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Samskip Advances Zero-Emission Shipping, Partnering With TECO 2030 Retrofitting Samskip’s LNG Vessel Samskip Kvitnos With Hydrogen-Powered Fuel Cells
Samskip has announced its partnership in the groundbreaking HyEkoTank project, an initiative supported by the European Union’s Horizon Europe program. As part of its ongoing efforts to reach net zero emissions by 2040, Samskip will retrofit its …
Sep 3, 2024 / Curious
Grieg Star: Retrofitting deep-sea ships to ammonia is feasible but challenging
A cross-company, cross-discipline group of industry experts conclude that deep-sea shipping can transform to ammonia as fuel. But there are several difficult hurdles to overcome. Through 2022, a group of industry experts, led by Grieg Star, has …
Mar 14, 2023 / Curious
World’s First VLGC To Be Retrofitted With Pioneering LPG Propulsion Technology Achieves Historic Milestone; Successfully Runs On LPG Fuel
BW LPG announces today the successful start of a week-long sea and gas trials for Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) BW Gemini which has been retrofitted with pioneering LPG dual-fuel propulsion technology.BW Gemini has achieved a historic milestone as …
Oct 21, 2020 / Vessels
BW LPG declares option for additional LPG dual-fuel engines, bringing total investment to twelve
BW LPG announced today that it has exercised another option for the delivery and retrofitting of a further four dual-fuel LPG propulsion engines. With this, BW LPG has committed to retrofit 12 of its Very Large Gas Carriers (VLGCs) with pioneering …
Feb 28, 2020 / Curious
ING and EIB provide €110m for Spliethoff’s Green Shipping investments
€110.4 million loan for the installation of exhaust gas cleaning systems and ballast water management systems on 42 Spliethoff vessels part of €300 million joint EIB-ING green shipping partnership.EIB financing supported under EU’s “Juncker Plan” and …
Mar 1, 2019 / Finance
Hapag-Lloyd first in world to convert large container ship to LNG
Retrofitting of the 15,000 TEU vessel “Sajir” to use LNG propulsion / Pilot project paves the way for converting large ships to LNG / 15 to 30 percent less CO2 emissions possibleHapag-Lloyd will retrofit its 15,000 TEU ship “Sajir” to operate using …
Feb 5, 2019 / Vessels