Wenchong shipyard in China, part of the CSSC Group, has ordered four shipsets of 3 × MAN 8L21/31 MK2 GenSets in connection with the construction of 4 × 96m C-CSOVs (Construction and Commissioning Service Operation Vessels) operated by DO (Deutsche Offshore Schifffahrt [German Offshore Shipping]). The MAN 21/31H engine A... Read more →

Technology group Wärtsilä announced that its carbon capture solution (CCS) is now commercially available to the global maritime industry. According to Wärtsilä’s tests, the new ‘Wärtsilä Carbon capture solution’ is proven to reduce vessel CO2 emissions by up to 70%, providing ship owners with an immediate solution to meet increasingly... Read more →

US President Donald Trump issued a new Executive Order (EO) expediting the process of exploring and mining for valuable minerals found on the deep ocean seafloor, in both US and international waters. According to the EO, is the policy of the United States to advance United States leadership in seabed... Read more →

Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, part of technology group Wärtsilä, and Höegh Evi, a global provider of marine energy infrastructure, have successfully completed development of the world’s first floating ammonia-to-hydrogen cracker. This technology enables floating import terminals to produce hydrogen at industrial-scale volumes from transported ammonia. The project was announced in April... Read more →

CMB.TECH has signed an agreement with Fortescue to charter a new ammonia-powered vessel. This 210,000-dwt ammonia-powered Newcastlemax will feature a dual fuel engine and is expected to be delivered by the end of 2026. The vessel is part of CMB.TECH’s series of large dry bulk carriers currently on order at... Read more →

bp announced an oil discovery at the Far South prospect in the deepwater US Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico). bp drilled the exploration well in Green Canyon Block 584, located in western Green Canyon approximately 120 miles off the coast of Louisiana in 4,092 feet of water. The Far... Read more →

In a new lifecycle assessment study, researchers from MIT, Georgia Tech, and elsewhere found that burning heavy fuel oil with scrubbers in the open ocean can match or surpass using low-sulfur fuels, when a wide variety of environmental factors is considered. The scientists combined data on the production and operation... Read more →

HRL Laboratories, LLC, has demonstrated proof-of-concept on a novel approach to achieve a silent pumping system that replaces traditional mechanical moving parts with an electric current and a magnetic field. This work is being performed under Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA) “Principles of Undersea Magnetohydrodynamic Pumps (PUMP)” program. HRL’s... Read more →

C2X, a developer of green methanol projects, and ENEOS Corporation, Japan’s leading energy company, jointly announced a combined investment in C2X of $100 million from ENEOS and existing shareholders A.P. Møller Holding and A.P. Møller – Mærsk. The transaction is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions including applicable... Read more →

CNOOC Limited announced a major oilfield discovery in the deep and ultra-deep plays of the South China Sea, which adds over one hundred million tons of oil equivalent in-place. The Huizhou 19-6 oilfield is located in the eastern South China Sea, with an average water depth of approximately 100 meters.... Read more →

Karpowership—the builder, operator and owner of power-plant ships (Powerships)—has commissioned MAN Energy Solutions to deliver 24 × 18V51/60DF dual-fuel engines. The engines—each providing a capacity of 20.7 MW for power generation—will be employed aboard several barges due to operate globally. In addition to natural gas, the 18V51/60DF engine can also... Read more →

HD Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), HD Hydrogen, and DNV recently signed a Joint Industry Project (JIP) agreement to develop and validate Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) technology for carbon capture in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC). SOFCs are high-efficiency fuel cells that generate electricity using natural gas, ammonia,... Read more →

Alfa Laval has signed its first contract for the ammonia fuel supply system, FCM Ammonia, for the maritime industry. The FCM Ammonia will be installed onboard seven LPG/ammonia carriers for Tianjin Southwest Maritime. Alfa Laval has achieved a significant milestone by securing the contract for the ammonia fuel supply system,... Read more →

lomarlabs, the innovation arm of Lomar Shipping, announced a strategic collaboration with Newlight, a technology company specializing in hybrid hydrogen-diesel engine retrofits, to accelerate the adoption of cost-effective, lower-emission solutions for the shipping industry. This collaboration will focus on retrofitting conventional diesel engines to operate on a hydrogen-diesel mix, reducing... Read more →

Swiss marine power company WinGD has confirmed key parameters for its X-DF-A ammonia-fueled engine design after full-load testing at its Engine Research and Innovation Centre in Winterthur, Switzerland. The performance and emission measurements deliver timely assurance as the first users prepare their vessels and auxiliary systems for ammonia fuel. The... Read more →

Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, has been awarded a contract by General Dynamics NASSCO to build and deliver the main propulsion diesel engines for the Military Sealift Command’s future USNS Dolores Huerta (T-AO 214). The USNS Dolores Huerta is the 10th vessel in the... Read more →

