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...
MSC Cruises reports that its latest flagship, MSC World America has successfully completed deep-water intensive systems tests during a final sea trial in the Atlantic Ocean.
The sea trials checked the performance of the ship’s engines, maneuverability, fuel consumption, safety systems, speed and stopping distances. The ship will now receive its final finishing touches at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint Nazaire, France before being officially delivered to the cruise line on March...
https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/cruiseships/msc-world-america-completes-sea-trials/
As recent reports from DNV and Clarkson both indicated, 2024 was a record setting year for the adoption of LNG as a marine fuel. Now industry coalition SEA-LNG has published its annual “View from the Bridge” report. It not only confirms the record-breaking growth in orders but gives some insights into what’s behind the continuing trend.
Analyzing data from SEA-LNG members, the report found that global market adoption and growth reached record heights in 2024. SEA-LNG reports annual vessel growth...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/sea-lng-report-shows-whats-behind-lngs-record-setting-2024/
Newport Beach, Calif., based Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE) has completed construction of a third production train at its Boron, Calif., LNG plant, increasing its volume capacity by 50%. Already the largest plant of its kind in the Southwest U.S., the Boron plant now has the capacity to produce up to 270,000 gallons of LNG every day. The addition of the third production train at the California LNG plant will allow the supply of LNG to meet growing demand from customers looking to...
Two new LNG-fueled RoPax ferries under construction at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard for CMA CGM subsidiary La Méridionale will feature an extensive range of Wärtsilä technology.
The 180-meter long ferries will be able to accommodate 1,000 passengers plus freight and will operate between Marseille and Corsica. They have been specifically designed to minimize emissions and, while LNG will be their primary fuel, La Méridionale is preparing them to operate on alternative fuels such as biogas and...
The European Union is setting up a Union Database (UDB) of biofuels. The database aims to ensure the traceability of liquid and gaseous biofuels that are eligible for being counted towards the share of renewable energy in the transportation sector in any EU member state. One aspect of the European Commission’s plans for the UDB is causing “deep concerns” to both the Methanol Institute (MI) and SEA-LNG, key representatives of the methanol and liquefied natural gas (LNG) industries respectively,,
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Carnival Corporation’s Princess Cruises brand has now taken delivery of its 4,300-passenger Sun Princess, the largest vessel ever constructed in Italy and both Fincantieri’s and Princess’s first LNG fueled cruise ship.
Back on January 25, Princess said that it and Fincantieri had mutually agreed to delay delivery of the vessel, leading to the cancellation of the ship’s inaugural 10-day voyage, originally set to depart from Barcelona on February 8.
Today, Princess said that “the ship does need to...
The new holder of the “world’s largest cruise ship” title, Royal Caribbean International’s 7,600 guest Icon of the Seas, arrived in Miami for the first time yesterday. Taller than the Eiffel Tower, with a total of 20 decks, the 1,198-foot long vessel arrived at its new home port in style, with celebratory fireboat salutes, banner planes in flight and a community celebration at the Pérez Art Museum.
With its first cruise less than 16 days away, Icon of the Seas will continue making its final...
https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/cruiseships/video-icon-of-the-seas-arrives-in-miami/
Seaside LNG has reached a term bunkering agreement with Carnival Corporation & plc that will see it fuel the first LNG powered cruise ship to homeport in Galveston, Texas, the Carnival Jubilee.
Seaside LNG will move its bunkering barge Clean Jacksonville, acquired from TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico, LLC in February this year, from Jacksonville, Fla., to Galveston, where it will serve the Texas Gulf Coast makingits first LNG delivery to the Carnival Jubilee in December 2023.
Seaside says that, through...
https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/cruiseships/seaside-lng-to-start-galveston-bunkering-operation/
Wärtsilä has introduced a new ultra-low emissions version of its Wärtsilä 31DF engine, first introduced in 2015. When operating on LNG, this new version of the dual fuel engine can further reduce methane emissions on a 50% load point by up to 56% and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions by up to 86%. On a weighted average, the engine’s new technology can reduce methane emissions by 41% more than the standard Wärtsilä 31DF engine, which is claimed to already have the lowest emission levels on the...
https://www.marinelog.com/technology/new-ultra-low-emissions-wartsila-31df-cuts-methane-slip/