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NAPA, a Helsinki-based maritime software, services and data analysis provider has decided to join the Clean Propulsion Technologies project (CPT), a consortium led by the University of Vaasa that aims to develop radically...

A new ShippingLab project aims to create an internationally recognized platform for testing and validating new fuel solutions that can aid in significantly reducing or eliminating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the...

German-based engine manufacture MAN Energy Solutions has begun the ‘AmmoniaMot’ project to produce a dual-fuel, medium-speed engine capable of running on diesel fuel and ammonia. Initiated by MAN, ‘AmmoniaMot’ stands for...

South Korean ship designer and shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has received Approvals in Principle (AiPs) from three classification societies for its wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) design. SHI’s low...

A total of 45 ultra large containerships were ordered in March 2021, marking a major turnaround in the container shipping sector, data from BIMCO shows. Adding to this, 27 orders for ‘smaller’ sized ships were placed in...

A CO2 transport and storage barge-push tug combination, developed as part of the Carbon Collectors initiative, has won approval in principle from Bureau Veritas. The concept was developed by Dutch shipyard Royal Niestern...

HMM Nuri, the first of eight new 16,000 TEU-class containerships designed as LNG-ready, has been entirely filled with cargoes on its first voyage, South Korean shipping company HMM said. On 6 April 2021, HMM Nuri ...