DFDS and its partners have applied for EU support to develop a ferry powered by electricity from a hydrogen fuel cell, which only emits water. Green hydrogen is to be produced by a planned offshore wind energy-powered electrolyser plant located in Greater Copenhagen. A group [Read more...]
New Zealand transport operator KiwiRail has contracted the Isle of Man Ship Registry to oversee construction of two rail-enabled ropax ferries that will connect New Zealand's North and South Islands. KiwiRail has ordered the new vessels to modernise its ferry fleet serving the Cook Strait, [Read more...]
ABB has secured an order worth around $150 mill to deliver a various technologies to power Fincantieri-built cruise ships. The company will equip five newbuilding vessels with patented Azipod electric propulsion units. Each cruise ship will be powered by twin Azipod units, bringing the total [Read more...]
AIDA has reported further progress with its ambition to introduce its first emission-neutral ship in 2030. An important milestone was reached with the commissioning of ‘AIDAnova’, the world's first LNG-fuelled cruise ship. In addition, the first use of fuel cells and batteries on board is [Read more...]
Speedcast International and Inmarsat have reached an agreement on the sale of Speedcast’s primary Fleet Xpress, FleetBroadband and Fleet One service contracts to Inmarsat. This agreement marks another significant step for Speedcast as it looks to emerge from its Chapter 11 proceedings announced earlier this [Read more...]
Norwegian shipbuilder Vard has been installing Pipeotech’s DeltaV-Seal in its newbuildings since 2016. The company uses the DeltaV-Seal in the large steam systems fitted in the expedition cruise ships, of which the company has built 10 to date. "Before we started to use the DeltaV-Seal, [Read more...]
Following eight years of close collaboration, Norwegian Cruise Line Holding (NCLH) and Yara Marine Technologies have undertaken scrubber installations on board eight cruise ships. The installation programme kicked off in 2012, with the first scrubber being fitted on the ’Pride of America’, which was completed [Read more...]
Wärtsilä has continued to work closely with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri to supply a broad range of solutions to be installed in a number of cruise ships currently being built by the yard, the company said. The latest orders are for complete waste treatment systems and [Read more...]
Last year, Finnish shipping company Eckerö coated the open cargo deck of the ropax ‘Finbo Cargo’ with Subsea Industries’ Ecospeed. This was undertaken to protect the deck against damage from cars and cargo. A year later the deck was claimed to be in excellent condition, [Read more...]
P&O Ferries has contracted Wärtsilä to power its new double ended ropaxes. They will be powered by Wärtsilä 31 type engines, claimed in the Guinness World Records to be the world’s most efficient 4-stroke diesel engine. The engine’s high level of fuel efficiency also reduces exhaust emissions. [Read more...]