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World’s First Full Scale Hydrogen Based Propulsion System Launched By Kongsberg

KONGSBERG has celebrated a world first by testing and verifying a full-scale, full-size, zero-emissions drivetrain powered by hydrogen fuel cells designed for ships and ferries. The project demonstrates that the technology is now mature for using hydrogen (H2) as an energy carrier.

“With a verified and tested hydrogen-based propulsion system, we take the next step in zero-emission solutions at sea. This project is another example of our world-leading Norwegian maritime cluster succeeding when we...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/worlds-first-full-scale-hydrogen-based-propulsion-system-launched-by-kongsberg/

NYK, MTI, ABS, And WinGD Begin Research On Battery-Hybrid System To Reduce GHG From Ships

NYK Begins Research on Battery-Hybrid System to Reduce GHG from Ships

NYK and NYK Group company MTI Co., Ltd. (“MTI”), together with the American Bureau of Shipping (“ABS”) and Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd. (“WinGD”), have started joint research for optimization of ship design by utilizing a battery-hybrid system to aid ship propulsion and thus reduce GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions from vessels.

A vessel’s main-engine revolutions may increase significantly when a vessel tries to maintain its sailing speed during strong waves and winds. This phenomenon is called...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/nyk-mti-abs-and-wingd-begin-research-on-battery-hybrid-system-to-reduce-ghg-from-ships/

Aftermath Of X-Press Pearl Sinking Continues To Cause Havoc As Most Harmful Toxic Waste

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When X-Press Pearl, a huge container ship, caught on fire and eventually sank in May 2021, Sri Lanka was petrified thinking that the vessel’s 350 tonnes of heavy fuel oil would leak into the Indian Ocean, resulting in an ecological disaster impacting the country’s fishing industry and coral reefs.

Classified by the UN as the “worst maritime disaster” of the country, the massive impact was not introduced by chemicals that were on board or heavy fuel oil. The most impactful and extensive damage,...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/aftermath-of-x-press-pearl-sinking-continues-to-cause-havoc-as-most-harmful-toxic-waste/

Dutch Consortium Wins Millions From R&D Fund To Invest In Hydrogen Powered Shipping

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SH2IPDRIVE, (Sustainable Hydrogen Integrated Propulsion Drives) a Dutch project consortium focused on maritime hydrogen applications, announces the receipt of a subsidy of 24.2 million EUR from the R&D Mobility Fund in the Netherlands.

SH2IPDRIVE consists of a diverse group of 25 companies and knowledge institutions from across the maritime sector working together on a broad and ambitious innovation project to accelerate the introduction of hydrogen as a marine fuel. Developing the application...

https://www.marineinsight.com/marine/dutch-consortium-wins-millions-from-rd-fund-to-invest-in-hydrogen-powered-shipping/

DSME Wins $10 Billion Order For Six LNG Carriers

Dual fuel-powered LNG carrier built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering

DSME has won orders for six LNG carriers, reaching 80% of the total for dual fuel-powered) ships, and succeeded in exceeding $10 billion in annual orders for the first time in seven years.

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (CEO Lee Seong-geun) announced on the 1st that it had received orders for four LNG carriers and two LNG carriers from two North American shipowners, respectively. The total amount of orders received for these ships amounted to KRW 1,495.6 billion. These ships will be...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/dsme-wins-10-billion-order-for-six-lng-carriers/

Wärtsilä To Supply Cargo Handling System For 2nd LNG Bunker Vessel Being Built By Fincantieri

Wärtsilä will supply its LNG Cargo Handling System for a new LNG bunker barge being built in the USA.

The technology group Wärtsilä will supply a new 103 metre (340 feet) long LNG Bunker Barge with a complete LNG cargo storage and handling system. The ship will be built at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding (“FBS”) in Wisconsin, USA for Polaris New Energy (PNE). This is the second of two such barges built at the yard for PNE, the same Wärtsilä solution having been ordered for both. The first barge is scheduled for delivery from FBS in December 2021. This latest order with Wärtsilä was placed in...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/wartsila-to-supply-cargo-handling-system-for-2nd-lng-bunker-vessel-being-built-by-fincantieri/

Omicron COVID Variant: Cruise Ship Tourism In Cape Town Comes To A Standstill

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The Europa passenger liner’s docking on Tuesday in Cape Town was meant to be a ribbon-cutting event to mark the cruise ship season prelude in South Africa’s topmost tourist center, the first-ever since the ongoing pandemic hit. Stringent international travel curbs on southern Africa, where the Omicron variant had first been identified, have blown all hopes of an excellent tourist season.

The luxury liner is the first one to dock at Cape Town since the time South Africa had imposed a complete ban...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/omicron-covid-variant-cruise-ship-tourism-in-cape-town-comes-to-a-standstill/

Samsung Heavy Industries Inks $245 Million Deal To Resell Drillship To Transocean

Drill ship

Samsung Heavy Industries Co. has signed a deal worth US$245 million with a European firm to sell the drillship it could not deliver following a botched deal. The drillship that was sold off to the European company is one of two drillships that offshore driller Transocean Ltd. had relinquished without a reason in 2019 September.

The order for two drillships was placed by Ocean Rig UDW Inc. in consecutive years – 2013 and 2014. In 2018, the company was acquired by Transocean. In June, Samsung...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/samsung-heavy-industries-inks-245-million-deal-to-resell-drillship-to-transocean/

IMO Moves Ahead On GHG Emissions, Black Carbon And Marine Litter

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The International Maritime Organization (IMO) in view of the urgency for all sectors to accelerate their efforts to reduce GHG emissions as emphasized in the recent IPCC reports 1 and the Glasgow Climate Pact, recognized the need to strengthen the ambition of the Initial IMO GHG Strategy during its revision process and has it agreed to initiate the revision of its GHG strategy. IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), meeting virtually for its 77th session, 22-26 November 2021,...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/imo-moves-ahead-on-ghg-emissions-black-carbon-and-marine-litter/

First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Vessel In The US To Use Zero-Emission Propulsion Systems

First US Marine Vessel With Zero-Emission Fuel Cell Technology

BAE Systems, a leader in electric propulsion, successfully installed its zero-emission propulsion system in the first U.S. hydrogen fuel cell powered marine vessel, the Sea Change.

BAE Systems provided its HybriGen® Power and Propulsion solution to Zero-Emission Industries for integration on the Sea Change vessel that will operate in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Sea Change project is funded and owned by SWITCH Maritime, an impact investment firm building the first fleet of zero-carbon,...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/first-hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered-vessel-in-the-us-to-use-zero-emission-propulsion-systems/

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