Decarbonisation - Case studies

Strengthening trade relations and promoting collaboration between Valenciaport and China. This is the objective with which the Port Authority of València has traveled to China to participate in the 8th edition of the Maritime Silk Road Port International Cooperation Forum 2024, held from June 26 to 28, 2024 in Ningbo (China). The value proposition of the Valencian enclosure as a green, intelligent and innovative HUB of the Mediterranean has been the common thread of the presentation of t...

Bennett Marine, a Division of Yamaha Marine Systems Company, needed a solution that integrated solar energy generation and mechanical upgrades to optimise both sustainability and working environment outcomes. However, adding the cooling capacity needed by a large warehouse, and the employees working there, during the long Floridian summers could significantly increase the utility load on the building. Solution Bennett Marine’s management approached its outsourced service provider, ABM....

Korea Marine Transport Company Ship Management (KMTC SM) has reported annual fuel savings worth approximately US$540,000 in total after installing Accelleron’s digital engine optimisation solution Tekomar XPERT on 12 Panamax vessels. The fuel savings enabled KMTC SM to reduce its CO2 emissions by about 4,200 tons. Tekomar XPERT delivers engine optimisation recommendations based on thermodynamic insights that aim to bring engines back to the operating performance achieved at “new&rdq...

At Scheveningen Harbour in the coastal city of The Hague in the Netherlands, an AI-based video security system from Bosch Building Technologies is now ensuring that every single ship or boat entering or leaving the harbour is logged. The customised solution developed by Bosch together with its partner BrainCreators automatically registers and classifies shipping traffic. Intelligent security solution Until now, employees at the port control centre had to keep an eye on shipping traffic around...

Wärtsilä ANCS, part of technology group - Wärtsilä, has delivered to Seaspan, a marine transportation and shipbuilding company, cutting-edge autonomous SmartDock capabilities to the seas. This delivery marks a significant step towards autonomous docking and undocking operations, making maritime activities safer and more efficient. The SmartDock system developed by Wärtsilä ANCS enables Seaspan to perform autonomous docking manoeuvres even in challenging conditions,...

Båtbygg AS has placed an order with Teknotherm for a complete ammonia freezing system for Austral Fisheries’ new longline fishing vessel. The vessel is designed by Marin Teknikk AS for operation in the Antarctic Ocean, surrounded by some of the world’s harshest weather conditions. Teknotherm freezing system The newbuild no. 009 and named ‘Austral Odyssey’ will have a length of 70 metres The newbuild no. 009 and named ‘Austral Odyssey’ will have a len...

Maersk Supply Service has selected the Fleet Data IoT platform from Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat business, to help optimise the performance of its first vessel battery installation onboard Maersk Minder Offshore Supply Ship, in a solution that will also allow the owner to evaluate how best to optimise the use of zero-emission energy storage systems across its fleet. An end-user API seamlessly gathers data from onboard equipment, automatically organises it with time stamps, synchronises it, and u...

Alfa Laval OceanGlide has been selected by Kumiai Navigation (PTE) LTD to be installed on one of its LPG tankers as a retrofit. The company’s decision to leverage fluidic air lubrication technology is rooted in its ambition to reduce the vessel's energy consumption, improve its overall performance and comply with environmental regulations. Alfa Laval OceanGlide fluidic air lubrication system Alfa Laval has been selected for installation of its OceanGlide fluidic air lubrication system o...

Swiss marine power company - WinGD will deliver ammonia-fuelled X‑DF‑A engines for a series of two 46,000m3 LPG/ammonia carriers to be built for EXMAR LPG BV, a joint venture of EXMAR and Seapeak, at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard. The two 52-bore X52DF‑A engines will be delivered in Q2 2025 and will be among the first of WinGD’s ammonia-fuelled engines to enter service. The order represents WinGD’s entry into an emerging market for ammonia-fuelled gas carriers. Such vessels have traditional...

From its foundation in 1959, Mitsubishi Ore Transport (MOT) has been committed to upholding the highest standards in maritime safety and security, and to delivering premium-quality marine transport services using advanced ship management technologies. Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress As part of NYK, the future-oriented organisation operates a fleet of 17 vessels and seeks to harness the vast potential of an increasingly connected maritime ecosystem to realise its digitalisation and decarbonisatio...

Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), the premier shipbuilding and ship repair company in India, has delivered the 10th Electric Hybrid 100 Pax Water Metro Ferry BY 125 to Kochi Water Metro. The occasion was marked by the Delivery Protocol Signing ceremony held at CSL, in the presence of Directors of KMRL and CSL, along with senior officials from KMRL, CSL, DNV, and IRS. Shri. Harikrishnan S, Chief General Manager - CSL, and Shri. Shaji P Jananardhanan, Chief General Manager - KMRL, signed the protoco...

Universal and equitable access to drinking water and adequate sanitation and hygiene services, as well as the improvement of water quality at a global level, are part of the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, but they have also become part of a daily problem in many parts of the planet. Ingeteam, with its Indar submersible pumps and motors designed and manufactured in Beasain, Spain, contributes to solve part of this problem; and among the numerous app...

Spire Global, Inc. (‘Spire’ or ‘the Company’), a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, was selected by ESP Logistics Technology (‘ESP’), an internationally renowned company in supply chain productivity and sustainability, to provide wind data through its weather conditions API and real-time automatic identification system (AIS) vessel-tracking data. In the intricate supply chain industry, even the slightest disruption can lead to...

Rodman Polyships S.A.U., a Rodman Group Shipyard specialised in the construction of all types of GRP (Glass fibre Reinforced Polyester) boats and vessels, is building 3 new Offshore Patrol Vessels for the Surveillance Service of the Spanish Tax Agency. The signing of this new contract took place in January and after a few months of initial design and project planning; Rodman is now in the construction stage of the first units. These days the initial stage of the lamination process for the first...

A.P. Moller – Maersk, the Danish integrated logistics company, has signed a contract with MAN PrimeServ – MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales division – for the retrofit of the main engines aboard 11 container vessels equipped with MAN B&W 8G95ME-C9.5 prime movers. These will be retrofitted to dual-fuel MAN B&W 8G95ME-LGIM10.5 types capable of operation on fuel-oil/methanol. The first vessel will be retrofitted in mid-2024. PrimeServ will provide a solutions packag...

Peel Ports is working with a consortium led by the University of Liverpool to bid for the UK’s flagship national Clean Maritime Research Hub. As part of a wider partnership with the University of Liverpool’s School of Management, Peel Ports has committed to participating in workshops, sharing operational port data and insights and allocating staff time to the project. UK SHORE programme The designation is part of the government’s UK SHORE programme, which aims to decarbonise...

Danfoss Power Solutions’ Editron division has been commissioned by Cheoy Lee Shipyard to deliver the hybrid-electric marine drivetrain system powering two new hybrid-electric ferries. Located at the end of the Pearl River estuary, Hong Kong is one of the world’s busiest harbour cities. Ferries are an essential transportation mode for the city, carrying 18 million passengers annually. To achieve net zero by 2050, Hong Kong plans to decarbonise its transport sector by electrifying veh...

The renewal of the straddle carrier fleet at Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG’s (HHLA) Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT) is moving forward: in April, eight new straddle carriers with hybrid drive went into operation and have since been transporting containers in a more environmentally friendly way between ship, yard, rail terminal and truck gate. These vehicles consume significantly less fuel and thus also emit correspondingly fewer emissions. Hybrid straddle carrier fleet at CTT Includ...

In what marks a relatively new application for Thordon Bearings’ pioneering polymer material, Wilson Ship Management ASA (“Wilson”), a Norway-based ship manager, has replaced the greased bronze bearings on the hatch cover wheels of some of its dry cargo vessels with self-lubricating ThorPlas-Blue bearings. Wilson, which operates Europe’s largest short sea fleet of about 130 general cargo vessels, has now converted eight vessels following the success of the first retrofit...

To help achieve the required IMO regulatory standards on efficiency levels, the Finnish shipping company - Langh Ship Oy Ab opted for WE Tech Solutions’ permanent magnet shaft generator solution for their three new 1200 TEU container feeder ships. The ships will be built by PaxOcean Engineering (Zhoushan) Co., Ltd in China and will be utilised for container traffic in Europe after their delivery. The design for the container ships has been developed by Langh Ship in collaboration with the...

