Hydrogen-powered MR could reform tankers
The Naval Architect March 2022
Swedish naval architects FKAB Marine Design have unveiled a concept design for vessel partly fuelled by onboard hydrogen reformation.
Equipment
Tank coatings: economise at your peril
The Naval Architect February 2022
Polymer-based solutions could play a key role in slashing emissions and improving vessel capacity and availability.
Titan LNG’s new tank design boosts bunkering capacity
The Naval Architect January 2022
Titan LNG has developed an innovative concept for the fuel storage tanks used in its liquid gas bunker barge design series ‘Hyperion’.
Hybrid-electric solutions sought for Royal Navy vessels
Warship Technology December 2021
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) in the UK is seeking solutions for innovations in hybrid powertrain technology that could power Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels and reduce carbon emissions.
Bringing clean ferry power to Dover
The Naval Architect November/December 2021
A research project led by the University of Kent is exploring viable scenarios for electrifying Channel crossings.
Jiangnan Shipbuilding develops ammonia fuelled liquefied CO2 carrier
The Naval Architect November/December 2021
The Chinese shipyard is keen to establish itself as a leader in the emerging tanker segment.
Navigating a more diverse fuel landscape for shipping
The Naval Architect November/December 2021
The one-size-fits-all days are over, says Ulrik Dan Frørup, chief commercial director, Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore.
Engine firsts and farewells
The Naval Architect November/December 2021
From TNA’s Marine Power & Propulsion supplement. Yanmar’s dual-fuel 6EY22ALDF recently secured its first order, but two long established names in the medium-speed sector are set to disappear.
Sustainable supply chain
Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) has unveiled its RAptor 2400 concept, comprising a crew transfer vessel (CTV) designed to run on green methanol. Developed with the support of the Carbon Trust, UK and its Offshore Wind Accelerator programme, the catamaran will offer an alternative to diesel-electric and LNG-fuelled powertrains, both of which can bump up boat […]
Electric brew
While the 90m x 10.5m inland container vessel Alphenaar keeps the Netherlands well lubricated – transporting about 70,000 containers’ worth of Heineken lager bottles annually – a different type of juice is fuelling operations. The 104teu vessel, built by Concordia Damen in 2018, already had green kudos upon her launch, having been equipped with an electrical […]
PureBallast concept evolves further
Shiprepair & Maintenance: 4th Quarter 2021
The well-established ballast water treatment concept continues to be developed to adapt to operators’ refit requirements
Newport Shipping receives second AiP for LNG retrofit concepts
Shiprepair & Maintenance: 4th Quarter 2021
A containerised LNG fuel storage option is the latest to gain provisional class approval