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Yara Marine Relaunches Shore Power Sales on Decarbonisation Push by Ship & Bunker News Team Wednesday February 10, 2021 Shore power systems connected to renewable power capacity on land can help to reduce a ships carbon emissions. Image Credit: Yara Marine Renewed interest in shore power as the shipping industry seeks to bear down on its carbon emissions has prompted engineering company Yara Marine to resume sales of the systems. The company is partnering with marine technology firm  NG3 t...

Silverstream Wins Second Carnival Corp Order for Fuel-Saving Air Lubrication System by Ship & Bunker News Team Monday January 25, 2021 Silverstream Technologies has won a second order from a Carnival Corporation unit for its bunker-saving air lubrication technology. Princess Cruises has ordered one of the systems for the  Sapphire Princess, Silverstream said in a LinkedIn post on Friday. The system was installed during a scheduled dry docking of the cruise ship in Singapore. The systems, f...

Finland-Led Research to Focus on Combining Technologies by Ship & Bunker News Team Monday January 25, 2021 Research quest: low-carbon shipping. File Image / Pixabay. Research into expanding shippings understanding of how technologies can reduce a vessels carbon footprint is being undertaken by Vaasa University in Finland  The project, called CHEK, which stands for decarbonizing shipping by enabling key technology symbiosis on real vessel concept designs, has European Union backing and wi...

Quadrise Agrees New Ship Trial by Ship & Bunker News Team Thursday January 21, 2021 The new operational trial agreement for MSAR fuel is with the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) group and a joint development agreement has been signed with Cyprus-based MSC Shipmanagement, the company said. "We believe that MSCs large modern fleet installed with electronic engines and, in some cases, exhaust gas cleaning systems (scrubbers) is well positioned to realise the economic and environmental be...

Fuel savings have paid for half of the company's scrubber installation costs already.

Windsails Tech Trialled on Bulk Carrier by Ship & Bunker News Team Tuesday January 19, 2021 A cruise ship. File Image / Pixabay. A wind energy project for ships has taken a step forward as the technology is to be installed a dry bulk carrier. A Kamsarmax bulk carrier operated by Cargill is to be fitted with the innovative equipment, according to maritime news provider Tradewinds. The 45 metre in height sails harness wind power to aid propulsion and reduce emissions. The number of sails o...

40% of VLCCs Could Have Scrubbers by the End of 2020 by Ship & Bunker News Team Tuesday January 19, 2021 As much as 2020, according to shipping brokerage Gibsons. "Scrubber uptake is the highest in the VLCC fleet, followed by Suezmaxes," Gibsons said in a note to clients last week. "Scrubber penetration is considerably lower for smaller size groups." 31% of VLCCs currently have scrubbers, according to Gibsonss estimates. Another 7% is due for scrubber retrofits, and 32% of the current ord...

Cargill and MSC vessels to take part.

World Economic Forum: Trade Will Keep Global Economy and Society on Track by Ship & Bunker News Team Tuesday January 19, 2021 WEF: heightened global risks. File Image / Pixabay. The Covi-19 pandemic has hurt global economic growth and prompted a rise in global inequalities which means that future economic growth must be more inclusive, president of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Borge Brende said at the launch of the organisations annual global risk assessment. The reports authors outlined...

Wartsila: Owners Using Pandemic Trade Pause for Retrofits by Ship & Bunker News Team Friday December 25, 2020 With the coronavirus pandemic having slowed global trade this year, Wartsila says owners have been making the best of a bad situation by using the downtime to fit efficiency retrofits  to their vessels. "With half of Wärtsiläs retrofits requiring docking or a period of out-of-service, the unprecedented crisis has offered an economically sound opportunity to upgrade and transform o...