Marine design and engine developer ScandiNAOS AB, Chalmers University of Technology and the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) have launched a project to develop dual-fuel kits for the conversion of new and existing diesel engines to methanol operation.
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Over 30 maritime organisations and companies are urging the United Nations Secretary-General to prioritise […]
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The Portuguese government has ratified the Hong Kong International Convention on Ship Recycling, transposing it into national law. Portugal’s action brings to 20 the number of countries which have now ratified the green scrapping convention. The international convention will enter into force two years after 15 IMO states, representing 40% of the world merchant shipping …
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Greek owner United Maritime is expanding its dry bulk fleet with the addition of three secondhand vessels. The Nasdaq-listed spinoff of Greek capsize specialist Seanergy Maritime, with two capes and one LR2 tanker in its fleet, has bought a pair of kamsarmax bulkers from an unnamed seller and bareboat chartered-in a panamax from a Japanese …
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Carisbrooke Shipping has partnered with Carnot whose consortium has been awarded £2.3m ($2.75m) to develop a zero-emission 50kW hydrogen auxiliary engine demonstrator. Following design, simulations and s testing, the single-fuel hydrogen engine will be integrated into a containerised system and mounted on the deck of one of Carisbrooke’s vessels for a 40-day sea trial in …
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Latsis company Latsco has booked an additional pair of very large gas carriers at Hyundai Heavy Industries’ shipyard in Ulsan for KRW252.8bn ($195m). Clarksons identified the Paris Kassidokostas-Latsis led diversified owner as the “Oceanian” player behind the order Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), the shipbuilding holding company of HHI, revealed in a regulatory filing …
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Canada’s Algoma Central Corporation and CSL have ordered four new methanol-ready self-unloading bulk carriers at Jiangsu Yangzi-Mitsui Shipbuilding (YAMIC). The order placed at the joint venture between China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding and Japan’s Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding has been split between the partners, who together form the CSL International Pool. “We are reinvesting with confidence in a …
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Tankers have gone from multi-decade lows to near historical highs over the past 12 months, with a number of records being broken. Average tanker earnings are now on track to have remained above $40,000 a day for eight months, the longest stretch on record, according to data from Clarksons Research. Likewise, Clarkson Research’s secondhand tanker …
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An order for 10 dual-fuel 11,500 teu ships by Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has been confirmed in China. China International Marine Containers (CIMC), which has a 30% stake in Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard, has detailed the ship orders with MSC opting for LNG dual-fuel, with the ships coming as methanol-ready when they deliver in 2025 …
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Stand by… The future of shipping is coming! A bold statement on the homepage of the short-lived Focus Container Line, which has become the latest new entrant into container shipping to run into financial difficulties. Liquidators in Brisbane have been appointed this week to oversee the demise of the trans-Tasman liner, which launched a service …
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