new Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) to be operated at east coast wind farms in the US. Designed by the company’s team of specialists, the 27m CTV design features BMT’s latest developments to maximise safety, performance,...
AWARD RECOGNISES SHORTSEA SHIPPING DECARBONISATION PROJECT
An innovative project team that introduced a new shortsea ship design making use of battery and fuel cell technology has been named as the winner of the eighth Intelligence Hunt project competition, by SeaFocus. The Intelligence Hunt is a project-based awards scheme...
ANOTHER GREEN TANKER FOR FURETANK
Swedish tanker operator Furetank has signed a contract for a further climate-friendly vessel to be designed by FKAB. This is the ninth vessel in the Vinga series, with options for more. The ship will be built by China Merchants Jinling Shipyard, formerly known as...
ULSTEIN TO DESIGN CHINA’S FIRST OFFSHORE WIND SOVS
ZPMC shipyard of China and Ulstein Design & Solutions have signed a ship design contract on two types of Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) for Shanghai Electric Windpower Group, which will be the first purpose-designed SOVs for the Chinese Offshore Wind industry....
DELTAMARIN TO ENGINEER GREEN HOEGH PCTCs
Deltamarin has signed an agreement with China Merchants Industry (Jiangsu) for the design and engineering of the new series of Höegh Autoliners Aurora Class Pure Car and Truck Carriers (PCTCs). Deltamarin recently completed the conceptual design of the ships for Höegh...
AiP FROM ClassNK FOR GSC AMMONIA-FUELLED BULKER
Classification Society ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for the design of an ammonia-fuelled Panamax bulk carrier developed by Planning and Design Center for Greener Ships (GSC). According to ClassNK, ammonia is expected to be used as decarbonised...