The Council of Members of the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO) has agreed that international shipping should strive to achieve net zero CO2 emissions by 2050. This doubles the level of ambition set in the International Maritime Organization’s … Read More
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Wärtsilä Launches EEXI Power Limitation Solutions
The technology group Wärtsilä has launched a new series of power limitation solutions that enable compliance with the IMO’s Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) regulation. The EEXI regulation comes into effect in 2023 and stipulates the minimum energy efficiency … Read More
New Ocean Transport Barge Arrives at Electric Boat’s Groton Shipyard
On Monday, the new ocean transport barge Holland arrived at Electric Boat’s Groton Shipyard. The 400 foot long barge was purpose-built to support delivery of Columbia class ballistic missile submarines. General Dynamics Electric Boat is the prime contractor on construction … Read More
Cheniere to Sell US LNG to China’s Foran Group
U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) company Cheniere Energy Inc said Wednesday its marketing arm agreed to sell LNG to a unit of Chinese natural gas distribution company Foran Energy Group Co Ltd for 20 years starting in January 2023. Analysts … Read More
New Battery Hybrid Tugboat Design Unveiled
Master Boat Builders, Inc. (MBB), together with naval architect and marine engineering firm, Robert Allan Ltd. (RAL) announced the creation of a new battery hybrid tugboat design, the ElectRA 3000-H. This design has been developed over the past several months … Read More
Seanovent, Strohm in Offshore Wind-to-hydrogen Collab
Seanovent Engineering and Strohm have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on offshore wind-to-hydrogen developments. The duo said it would focus on developing safe and dependable hydrogen transfer solutions that enable and improve the distributed green hydrogen concept, … Read More
Lhyfe, DORIS to Install Hydrogen Production System on Floating Wind Turbine
Lhyfe, a company specializing in renewable green hydrogen production, and DORIS, an offshore engineering firm, have partnered up in an offshore hydrogen production project. Lhyfe and DORIS plan to launch the first floating wind turbine for integration with a hydrogen … Read More
Seaway 7 Launches Production on New Wind Turbine Installation Vessel
Seaway 7’s steel cutting ceremony has taken place for its next-generation wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) at the China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) facility in Jiangsu, China. The ceremony marks the first major milestone in bringing its GustoMSC NG-14000XL-G jack-up … Read More
Shipping’s decarbonization – Words without actions in COP26 aftermath
Despite encouraging steps taken to decarbonize the international shipping sector at COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow, governments failed to translate words into actions during climate talks at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) last week. Premium content Checking for account. You … Read More
RWE and South Korean City Collaborate on Floating Offshore Wind Farms
RWE’s TetraSpar demonstration project in Norway RWE and the city of Ulsan are cooperating on the development of floating offshore wind farms off the coast of South Korea. Projects with an installed capacity of up to 1.5 GW are planned. … Read More