Future fuels: zero-emission ships technically ready to hit the water by 2024

Pictured: “NGC 604” a vast cloud of hydrogen in the Triangulum Galaxy. Hydrogen is one of the most abundant substances in the universe and could, one day, be the fuel of choice for the world fleet. Credit: Hubble Space Telescope, NASA

Developments that will shape the future of fuel for shipping have been coming thick and fast in recent weeks.

So fast, in fact, that an executive from international class society Lloyd’s Register has told the UN that zero-carbon emission vessels will be technically

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Maritime industries become even more environmentally-friendly through electrification

Pictured: a lightning strike. Lightning involves the release of up to a gigajoule of energy. Photo: Felix Mittermeier from Pixabay.

Developments in the electrification of marine service-providing craft and smaller, coastal, ships continues around the world. Electrification means that the maritime industries will become even-more environmentally friendly.

Electric and LNG-powered hybrid tug

Most recently, a world-first hybrid battery/liquefied natural gas-powered tug has now been ordered by Jurong...

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