Clean marine futures: advances in alternative technologies

 

 

 

 Thursday, 29 June 2023
 
marine professional

 

 
 
Words / Charlie BartlettIntegrated biofuel technologies, including LNG vessels, are already a reality. Credit: Shutterstock
 

From significant progress in biofuel technology to the world’s first hydrogen-powered ferry, we dive into some of the most promising sustainable innovations currently taking place in the shipping industry – and what they might mean for its future. 

 

A problem area for the maritime industry of the near future will be smaller vessels. They run fast, spend a lot of time in port, and cannot rely on vast enormous economies of scale like main-haul ships do – none of which curries much favour with the IMO’s CII regulation. 

But feeders are important for decarbonisation. Most shipowners are reluctant to invest in emerging

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Problemas del Banco Mundial

 

 

 

 

BLANCO PLANO

 

19 junio 2023

6:00 AM

El Banco Mundial tiene un gran aire cosmopolita en su nombre, no como una de esas instituciones provincianas como la Reserva Federal de EE. UU. o el Banco Central Europeo. Esta es  la organización  mundial  .

 

 

Sin embargo, el Banco Mundial resulta ser solo otra institución de Woke UN. Su razón original era proporcionar préstamos a largo plazo para fomentar la infraestructura en países del tercer mundo. El agua, la energía y la salud fueron las principales áreas de desembolso.

Hoy en día cualquier financiación energética excluiría los hidrocarburos. De hecho, el 'desarrollo sostenible' y la 'transición' son objetivos clave; ambos son, por supuesto, un código para reemplazar los combustibles fósiles con energías renovables. La

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España aumenta en un 84% las importaciones de GNL ruso

 

 

 

 

RIGZONE 

https://www.worldenergytrade.com

15 MARZO 2023

 

España es el principal comprador de GNL ruso de la UE en lo que va de año, seguida de Bélgica y Francia

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Las importaciones de gas natural licuado ruso por parte de España se han disparado un 84% desde el estallido de la guerra en Ucrania, lo que pone de manifiesto la dependencia que Europa sigue teniendo de Moscú a pesar de los esfuerzos por recortar los lazos energéticos.

El país europeo se ha visto obligado a aumentar las compras de gas natural licuado (GNL) de otros lugares después de que los envíos de Argelia, proveedor de gas desde hace mucho tiempo, disminuyeran a raíz de una disputa diplomática entre las dos naciones. Aunque Rusia ha reducido al mínimo las ventas

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Viridis Bulk Carriers gets DNV’s green light for ammonia-fuelled short sea bulker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Offshore       Energie

Shipping startup Viridis Bulk Carriers has won Approval in Principle (AiP) for its ammonia-fuelled short sea bulk carrier design from the DNV classification society.

Image credit: Viridis Bulk Carriers

The certificate was presented during the Nor-Shipping trade fair at the DNV stand.

The Viridis Bulk Carriers design, developed by Kongsberg Maritime, is for 5,000 dwt short seas vessels that offer a range (3,000 nm) and safety levels equivalent to conventionally fuelled vessels.

An Approval in Principle (AiP) is an independent assessment of a concept within an agreed framework, confirming that the design is feasible, and no significant obstacles exist to prevent the concept from being realized.

“We are delighted with

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MSC and SDARI to Design Ammonia-Fueled Containership

 

 

 

 

 

MSC Washington built in China and delivered in 2022 is the company's first LNG-fueled containership (Yangzijiang Shipyard)

PUBLISHED MAY 18, 2023 1:57 PM BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE

 

 

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is continuing to push forward to the goal of developing possibly the world’s first ammonia-fueled containership. The shipping company, which has reportedly previously ordered ammonia-ready vessels, is participating in a new study to design an ammonia-dual fuel containership.

The project will be led by China State Shipbuilding Company’s Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) along with MAN Energy Solutions and Lloyd’s Register providing the classification and safety audits. A Memorandum of Understanding signed by the companies provides for the technical specification and the associated design documents to be developed. They

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