EU Innovation Fund support for Tharsis’ eSeaRiverBarge
Tharsis Ship Management has secured funding from the EU Innovation Fund for the eSeaRiverBarge Project. The project covers the development, construction, and operational deployment of two first-of-a-kind zero-emission sea-river container vessels. The open-top...
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[VIDEO] Neptune measures methane emissions at offshore platform using drones
Neptune Energy and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) have completed a first-of-its-kind methane study in UK. Using advanced drone technologies methane emissions were measured on a working UK offshore platform. Methane is the primary component of natural gas and is a...
ABC launches multifuel marine engine platform
Anglo Belgian Corporation (ABC) has introduced a new, multifuel engine platform facilitating the transition from conventional fuel to new and future fuel types. With the new EVOLVE range, ABC seeks to achieve an ultra low or zero emission operation. The first member...
Damen delivers electric patrol vessels to city of Amsterdam
Damen Shipyards has delivered three electric Patrol Vessels 1304 to be deployed in Amsterdam. Two of the vessels, named Waterpieper and Waterhoen, were ordered by the City of Amsterdam and the third named P55 is for the Amsterdam Police. At an average speed, the...
Fourteen countries sign “Declaration on zero-emission shipping by 2050”
To raise global ambitions on decarbonising shipping, the Danish Prime Minister has presented an initiative at COP26 to ensure political support for an IMO target on zero-emission shipping by 2050. The "Declaration on zero-emission shipping by 2050" has so far been...
Nautical Institute: Training needed to inspect wire rope
In The Nautical Institute's latest Mars Report, it was a rescue boat that needed rescuing. The cause: a corroded wire rope. But how to assess the condition of such a rope? According to the Institute, this requires special training. The Nautical Institute gathers...
Wärtsilä and Simon Møkster to study dual-fuel engine running on ammonia and LNG
Wärtsilä and Simon Møkster Shipping will study the use of ammonia as the main fuel in dual-fuel engines where LNG is the alternative fuel. The aim is to demonstrate the feasibility of converting vessels for dual ammonia–LNG operation, and that it can be carried out...
Dutch Navy’s Van Hengel-Spengler Award goes to ballistic missile defence research
Lt Noah Stam performed his BSc. dissertation at the NLDA on the topic of ballistic missile defence with a focus on intercepting ballistic missiles from a naval vessel. This research has earned him the Royal Netherlands Navy's annual Van Hengel-Spengler Award. Stam's...
Unmanned autonomous vessels land Demcon Maritime Innovation Award
The growing demand for safe, unmanned, remote and sustainable maritime operations runs in parallel with the increasing need for digitisation and automation. Demcon unmanned systems addresses these challenges with fully in-house developed and manufactured unmanned...
Lex Keuning takes home Maritime Designer Award for Magnus Rotor improvements
The application of sail power for the (auxiliary) propulsion of cargo vessels is taking off. One of the systems currently being used is the Magnus Rotor. Lex Keuning's idea of an extra "flap" increases the efficiency of the Rotor and has landed him the Maritime...
KVNR Shipping Award presented to Dutch seafarer vaccination programme
The Netherlands was the first country with an extensive vaccination programme specifically designed for seafarers. The KVNR feels that this has been of immense value to the Dutch shipping industry and therefore awards its annual prize, the Maritime KVNR Shipping Award...
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