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Japan's 1st Coastal Module Carrier to Transport Offshore Wind Turbine Foundation Components
MOL Drybulk Makes Marine Transport Deal with JFE Engineering; MOL Signs Contract for Vessel Construction Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) has announced that its group company MOL Drybulk Ltd. (MOL Drybulk) has signed a basic contract for marine …
Apr 16, 2024 / Vessels
Jan De Nul and ABC Engines sign agreement for methanol marine engines for cable-laying vessel Fleeming Jenkin
Jan De Nul Group and ABC Engines has announced their partnership for hybrid marine engines. Both companies signed the order for four 7,200 kW engines and one 1,800 kW engine that can run on (bio)diesel, HVO and methanol. These innovative engines will …
Jan 30, 2024 / Curious
The UK Government has awarded funding to a consortium led by Morek Engineering to design a new class of low-carbon installation vessel for the floating offshore wind market
The UK Government has awarded funding to a consortium led by Morek Engineering to design a new class of low-carbon installation vessel for the floating offshore wind market. The consortium has won the funding through the UK Government’s Clean …
Jan 29, 2024 / Finance
ABS Signs Milestone MOU with Indian Innovators to Drive Global Hub for Green Shipbuilding
ABS joined Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd., Seatech Solutions International (Seatech) and Shift Clean Energy (Shift) in signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop electric tugboats, part of an initiative to achieve …
Dec 20, 2023 / Curious
WinGD secures Bureau Veritas AiP for X-DF-A ammonia engine safety concept
Bureau Veritas has added its vote of confidence to Swiss marine power company WinGD’s ammonia fuelled X‑DF‑A dual-fuel engine, granting an approval in principle (AiP) for the engine’s safety concept. At a certificate ceremony held last week at the …
Dec 14, 2023 / Curious
New version of the Wärtsilä 31DF engine reduces methane emissions by an additional 41% on average, when compared to previous market best
Technology group Wärtsilä has introduced a new ultra-low emissions version of its already efficient Wärtsilä 31DF engine. Whilst operating on LNG, this new version can further reduce methane emissions on a 50 percent load point by up to 56 percent …
Nov 2, 2023 / Curious
HD KSOE delivers world's first LNG-propelled bulk carrier with built-in AI engineer
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, the holding company of Hyundai shipbuilding group, has built and delivered the world's first liquefied natural gas-propelled bulk carrier installed with an artificial intelligence engineer. The robot …
Aug 25, 2023 / Curious
ICE-Supported Development Project Receives Grant
Bluewater Engineering Limited (BWE), the inventor of SKYTUG®, has recently been awarded a grant from the Transport Research and Innovation Grants (TRIG) programme, financed by the UK Department for Transport (DfT). The TRIG programme aims to …
Aug 17, 2023 / Curious
Mercuria joins efforts with ÈTA Shipping towards a sustainable short sea shipping
Global energy and commodity group, Mercuria and maritime innovator, ÈTA Shipping announced a landmark partnership to accelerate the transition to sustainable short-sea shipping. A joint venture will see the construction of six initial (and ten …
Aug 10, 2023 / Curious
Groundbreaking ABS Study Explores Potential of Commercial Nuclear Propulsion
The transformational impact of nuclear propulsion on the design, operation and emissions of a 14k TEU container vessel and a 157k DWT Suezmax tanker have been modeled by ABS and Herbert Engineering Corp. (HEC) in a groundbreaking study. ABS …
Jul 25, 2023 / Curious