P&O Maritime Logistics, a globally renowned provider of critical logistics and marine solutions, will use its versatile Multi Carrying Vessel (MCV) fleet to transport off-site manufactured pre-finished volumetric hotel villas to the Sheybarah Island Resort on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Coast. P&O Maritime Logistics has signed a new contract with global heavy lifting and transport specialist - Mammoet to transport the unique hotel villas, all the way from Hamriyah to the Sheybarah Isla...

The COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Guangdong) yard has announced that it will retrofit the main engines aboard two LPG carriers from the fleet of Tianjin Southwest Maritime Ltd., the Chinese liquefied-gas carrier operator. In doing so, it is exercising the option in a contract signed with MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales division, MAN PrimeServ, in October 2022 to similarly retrofit two LPG carriers to dual-fuel operation. MAN B&W 6G60ME-LGIP units installed MAN PrimeServ will join...

Ingeteam announces that they would like to present the new project to refurbish the Balboa Shipyard at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal, in Panama City, where Indar pumps will help to reduce and control leaks in the dikes to prevent possible flooding. The shipyard was built more than 100 years ago to provide repair and maintenance services to vessels transiting the Panama Canal. It has recently been purchased and refurbished to bring it back into operation. Refurbishment of Balboa Ship...

Rolls-Royce recently delivered the 5,555th mtu engine of Series 1000, 1300 and 1500 to global articulated dump truck manufacturer and construction equipment manufacturer - Bell Equipment. Rolls-Royce has been supplying Bell Equipment with mtu engines from Series 1000 to Series 1500 since 2013. To mark the delivery of the 5,555th mtu engine, Dr. Lei Berners-Wu, the Vice President - Global Industrial at Rolls-Royce’s Power Systems business unit symbolically presented a special engine piston...

Sleek, sustainable, and striking, the recent development by Haslob Kruse + Partners fuses past and present with an expansive wooden exterior made with the sustainable pioneer, Kebony wood, which was selected to house over 60,000 precious maritime artefacts at Germany’s National Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven. Clad entirely in sustainably sourced Kebony Character wood and containing 2,300 square metres of depot space, the German Maritime Museum houses an extensive collection...

Rolls-Royce will provide long-term service support for all mtu generator sets powering Great Britain’s Royal Navy fleet. Rolls-Royce business unit - Power Systems and the UK Ministry of Defence, Defence Equipment & Support organisation, signed a contract covering the preventive and corrective maintenance of more than 90 mtu engines for the next five years. The contract, which is the first-of-its-kind for Power Systems, includes an option to extend for a further two years. Rolls-Royce...

Merging state-of-the-art architectural design with the latest technology, Oceandiva London is set to revolutionise the marine environment, as London's newest floating events space. Launching Autumn 2022, the UK’s first CO2-neutral venue on the Thames is part of a wider innovation to decarbonise the Capital's river, working in partnership with Net Zero Marine Services (NZMS). NZMS is pioneering a more sustainable river future, developing a new electric river highway by installing high...

Siemens Mobility, along with consortium partners - ST Engineering and Stadler, have been awarded an Electrical and Mechanical (E&M) turnkey contract to deliver the Yellow Line for Kaohsiung Metro. Siemens Mobility will provide its state-of-the-art CBTC signaling technology with GoA4 functionality, which will allow for full automated train operations (ATO). Furthermore, Siemens Mobility will deliver its highly reliable and precise Airlink radio communication system, which will facilitate the...

Ocean transport of Sian Flower’s produce helped the company overcome the pandemic-induced volatility in air freight rates while helping it achieve its sustainability goals. Sian Flowers is a Kenyan producer of high-quality roses and summer flowers, exporting their blooms to Europe, the United States, the UAE, and Australia. The company has won regional and international recognition for pursuing rigorous sustainable practices, including limiting the use of pesticides and the conservation a...

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received a significant order for delivering container lashing systems for twelve 23,500+ TEU container vessels for Hapag-Lloyd. The vessels will be built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in South Korea. The order was booked into Cargotec’s 2022 third quarter orders received. The vessels are scheduled to be delivered to the owner between the second quarter of 2023 and the fourth quarter of 2024. Hapag-Lloyd and MacGregor partnership...