Everllence ammonia engine passes FAT
Everllence's first ammonia-burning engine built by licensee Engine & Machinery of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI-EMD) in South Korea has passed its factory acceptance test (FAT). The dual-fuel Everllence B&W 6G60ME-LGIA (-Liquid Gas Injection Ammonia) type is...
Wagenborg Offshore to add fourth walk-to-work vessel to its fleet
Wagenborg Offshore will have another platform supply vessel converted into a walk-to-work emergency response and rescue vessel (W2W ERRV). The company will operate this fourth walk-to-work vessel in its fleet as a standby and support vessel for inspection and...
‘Capex of 29 million euros for carbon capture and storage on ships’
Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) and Stena Bulk studied carbon capture and storage on ships and found it is technically feasible. However, it comes at a price. The study found capital expenditure (capex) for a system that captures ninety per cent of CO2 could...
Heerema trials floating wind turbine installation method
Heerema Marine Contractors has tested its novel Rotor Nacelle Assembly (RNA) installation method offshore for the first time. The demonstration project was executed in collaboration with DOT and the Delft University of Technology to collect valuable operational data...
Welding job on board ignites nearby combustible, causing injury
Welding is a risky job. In its latest Mars Report, The Nautical Institute warns to keep the work site clear of combustibles after an engine room crew member got injured by a flame burst. The Nautical Institute gathers reports of maritime accidents and near-misses. It...
Damen Shipyards achieves EU Stage V certification for emission reduction system
Damen has become the first shipyard to achieve official EU Stage V certification for its in-house developed emissions reduction system. It is a one-system-solution that combines soot filters with a selective catalytic reduction system to remove particulate matter and...
A new breed of workboat: Designing delicing vessel Camilla Eslea
The new breed of workboats addresses the needs of crew, fish and the environment, according to shipyard Nauplius Workboats. It has used progressive design to build 3514 Utility Vessel Camilla Eslea, the world’s largest delicing vessel to date. Bridging demands of all...
Wärtsilä launches smaller scrubber for container ships
The technology group Wärtsilä has launched its new IQ Series exhaust gas treatment system, designed by its Exhaust Treatment business unit in Moss, Norway. The new series is especially well-suited to container vessels because it takes up less space, is lighter and has...
Maersk issues green bonds to fund first green methanol vessels
A.P. Moller–Maersk has launched its Green Finance Framework under which it issues a variety of sustainable financing instruments, such as bonds, loans, and project finance. The first € 500 million green bond will be used to build Maersk's first feeder vessel and eight...
Damen delivers second patrol vessel to Jamaica Defence Force
A Damen Stan Patrol (SPa) 4207, the second in an order of four for the Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard, has officially been handed over in Kingston, Jamaica. Due to Covid-19 travel restrictions, the vessel had to be delivered by general cargo vessel BBC Congo....
Junior engineer suffers severe burns in boiler accident
In its latest Mars Report, The Nautical Institute stresses the importance of supervision of junior employees when going about tasks on board a ship. In the incident described in the Report, a junior engineer suffered first and second degree burns while trying to...
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