CRIST S.A. Shipyard—based in Gdynia, Poland—has ordered 6 × MAN 12V175D high-speed variable speed gensets in connection with the construction of an OSV (Offshore Support Vessel) for DOF. Provisionally named ‘Sea Dragon’, the OSV is set to assist operations off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. The newbuild vessel was designed... Read more →

CMA CGM Group, a global leader in sea, land, air, and logistics solutions, and owner of the US flag carrier American President Lines (APL), will invest $20 billion to contribute to US maritime economy and support the transformation of America’s domestic supply chain over the next four years. This announcement... Read more →

Swiss marine power company WinGD’s first methanol-fueled engine is to be delivered to the shipyard after passing factory and type approval tests. The ten-cylinder, 92‑bore X-DF-M engine is destined for a 16,000 TEU container ship and is the biggest methanol-fueled engine built to date. There are 56 X-DF-M engines on... Read more →

The Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance’s (ZEMBA’s) latest tender is focused on stimulating the first commercial deployment of e-fuels in the maritime sector. Bids are due in spring 2025. Through this tender, ZEMBA intends to aggregate approximately 86 billion tonne nautical miles of demand for the emissions abatement associated with... Read more →

MITSUI E&S has begun testing of the world’s first commercial, two-stroke, dual-fuel ammonia engine. The MAN B&W 7S60ME-LGIA (-Liquid Gas Injection Ammonia) Mk 10.5 prototype engine began its ammonia fuel test-run at MITSUI E&S’ Tamano Factory in Japan. The 60-bore engine will eventually be installed aboard a 200,000-dwt bulk carrier... Read more →

South Korean shipyard Hanwha Ocean Co. Ltd., has ordered 4 × MAN B&W 5G70ME-GI Mk10.5 engines in connection with the construction of 2 × 174,000 cbm LNG carriers for an undisclosed shipowner. Hanwha Engine Co. Ltd. will build the engines in South Korea and the contract contains an option for... Read more →

Yara Clean Ammonia, the world’s largest ammonia distributor, signed a time-charter contract with Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) for an ammonia-fueled medium gas carrier (AFMGC) to be delivered in November 2026. Since 2021, Yara Clean Ammonia and NYK have jointly studied the practical application of an ammonia-fueled ammonia gas carrier,... Read more →

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) and bp have signed a contract under which bp will serve as the Technical Services Provider (TSP) for the Mumbai High field, India’s largest and most prolific offshore oil field. Mumbai High is located about 160 km west of the Mumbai coast, in... Read more →

Bibby Marine signed a new shipbuilding contract with shipyard Armon to build its innovative electric Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (eCSOV). The eCSOV will feature a battery system complemented by dual-fuel methanol engines offering alternative green operating solutions. Bibby Marine is working closely with Seaplace ship design on the basic design... Read more →

UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to select a shipyard to perform the final design and assembly of the university’s new Coastal Class Research Vessel (CCRV), the first that will run primarily on renewable fuels. (Earlier post.) The vessel will be a... Read more →

The Meng Xiang, China’s first domestically designed and built deep-ocean drilling vessel with a maximum drilling depth of 11 kilometers, was officially commissioned in the southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou in November 2024, according to a Xinhua report. China’s largest scientific research vessel, the Meng Xiang measures 179.8 meters in... Read more →

MAN Energy Solutions reports that its ME-LGIA (-Liquid Gas Injection Ammonia) engine, currently undergoing testing at its Research Center Copenhagen (RCC) facility, has run at 100% engine load for the first time. We began full-scale testing in November 2024 and have since proceeded in a cautious and safety-first way. We... Read more →

A new report from UCL Energy Institute Shipping and Oceans Research Group and UMAS finds risk in some of the options the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is considering for enabling shipping’s energy transition. The IMO is preparing for key negotiations in February and April 2025 to finalize the mid-term measures... Read more →

MODEC and Toyo Engineering have jointly obtained an Approval in Principle (AiP) from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for a Blue Ammonia Floating Production Storage and Offloading that will produce ammonia from the gas supplied by Oil & Gas FPSO located nearby. This Blue Ammonia FPSO is intended to... Read more →

The Port of Savannah received four new electric ship-to-shore (STS) cranes bringing Ocean Terminal’s fleet to eight Super Post Panamax cranes, all designed by Finland-based Konecranes. Once all cranes are commissioned and berth construction is completed, the eight ship-to-shore cranes at Ocean Terminal will have the capability to service two... Read more →

Yamaha kicks off 2025 with new product offerings including an expansion of its HARMO line, available in single and twin configurations. With a 9.9 horsepower gasoline-powered equivalent rating, Yamaha’s new HARMO Electric Outboard is offered in 20-inch and 25-inch shaft lengths. The multi-functional, intelligent design of Yamaha’s newest HARMO Electric... Read more →

