The LNG dual-fuel-powered very large crude carrier (VLCC) Antonis I. Angelicoussis has been certified by the Green Award Foundation. The 330m-long, 320,916dwt tanker is the first LNG dual-fuel VLCC to join the Green Award programme. The certification includes the Green Award greenhouse gas labels CO2 (level 1) and CH4. The Greek-flagged ship is managed by […]
European developer of wind-assisted propulsion (WAP) systems bound4blue has secured €22.4 million in new funding from several key investors as well as the European Commission. A total of €15.9 million comes from a Series A funding round led by GTT Strategic Ventures, with the participation of the EIC Fund (European Innovation Council) and the Sustainable […]
Plans for the creation of the first-ever green shipping corridor across the Pacific have been unveiled by the Port of Los Angeles, Port of Long Beach and Port of Shanghai. The ports, together with other stakeholders, including some of the largest carriers in the world, deem the Green Shipping Corridor Implementation Plan as a significant […]
Mario Biferali, PhD naval architect & yacht designer, Genoa University As technology constantly evolves and offers increasingly daring solutions that solve design problems linked to size, it should not come as a surprise that we are now seeing ever-larger “out of scale” private vessels occupying entire bays and ports which alter the perception of the […]
Both innovation and caution are key to overcoming the hazards of ammonia and enabling its use as a marine fuel, according to South Korean classification society KR As the maritime industry pivots toward more environmentally friendly solutions, ammonia has emerged as a promising alternative fuel under the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) […]
The offshore wind business is growing rapidly as more companies seek to make investments in the sector. This has created numerous opportunities for manufacturers to supply equipment. Latest among these is Swedish-Swiss owned multinational ABB, which has received an order for a comprehensive package of equipment for two new vessels. The large wind turbine installation […]
Amy Parkes, University of Southampton and Arcsilea Ltd, and Przemyslaw Grudniewski, Theyr Ltd Climate change is the challenge for our generation. Across all our transport sectors we are trying to understand how we can make immediate emissions reductions while generating affordable and effective long-term strategies. For its part, shipping has been pursuing energy efficiency with […]
Mikko Forss, executive vice president for design solutions, NAPA Ship designers today are building vessels for an economy and tech landscape that might look very different from ours today. Last year, the average age of a container ship was 14 years. Depending on your age, 2009 may or may not just feel like yesterday – […]
Donald MacPherson, technical director, HydroComp, Inc. The increased use of CFD for hydrodynamic analysis over the last decade has been remarkable, with tools becoming more commercially attainable and accessible. Designers are now looking to CFD for confirmation, optimisation and better understanding of the hydrodynamic aspects of their designs. While CFD is now expanding insights to […]
Ludmila Seppälä, business development director, Marine Industry, Cadmatic Interoperability is a key concept frequently mentioned in discussions concerning data exchange and CAD/CAM data formats within shipbuilding. The necessity for data exchange is abundantly clear in shipbuilding projects, given their intricate and protracted nature, requiring the involvement of numerous specialised software systems at various project stages. […]
By Paul Dyer, technical manager, Marlow Ropes Ropes have long been used in maritime operations, whether in port or at anchor, at sea or for offshore applications. Safety is an over-riding factor in their choice and application, to protect people and equipment. But what are the common causes of wear and tear, and factors to […]
By Dr M.J. Cianni, CEng., FRINA, FIEAust Is deep-sea exploration, like space exploration, worth it? It’s dangerous; lives have been lost and probably more will be lost. But if everyone involved knew the risks before they embarked on these journeys, and the toll it takes on us and the ones we love, but sign up […]