Zane Berry from MCA Consulting gives his take on what the merchant fleet will look like at the start of the next decade. The main driver for change in vessel design and operation will remain the need for fuel optimisation through to 2030 and beyond. There is little availability for cargo capacity...
Who will drive the ship changes coming up? Splash takes a look at what customers are doing. For Khalid Hashim, the veteran managing director of Thai-listed dry bulk owner Precious Shipping, the way to ensure shipping goes green rapidly is with three regulations – a carbon tax, a hard stop to any...
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What will crew need to be adapt at when stepping onboard a newbuild coming out of a yard in 2030? E-fuels, biogas, biofuels, fuel cells, nuclear propulsion, kite sails, rigid wing sails, Flettner rotors, air lubrication, Mewis ducts, hull antifouling, onboard carbon capture, artificial intelligence...
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What will be the percentage breakdown of fuel types for all the ships that come out of yards in 2030? It’s the crystal ball guesstimate that divides shipping more than any other topic these days. The winner of the future fuels debate. For the purposes of this magazine, too, the breakdown of fuel...
Nick Chubb, founder of UK maritime tech consultancy Thetius, gets creative, giving readers a guided tour of a methanol-powered ship traversing the world’s oceans in late 2030. The MT Zero is a dual-fuel methanol carrier. It can carry 200,000 cu mof methanol and trades between the Gulf of Mexico and...
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Ship Concept 2030 is the latest magazine out of the Splash Special Reports stable, a publication designed to give readers a glimpse of what is realistic for newbuilds coming out of yards seven years from now taking into account regulations, fuels, information technology, seafaring skills, shipyards...
https://splash247.com/ship-concept-2030-identifying-what-tomorrows-newbuilds-will-look-like/