With more new ships being ordered with alternative fuels such as LNG and ammonia, there’s a growing need for crews to be trained in handling them. To address this need, ship manager Anglo-Eastern has installed a new LNG/ammonia bunkering station skid at its Anglo-Eastern Maritime Academy in Karjat, Mumbai.
The skid is designed to provide hands-on training in the safe and efficient fueling of LNG and ammonia fueled vessels. Anglo-Eastern says, by offering real-world experience to industry...
CMB.TECH and Damen have signed an agreement that will see Damen build four 80-tonnes bollard pull tugs powered by a CMB.TECH hydrogen dual fuel solution.
The agreement was signed May 23 during the 27th International Tug & Salvage (ITS) Convention in Dubai in a ceremony that came after, earlier in the day, Lloyd’s Register had presented the two companies with an Approval in Principle (AiP) for the hydrogen solution that will be installed in the tugs.
The vessels will each feature four high speed...
The Saverys family is continuing with the reshaping of Euronav (NYSE:EURN) following the deal that saw 24 of the company’s VLCCs being transferred to John Fredriksen’s Frontline, resolving a long-running merger battle, Euronav, whose controlling shareholder is now the Saverys family controlled CMB NV, on Friday, reached an agreement to acquire CMB’s clean tech division, CMB.TECH NV, for $1.15 billion in cash. The purchase price will be financed from the cash proceeds of the sale of the 24...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/euronav-set-to-acquire-cmb-tech/
The Port of Antwerp-Bruges and CMB.TECH today announced that Hydrotug 1, the world’s first hydrogen-powered tugboat, is ready to start operations in the Antwerp port area. While a lot of attention has been paid to hydrogen fuel cell powered vessels, the Hydrotug 1 is the first tugboat to be powered by combustion engines that burn hydrogen in combination with traditional fuel.
It is the first vessel that uses the BeHydro V12 dual fuel medium speed engines – each rated at 2 MW – with the latest EU...
https://www.marinelog.com/technology/video-hydrotug-1-set-to-start-operations/
With 24 of its VLCCs being transferred to John Fredriksen’s Frontline as part of a deal that resolved a long-running merger battle, Euronav NV (NYSE: EURN) has been rebuilding its fleet with a series of newbuilding orders that began in August when it announced an agreement purchase one VLCC newbuild from an undisclosed yard at a price of $112.2 million that included an option for a second. It exercised that option on October 12, when it looks to have taken an option on a third.
Yesterday, it...
CMB.TECH, the clean tech division of Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB), and CSSC group member WinGD have signed an agreement that will see WinGD X72DF‑A ammonia-fueled engines power a series of 210,000 dwt bulkers to be delivered through 2025 and 2026 to CMB Group member Bocimar. Other signatories to the agreement are CSSC Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding (QBS), which will build the ammonia-fueled bulkers, and CSSC Engine Co (CSE), which will build the engines.
FIRST-AMMONIA FUELED BULKERS
The vessels...
https://www.marinelog.com/technology/cmb-tech-and-wingd-move-ahead-on-ammonia-fueled-bulkers/