Icon of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International’s first LNG-powered cruise ship, has finished its final sea trials.
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Reducing vessel resistance, commonly known as drag, can decrease the amount of energy a vessel requires to move through water – thus reducing fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, important steps in helping shipping address its decarbonisation challenges as well as manage costs, reports LR.
Drag reductionAccording to Krassi Fotev, Founder, CEO and Chief Scientist of 13 Mari, technology developed by his company can produce between 3 and 5% drag reduction. This could be...
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Himalaya Shipping’s new bulk carrier powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), Mount Norefjell, has successfully completed its sea trials.
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H1837A, the world’s largest shallow draft liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, has completed its sea trial and gas trial.
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The cruise division of MSC Group, MSC Cruises, has marked two important milestones for the first two liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels both under construction in Chantiers de l’Atlantique’s…
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India’s first-ever indigenous aircraft carrier titled IAC Vikrant kick-started a round of sea trials on Sunday. This time, the intention is to conduct some complex manoeuvres in the high seas before its induction during August.
The 40,000-tonne IAC Vikrant is so far the most complex and largest warship built in India. It successfully got done with its maiden voyage that lasted for five days in August and underwent a 10-day long sea trial during October.
President Ram Nath Kovind and VP M Venkaiah...
Wasaline’s LNG-powered ferry Aurora Botnia has left shipbuilder Rauma Marine’s shipyard for its sea trials, ahead of delivery expected later this month. The post LNG-powered ferry Aurora Botnia sets…
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Stena RoRo is leading the project for the construction of the Global Mercy, the world’s largest civilian hospital ship. After several years of construction at the Tianjin Xingang shipyard in northern China, the final test, the official sea trial, has now been completed with good results.
The shipyard will present the ship for delivery this summer and the vessel will then sail to Antwerp in Belgium on its maiden voyage, where some members of the crew will board and the medical equipment...
The Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) has undertaken successful sea trials for two vessels towards use of biofuels in concurrence with the Indian flag administration, reads the website.
The two vessels, namely Ambuja Mukund and Ambuja Vaibhav, are owned by Ambuja Cements Ltd., which is a part of the global conglomerate Lafarge Holcim, a leader in building solutions.
GHG emission reductionsIn a bid to move towards reducing Greenhouse Gases (GHGs), the trials were carried out and the emission...
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Stena Bulk has just completed a successful sea trial together with ExxonMobil, testing the company’s first marine bio fuel oil in commercial operation,...
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