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Ship&Offshore
22.06.2023
Ship Operation

Study highlights gains from fuel switch

Investing in sustainable infrastructure to advance the take-up of low- and zero-emission fuels will yield many benefits, according to a new study by global sustainable development consultancy, Arup, in partnership with Lloyd’s Register Maritime…

Ship&Offshore
22.06.2023
Offshore

New software to support wind farm maintenance

New software released by ABB is set to boost uptime and increase safety during maintenance operations at offshore wind farms. The ABB AbilityTM Octopus – Marine Advisory System Operational Planner is understood to be the first digital system to raise…

Ship&Offshore
21.06.2023
Shipbuilding

Future Ship Joint Innovation Centre established in China

China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and classification society DNV have unveiled a Future Ship Joint Innovation Centre in Shanghai. The partners aim to cooperate on ship and offshore technical innovation, progress in decarbonisation, advances…

Ship&Offshore
20.06.2023
Shipbuilding

CIMAC World Congress: new President and Board elected

Rick Boom, director Product Management – Engine Systems and general manager at Woodward, has been elected the new president of CIMAC. Traditionally, this was made public during the CIMAC World Congress, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in Busan,…

Ship&Offshore
20.06.2023
Shipbuilding

Lehmann unveils new stackable battery system

Germany’s Lehmann Marine has released details of a new air-cooled battery system – CUBE – to accompany its existing COBRA range. The stackable CUBE series has been designed to maximise energy density in ships’ battery spaces.

Lehmann’s experts have…

Ship&Offshore
19.06.2023
Shipbuilding

Wind power system on VLCCs and LNG carriers approved

Following joint development work between Hyundai Heavy Industries, TotalEnergies, and Mitsui OSK Lines, classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) to the companies for wind-assisted ship propulsion (WASP) on…

Ship&Offshore
16.06.2023
Shipbuilding

Damen and Baltic Workboats sign partnership deal

Damen Shipyards and Estonia-based Baltic Workboats (BWB) have signed an agreement to cooperate on the construction of a number of Damen’s Fast Crew Suppliers, FCS 2710s, at BWB’s Estonian shipyard on Saaremaa Island.

Aluminium for the first vessels…

Ship&Offshore
15.06.2023
Shipbuilding

ABS publishes class requirements on hydrogen-fuelled ships

ABS is first off the mark with its ABS Requirements for Hydrogen Fuelled Vessels, providing owners, operators, and other stakeholders with a risk assessment framework for using hydrogen as a marine fuel.

In a statement, the classification society…

Ship&Offshore
13.06.2023
Shipbuilding

New ‘future-ready' fuel-flexible boiler range unveiled

Alfa Laval has released details of the world’s first methanol-fired steam boilers designed to support shipping’s transition to low-carbon fuels and carbon-neutral green methanol.

Since green methanol, produced using sustainable electricity, will not…

Ship&Offshore
13.06.2023
Ship Operation

Samsung’s autonomous ship software takes important step

Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to Samsung Heavy Industries for its Samsung Autonomous Ship (SAS) Autonomous Navigation System and SVESSEL® Communications System. 

The software Autonomous…