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Partners to Build LNG Dual-fuel Bunker Ship for Singapore
Harley Marine International Holdings Pte. Ltd. said it has signed an MoU with Pavilion Gas Pte. Ltd, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Mitsui) to build the first liquefied natural gas (LNG)…
EPA Approves VapCor Cleanol HDW1 for ‘Safer Choice’ Program
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has accepted VapCor Cleanol HDW1 into the Safer Choice program. This is a related program to Designed for the Environment (DFE) an environmental program run by the EPA that…
First Marine Order for PowerCell S3 Prototypes
The fuel cell company PowerCell Sweden AB (publ) has received the first marine order for two PowerCell S3 prototype stacks, which Swiss Hydrogen will install on a ship powered by photovoltaics. “The marine industry is a…
LNG Fuel is Not a Cure-all Solution
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is not a panacea to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and its increasing use as a marine fuel could be worse for the environment than burning heavy fuel oil, said Ian Adams, the former CEO of…
Alfa Laval Scrubbers Offer Compliance with 2020 Sulphur Cap
On 27 October, the delegates to the MEPC70 meeting in London agreed to implement a global fuel sulphur cap as of January 1, 2020. While the cap will create a 0.5% fuel sulphur limit worldwide, it does not necessitate a…
Wärtsilä Positioned to Help Meet Global Sulphur Cap
The IMO's Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) has agreed to implement the global cap on the sulphur content of marine fuels effective from January 2020. Wärtsilä said its proactive development of exhaust gas…
IMO Moves toward Phase out of HFO in the Arctic
The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC70) meeting brought progress by member countries toward a phase out of the use of heavy fuel oil (HFO) by vessels operating in…
Sulphur Cap Transition Is No 'Walk in the Park' -BIMCO
BIMCO, the world’s largest international shipping association, has responded to the decision at the International Maritime Organization’s Marine (IMO) Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) on the implementation of the…
