Tech
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Wah Kwong explores carbon capture on bulkers
Hong Kong-based owner Wah Kwong Maritime Transport has teamed up with French class society Bureau Veritas and Shanghai Qiyao Environmental…
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Clean technology – low hanging fruit that’s ripe for the picking
Over the past 18 months, there has been an increasingly strong focus on low and zero carbon marine fuels as…
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Smart Green Shipping’s automated wing sail tech makes headway
A three-year project backed by the Scottish Government and industry will develop and test fully automated sail technology that can…
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UKHO to ditch printing charts
In arguably the most graphic example of shipping’s headlong rush to digitalise, the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) yesterday announced plans…
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Silverstream forges Japanese air lubrication tech alliance with Mitsui & Co
Silverstream has teamed up with Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co and its subsidiary Orient Marine to encourage the adoption…
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An ocean of risk? Managing new cyber threats from MLC amendments
The right of crew to access the internet while at sea should bring additional benefits for mental health and welfare,…
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MAN engines can now be retrofitted to become climate-neutral
MAN PrimeServ, MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales brand, is now offering its customers the opportunity to retrofit older MAN 48/60 marine…
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Synergy eyes non-flammable rechargeable batteries for shipping
Synergy Marine, a subsidiary of Singapore’s Synergy Group, has partnered up with US-based battery developer Alsym Energy and Japanese owner…
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Shipping shown pathway to battery-powered future
A new study in the Nature Energy Journal exploring the economic and environmental benefits of direct electrification of containerships shows…
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Challenging conventional thinking on implementing clean tech
There isn’t time to install clean technologies one at a time, and it doesn’t make sense to do so, argues…
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Former Wärtsilä employees in Russia set up their own business
Former Russian employees of Finnish marine technology firm Wärtsilä have established a new company after the latter halted its operations…
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Europe and Japan team up to slash methanol production costs
A group of European and Japanese researchers have been working to develop processes to optimise CO2 hydrogenation in terms of…
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Wärtsilä to cut up to 450 jobs in Italy
Finnish marine technology firm Wärtsilä said it will scale down its manufacturing in Trieste, Italy, in a move which is…
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Berge Bulk adds more wind power
Singapore-based owner Berge Bulk has contracted a British maker of rotor sails Anemoi Marine Technologies to supply and fit two…
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Singapore installs first energy storage system at PSA’s Pasir Panjang terminal
Singapore has deployed its first energy storage system (ESS) to enable more energy efficient port operations at PSA’s Pasir Panjang…
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Dubai set to trial container condition monitoring tech
Container analytics company ConexBird has developed and patented a solution to measure the physical condition of shipping containers, whilst they…
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NYK to trial energy saving devices on 50 bulk carriers
Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has moved to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing vessels by installing and testing…
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Platform launches to optimise and stagger arrival times for vessels travelling to the same port
A consortium of 13 maritime companies has just launched a collaborative platform to eliminate the practice of sail fast, then…
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Vale presses ahead with multi-fuel bulkers
Brazilian miner Vale has developed a design to incorporate multi-fuel tanks on iron ore carriers. The system, which could see the…
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Vestas and CMB’s Windcat Workboats pilot hydrogen-powered CTV
Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has joined forces with Windcat Workboats, part of Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB), in launching a…
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