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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
WinGD on track to deliver ammonia engines in 2025
Swiss marine power company WinGD is on track to deliver its first X-DF-A dual-fuel ammonia engines by the first quarter of 2025, with the first X-DF-A powered vessels in service from 2026. The confirmation, which follows combustion tests at WinGD …
Jul 19, 2023 / Curious
HD Korea Shipbuilding bags US$92.8 million order for 2 product carriers
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. said Tuesday it has won a 120.6 billion-won (US$92.8 million) order to build two product carriers for an Asian shipper. Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., one of HD Korea Shipbuilding's three affiliates, …
Apr 19, 2023 / Vessels
WinGD to deliver methanol engines for COSCO SHIPPING Lines container vessels
WinGD will supply 10X92DF-M methanol-fuelled engines to four 16,000 TEU container vessels to be built for COSCO SHIPPING Lines at COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Yangzhou) Co. Ltd.These vessels will be delivered from 2025 and will feature WinGD’s …
Mar 24, 2023 / Curious
Hyundai Heavy achieves world's first 200 million BHP milestone
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) celebrated its achievement of becoming the world's first company to produce two-stroke ship engines with an aggregate output of 200 million brake horsepower (BHP) at a ceremony at its headquarters in the southeastern …
Mar 23, 2023 / Curious
Nakilat and HSD Engine sign long-term engine maintenance and services contract
Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat) and HSD Engine have signed a long-term service agreement for the provision of spares and maintenance services necessary to maintain the reliability of engines onboard Nakilat’s wholly-owned LNG vessels. This …
Mar 22, 2023 / Curious
The Njord field upgraded and ready for another 20 years
Production from the Njord field in the Norwegian Sea resumed at 16.30 on 27 December, following an upgrading project in which both the platform and the floating storage and offloading vessel (FSO) were brought ashore. The field is now back on …
Dec 29, 2022 / Curious
Watch: 32,000-Ton FPSO Vessel Successfully Delivered In Qingdao
A floating production, storage, offloading (FPSO) vessel that weighs about 32,000 tons and is 118 meters tall and built by the Offshore Oil Engineering Co. for a Britain-based client was delivered successfully in Qingdao, Shandong Province of East …
Dec 5, 2022 / Vessels