Digitalisation and automation in the shipping industry has modified the requirements and responsibilities of crew and due to technological advancements, juggling various and often new tasks can be a challenge for onboard crew. Long work hours can lead to lack of sleep, high stress and anxiety, fatigue and physical ailments, which can impact the safe...
Uni-Tankers has achieved a fuel saving of 12.2 per cent on its chemical/oil products tanker Endelo Swan following ten months of test sailing using a fuel saving solution by Danish start-up Frugal Technologies. The start-up’s solution, Frugal Propulsion helps to optimise the fuel consumption of vessels. It is a patented and class-approved on-top system which ensures that...
Over the last three years, the AIRCOAT HORIZON 2020 project has been developing a foil system to be applied to ships’ hulls to help reduce emissions from ocean-going vessels. After three years of research and small-scale experiments in both laboratories and in open water, the project is ready to test the prototypes on a larger...
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany (BMU) have signed an agreement to undertake the preparatory activities leading to the development of a project proposal to reduce maritime transport emissions in East and Southeast Asian countries. The project is supported through the International...
Several flag states and classification societies have united to launch the Maritime Technologies Forum (MTF) to provide technical and regulatory research, expertise and leadership to assist the shipping sector and its regulators address technology challenges. Founding members of the MTF include American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), DNV, Japan’s Maritime Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport...
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has teamed up with Foundation Det Norske Veritas, the owner of DNV Group, BW Group, Eastern Pacific Shipping, Ocean Network Express, Sembcorp Marine, and BHP to launch a S$120M (US $90M) maritime decarbonisation centre. The partners have each contributed S$10M with the MPA adding S$60M to the...
Nautilus Labs and Datum Electronics have announced a partnership that will provide shipowners, operators, technical managers, and charterers a comprehensive solution for vessel digitalisation and predictive decision support. Leveraging data provided by hardware leaders, Nautilus builds vessel-specific, machine learning-based performance models to reduce fuel consumption, emissions, and maintenance spend. By unifying stakeholders around a single...
The Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub (LR) and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Centre for Zero Carbon Shipping have joined forces in a new project to develop guidance around the safe use of ammonia as a fuel to support the shipping industry’s drive towards a decarbonised future. Industry partners involved in the project include A.P. Moller-Maersk, MAN Energy Solutions, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, NYK Line and Total. Ammonia as a fuel...
Silverstream Technologies’ air lubrication system has achieved 6.6 per cent fuel savings onboard a Shell-chartered LNG carrier. The 170,000 cbm Methane Patricia Camila carried out normal operations and the technology was tested at various speeds to calculate fuel and emissions savings. The System was successfully retrofitted on the 2010-built LNGC during its October 2020 planned dry...
MAN Energy Solutions has begun the ‘AmmoniaMot’ project. Initiated by MAN with partners from industry and research institutes, it aims to define the steps necessary to produce a dual-fuel, medium-speed engine capable of running on diesel-fuel and ammonia. Supported by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi), and due to run for three...
GreenSteam scientists have spent the last 12 months improving the clarity and accuracy of AI analytics for ship performance insights. Two new solutions have been launched to improve access to high quality, high-frequency AI-driven data. One of two major challenges shipping companies face today when looking to optimise vessel performance is acquiring clear, accurate and...
XShip is a performance and analytics software platform. It has helped almost 1500 vessels spread across different geographies and has aided some of the largest shipping companies in streamlining their operations, reducing cost and thus emissions. XShip helps clients monitor fleets of vessels by collecting and analysing data from systems already installed onboard vessels. Thus, not...