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Key milestone for one of the world´s most powerful hydrogen fuel cells, TECO 2030 on schedule for first customer deployment H1 2024
TECO 2030 has successfully injected its fuel cell system with hydrogen and created emission free hydrogen-electric power. The 400kW module represents the most compact and energy dense system available for marine vessels and other heavy-duty equipment. By 2030, the target is to produce a capacity of 4.000 units per year at TECO’s giga factory in…
World’s First Methanol-Fuelled Engine Ordered for VLCC Segment
China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES), the Shanghai-listed shipping giant and daughter company of China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI), has ordered an MAN B&W 7G80ME-LGIM (-Liquid Gas Injection Methanol) main engine in connection with the construction of a VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier). The first such dual-fuel methanol order for the ship type, Dalian Shipbuilding Industry…
World’s First Electric Flying Passenger Ship Takes Off, Enters Production
In a breakthrough advancement for sustainable maritime transport, Swedish tech company Candela Technology AB announced today that the Candela P-12, the world’s first electric hydrofoiling passenger vessel, has successfully completed test flights in Stockholm. It is now progressing into serial production at Candela’s Rotebro factory. First announced in concept form in June 2022, the P-12…
Concordia Damen: trial run of world’s first new-build hydrogen-powered inland shipping vessel ‘WEVA’ goes well
Lenten Scheepvaart (the Netherlands) will go down in history as the owner of the world’s first-ever newbuild hydrogen-powered inland shipping barge. With this, the shipping company sets a new standard. An important step towards zero-emission transport on Dutch inland waterways. The Hydrogen Electric Cargo Ship ‘Antonie’ (WEVA) was realised by Concordia Damen. On 23 October…
CODELCO and NBP Make Progress on World’s First Zero CO2 Emissions Handymax Bulk Carrier
On November 7, 2023, just a year after Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (CODELCO), a Chilean state-owned company and one of the world’s leading copper producers, and NYK Bulk & Project Carriers Ltd. (NBP), an NYK Group company, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Singapore (November 24, 2022) to jointly study the decarbonized…
Vale to install Anemoi Rotor Sails on world’s largest ore carrier, making it the largest wind propulsion installation ever
Brazilian mining giant Vale S.A. has announced that it is to install five Rotor Sails from Anemoi Marine Technologies Ltd (“Anemoi”), one of the world’s leading suppliers of wind-assisted propulsion technology for commercial vessels, onboard a 400,000 dwt Valemax, the world’s largest ore carrier. The vessel is owned by Omani shipowner, Asyad. The agreement between…
ABS Partners with Seatrium to Launch World’s First Offshore Structural Health Monitoring Notation
Latest Stage in the Smart Journey to Transform Operability and Efficiency for Offshore and Marine Assets (SINGAPORE) ABS and Seatrium Limited (Seatrium) have taken the next step on a pioneering journey to advance the use of smart functions with the assignment of a structural health monitoring notation to a self-elevating…
Conversion to Ammonia Fuel Begins for Pioneering Tugboat Commencing modification to sail the world’s first ammonia-fueled vessel
NYK has commenced conversion of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueled tugboat Sakigake to an ammonia-fueled tugboat (hereinafter “A-tug”) at the Oppama factory of Keihin Dock Co. Ltd. to achieve further reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Sakigake is operated in Tokyo Bay by the NYK Group’s Shin-Nihon Kaiyosha. This modification involves the development of…
Berge Bulk unveils the world’s most powerful sailing cargo ship
Berge Bulk, one the world’s leading dry bulk ship owners, launches its Newcastlemax bulker, Berge Olympus, with four retrofitted BARTech WindWings by Yara Marine Technologies. The WindWings installation is part of Berge Bulk’s ambition to become carbon neutral by 2025 and marks the Berge Olympus as the world’s most powerful sailing cargo ship. With four…
HD KSOE builds world’s first mid-size ammonia-fueled vessel
South Korea’s HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), an affiliate of HD Hyundai Group, is building the world’s first mid-size ammonia-powered ship. The company on Monday said its dual-fuel ammonia propulsion engine will be installed in two mid-size 45,000-cubic meter liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers ordered in March by the Belgian shipping company Exmar.…
