The Maritime Technologies Forum (MTF) – of which DNV is a founding member – has today unveiled a framework designed to empower decision-makers in shipping to holistically assess and compare decarbonization technologies and low to zero-emission energy carriers.
The current phase sets out the areas for assessment and comparison and will be built on in the second phase to identify optimal assessment methodologies. The MTF believes this framework will be particularly beneficial when industry is...
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), together with Ouchi Ocean Consultant, Inc., the National Maritime Research Institute (NMRI) of National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology (MPAT), Smert Design Co., Ltd., Graduate School of Frontier Sciences of The University of Tokyo, West Japan Fluid Engineering Laboratory Co., Ltd., Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK), and Mirai Ene Planning LLC have been promoting zero-emission business utilizing wind power and hydrogen “Wind Hunter Project”...
Leading tanker shipping company Stena Bulk has announced the results of a recent partnership with the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) to study and explore the potential of capturing carbon at the point of exhaust from large commercial vessels.
Stationary carbon capture & storage (CCS) technologies onboard ships could be an important solution in the maritime sector’s race to decarbonise. To support the feasibility study into their use, Stena Bulk initially provided data from three vessels...
The keel-laying ceremony of the lead vessel of Arc7 LNG carriers was held at Zvezda SSK. “Sovcomflot” is the owner of the leading vessel.
Such LNG carriers are one of the most technologically difficult in the construction of innovating vessels, each of which will have a cargo gross tonnage of over 172 thousand cubic meters and will be equipped with three unique PODs. These vessels are submitted for liquefied natural gas carriage and are able to work in arctic conditions.
Their differential...
The Yara Birkeland, the world’s first autonomous and fully electric container ship, will soon commence commercial operations while beginning a two-year test period, prior to entering full autonomous operation on a route off the coast of Norway. It is fully powered by a Leclanché high-energy lithium-ion battery system.
The emission-free and safe energy supply is provided by a 6.7 MWh battery system with integrated liquid cooling to ensure optimum operating temperature. The Leclanché Marine Rack...
A severely injured individual has been taken to the hospital following an accident on a vessel berthed at a container wharf in Auckland. Paramedics and firefighters were called to the Fergusson Wharf a little after 7.30 am.
The person slipped and got trapped in a raising gangway – the stairs, which lead from a vessel to the wharf – by their legs, suffering injuries.
Fire and Emergency NZ informed that they were at the scene with St John’s ambulance staff, leading the mission.
A spokesperson from...
A sailor from Vietnam was arrested for killing the captain of a container vessel bound for a central South Korean port. The arrest happened on Thursday. The murder took place around 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday when the 13,000-ton vessel was going through the sea south of Uldo toward Pyeongtaek-Dangjin Port.
The 24-year-old Vietnamese was accused of stabbing the 44-year-old Chinese ship captain multiple times in the Panama flagged ship’s steering room. Witnesses informed the police that the Vietnamese...
A report published in collaboration with a reputed research group called the Stable Seas highlighted that the direct costs of abductions and ship seizures would mostly be borne by foreigners. About $5 million was paid last year for abductions mostly of non-African crew members.
It also mentioned that countries off the coast of the Gulf of Guinea may have to pay more to deal with the rising piracy. Primarily this would be to cover rescue missions, expanded patrols, and security costs at the...
https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/the-heavy-price-of-west-african-piracy/
The Fugro-led consortium MENENS (Methanol as Energy Step Towards Emission-free Dutch Shipping) has been awarded a grant from Dutch Government’s Rijksdienst Voor Ondernemend Nederland (Netherlands Enterprise Agency) for the development of methanol as a low-carbon shipping fuel. The 22 partners in the consortium represent the complete Dutch maritime sector, from equipment suppliers, designers, shipbuilders and ship owners to Geo-data and survey specialist Fugro.
Fugro’s leading role in the...
Nor-Shipping has announced that Daphne Technology, Jotun, HASYTEC Group Germany/ Alesund Maritime, and Wavefoil have seen off a fierce competing field to make it to the shortlist of the inaugural Ocean Solutions Award. Launched to celebrate breakthrough innovations at, or approaching, the commercialisation stage, the accolade attracted an extensive spectrum of nominations from Nor-Shipping participants. The worthy recipient will now be unveiled at Nor-Shipping’s Ocean Leadership Conference on...