Tag: Heavy
Mediterranean SOx ECA, and heavy fuel oil ban in the Arctic
Two new MARPOL regulations dictating fuel properties are due to take effect in 2024 and 2025. This includes the Mediterranean Sea becoming an ECA for SOx in 2025, and the Arctic banning the use and carriage for use of HFO, which will take effect in 2024. More about this in this statutory news. Mediterranean Sea…
Silverstream Technologies and COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry sign agreement to propel air lubrication uptake
Maritime clean technology company Silverstream Technologies and Chinese shipyard group COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Co. Ltd (CHI) have signed a high-level memorandum of understanding (MOU) which will explore opportunities to install the Silverstream® System in CHI shipyards. The MOU will foster a deeper level of collaboration between the two organisations and will enable Silverstream to…
WinGD and Samsung Heavy Industries to cooperate on future fuel applications
Swiss marine power company WinGD and shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) have agreed to cooperate on future fuel vessel applications with ammonia-fuelled engines. The memorandum of understanding, signed during the Gastech conference in Singapore this week, indicates a strong intention on the part of SHI to install WinGD’s X-DF-A dual-fuel ammonia engines on forthcoming newbuild…
ABS Approves Pioneering Ammonia-based Ship HVAC Refrigeration System from HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
(ULSAN, KOREA) ABS issued approval in principle to HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for its new ammonia-based ship HVAC refrigeration system. HHI developed the system in response to shipowners’ requests for refrigeration of HVAC systems using ammonia, a more eco-friendly refrigerant with a zero ozone depletion potential (ODP) and a…