In partnership with Catalina Express and Harbor Breeze Cruises, the Port of Los Angeles will soon begin emission-reduction technology demonstration projects for specialized harbor craft, due to a $31-million grant awarded by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). The project will involve testing and evaluation of two different harbor craft... Read more →

Shell Offshore, a subsidiary of Shell plc, has started oil production at the Shell-operated Whale floating production facility in the Gulf of Mexico. Whale replicates the simplified, cost-efficient host design of the Vito platform, which began production in early 2023. The Whale development is owned by Shell Offshore Inc. (60%,... Read more →

China in December launched the hull of an inland (river) containership to be powered by hydrogen fuel cells. Installation of the hydrogen power system and controls will be completed in 2025. The Dong Fang Qing Gang will have the largest hydrogen fuel cell system so far deployed on a ship... Read more →

Vale, in partnership with the Omani shipowner Asyad, has started a test period with rotor sails on the Sohar Max, a Valemax-type ship, 362 meters long and with a capacity of 400 thousand tons of cargo. The technology, developed by the English manufacturer Anemoi Marine Technologies, uses wind energy to... Read more →

The board of directors of TECO 2030 ASA has decided to file for bankruptcy. The board decision is unanimous and is due to the fact that there is no longer a realistic opportunity to raise sufficient capital to continue operations. A stock exchange notice on 14 November 2024 disclosed that... Read more →

Together with the renowned Frauscher Shipyard in Austria, Porsche has developed an electric boat that is also intended to impress on the water with its Porsche E-Performance—now in two different versions. While two-door Porsche sports cars are available as coupés and convertibles, among other variants, Frauscher offers a choice between... Read more →

MAN Energy Solutions announced the successful retrofit of the main engine of the Maersk Halifax to a dual-fuel MAN B&W ME-LGIM unit. MAN PrimeServ, MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales division, carried out the work, the first such project globally involving a VLCV (Very Large Container Vessel). The 15,000 teu vessel entered... Read more →

Europe’s container ships pollute as much per container as they did six years ago, new EU shipping data shows, according to analysis by European transportation NGO T&E. T&E calls for stricter efficiency measures to ensure shipping companies sail slower and invest in energy saving technologies such as wind. According to... Read more →

Wallenius Marine is conducting advanced wind tunnel tests aimed at realizing the world’s first wind-powered PCTC (Pure Car and Truck Carrier) vessel. The tests are being carried out in Gothenburg, at one of Europe’s most advanced wind tunnels, with wind speeds of up to 250 km/h (155 mph). As a... Read more →

Wallenius Wilhelmsen is launching a re-engineered bunker adjustment factor, BAF2.0, to prepare for future fuels on the path to net-zero emissions by 2040. BAF2.0 will streamline and simplify the adaptation of alternative fuels. Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF) is a pricing mechanism used to adjust freight rates based on fuel price... Read more →

MAN Energy Solutions announced that the development of its ME-LGIA (Liquid Gas Injection Ammonia) engine has entered a new phase with the commencement of testing of a full-scale, two-stroke engine running on ammonia at its RCC (Research Centre Copenhagen). (Earlier post.) Having already completed more than 12 months of testing... Read more →

Hapag-Lloyd has reached an agreement with Goldwind, a global strategic partner in clean energy with headquarters in Beijing, China, for the delivery of 250,000 tonnes of green methanol per year. The green methanol will consist of a blend of bio- and e-methanol, ensuring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction of at... Read more →

Lloyd’s Register (LR) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for the joint development of a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) system for green ammonia.  The FPSO process has been widely used in the oil and gas industries, but its application for ammonia is relatively... Read more →

Swedish eFuel facility developer Liquid Wind raised €44 million in Series C financing led by Uniper, HYCAP Fund I SCSp (“HYCAP”) and Samsung Ventures. The financing will support the development of 10 eFuel facilities by 2027 as part of the company’s vision of reaching 500 facilities globally by 2050. The... Read more →

Yamaha Motor Europe unveiled the latest version of its pioneering HARMO electric outboard, now featuring a series of upgrades designed to deliver a more versatile, more intuitive boating experience. The revolutionary integrated electric propulsion and steering control system, now offers enhanced capabilities and refined control features that build on the... Read more →

As the first large vessel in the industry, the container ship Maersk Halifax has been converted into a dual-fuel vessel able to operate on methanol. The retrofit operation was conducted at the Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard in China over 88 days with completion at the end of October 2024. Following the... Read more →

Hapag-Lloyd has signed two contracts with two Chinese shipyards for a total of 24 new container ships. Of these, 12 newbuildings—each with a capacity of 16,800 TEU—will be built by Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group. These units will be used to expand the capacity of services that are already in place. An... Read more →

Maersk entered into a long-term bio-methanol offtake agreement with LONGi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd. First volumes are expected in 2026 with full production expected at the end of the decade. The agreement will contribute to lowering GHG emissions from Maersk’s growing fleet of dual-fuel methanol container vessels. Bio- and... Read more →