Van Oord orders e-fuel ready cable-laying vessel from VARD
Van Oord has ordered a next-generation custom-built green cable-laying vessel. The vessel will be delivered from VARD in Norway and equipped with the latest sustainable technologies. The vessel is to be fully operational in 2023.Read more
DNV GL: Limited role for hydrogen in decarbonising shipping
‘The grand challenge of our time is finding a pathway towards decarbonisation,’ says Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, CEO of DNV GL-Maritime. According to the organisation’s new Maritime Forecast to 2050 it all comes down to the choice...Read more
EU funding for LNG bunkering barges in Zeebrugge, Rotterdam and Lübeck
Titan LNG has been granted EUR 11 million in EU funding for its Bio2Bunker project. This project develops and expands a (bio-)LNG bunkering supply chain by introducing three bunker barges in Zeebrugge, Rotterdam and Lübeck.Read more
‘Sustainable inland navigation comes with a price tag’
‘Greening inland navigation will cost a lot of money,’ says Ruud Verbeek, Senior Technical Consultant at TNO. In addition, the alternative fuels specialist expects there will be a shortage of biofuels from 2030, which will...Read more
Tribute to the diesel engine, but with which types of marine fuels?
Internal combustion engines play a very dominant role in shipping. They are by far the most popular way of powering ships. Is that going to change under pressure of environmental regulations, in particular, the requirements...Read more
Stena Bulk tests bio-fuel on tanker
During the coming weeks Stena Bulk will perform a test running a medium range tanker on one hundred per cent biofuel. The fuel is the MR1-100 bio-fuel oil, produced from used cooking oil and supplied...Read more
Going clean and green: SWZ special on marine fuels and engines
Internal combustion engines play a very dominant role in shipping. They are by far the most popular way of powering ships. Is that going to change under pressure of environmental regulations and, in particular, the...Read more