A Well-to-Wake-Up Call
This week at MarineLinkâŠAn Australian Prime Minister once famously (infamously) said: âLife wasnât meant to be easy.âHe could have been talking about the maze of IMO and EU regulations relating to new fuels, especially the concept of well-to-wake emissions.Itâs not enough to have a clean-burning engine or even an onboard carbon capture system. Well-to-take emissions, upstream and out of the control of ship operators, will have to be factored in.This week, MarineLink reported that a CMA-CGM vessel bunkered bio-LNG in RotterdamâŠ
N-O-S Focuses on Crew Comfort with CTV Newbuild
As global offshore markets evolve to create a more sustainable future, rising up to meet these challenges is Sweden-based Northern Offshore Services. Offshore engineers wonât be the only beneficiary â but they might be the most important. In August, Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) unveiled its unique I-Class Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV), powered by the first commercial application of Volvo Pentaâs IPS Professional Platform. In the cutting-edge IMPRESSER, N-O-S designed a flexibleâŠ
Navtor Touts "Compliance without Complexity"
The regulatory landscape is about to get a whole lot more complicated, with the advent of FuelEU Maritime from January 1, 2025. This ambitious framework, focusing on the âwell-to-wakeâ GHG intensity of vessels trading within Europe, laughs in the face of traditional methods of calculating and tracking emissions, making Excel sheets strictly yesterdayâs news. However, argues NAVTORâs Director of Performance Jacob Clausen, there may be a simple way to voyage to compliance.The easy way to achieve FuelEU Maritime compliance for your fleet is simple.
Consort Bunkers, ClassNK, Yanmar and Taiko ink MOU on Alternative Fuel Bunkering
Consort Bunkers Pte. Ltd., ClassNK, Yanmar Asia (Singapore) Corporation Pte Ltd, and Taiko Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to accelerate towards introduction of more bunkering ships capable of handling alternative fuels.Singapore-based Consort Bunkers placed an order with COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Industry (Guandong) Co.,Ltd. to construct four 7,999 DWT IMO Type 2 tankers, ready for biofuel and methanol bunkering. Incorporating their previous orders, a total of 13 biofuel/methanol bunkering tankers totaling over 90,000 DWT will join Consortâs fleet. ClassNK has been providing surveys and audits, Yanmar Asia has been providing main engines and generator enginesâŠ
Amogy Issued Feasibility Statement by Lloydâs Register
Ammonia power solutions company Amogy informs it has been awarded a feasibility statement by classification society Lloydâs Register (LR).Amogy has developed an ammonia-to-electrical power system that splits, or âcracks,â liquid ammonia into its base elements of hydrogen and nitrogen, which then funnels the hydrogen into a fuel cell, generating power at five times the energy density of lithium batteries.The feasibility statement from LR serves as the official approval of Amogyâs Technology Qualification Plan (TQP)âŠ
