As part of their ongoing commitment to lower the carbon intensity of their operations, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Chevron Shipping Company LLC (Chevron), a subsidiary of Chevron U.S.A. Inc., announced an agreement to install Wind Challenger, a hard sail wind-assisted ship propulsion system developed by MOL and Oshima Shipbuilding together (Note 1), to a new build LNG carrier under long term charter from MOL Encean Pte. Ltd. (MOL’s 100% indirectly owned subsidiary) to Chevron Asia Pacific Shipping Pte. Ltd.
Topic: SHIPPING
BioLNG progressing as a marine fue
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Laying out the cards on LNG as a liner option
As container companies continue a record spell of new ship contracting, fuel choice is a key challenge.
Mapping safety risks for hydrogen-fuelled ships. Study investigating the safety of hydrogen as fuel on ships
This report analyses hydrogen’s main characteristics to frame which safety hazards, system threats and risks to be considered and mitigated when using hydrogen as ship fuel.
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As the world zeroes in on alternative energy sources and products that can deliver power and performance, there are advances that could sway even the most hardened skeptic.
Green challenge: can the shipping industry clean up its act?
James McKenzie looks at the global shipping industry which is making amazing progress on decarbonization
Norway goes big on hydrogen- and ammonia-fuelled ships
Norwegian state-owned Enova selects six projects that will build 15 ships using zero-carbon fuels to advance the value chains for both hydrogen and ammonia as marine fuels
Ammonia toxicity concerns in focus for shipping as Singapore cleans up oil spill
Ammonia toxicity concerns are in focus after an oil spill incident in June at Singapore’s Pasir Panjang Terminal, as the shipping industry doubles down on cleaner fuels for maritime decarbonation with keen interest in risk management and preparedness to deal with future bunker spills.
Brazil charts a course for a clean maritime future with a pivotal seminar
The Energy Transition in the Sea seminar held in Rio de Janeiro in late April marked a major step forward in plans to decarbonize Brazil’s maritime sector.
90 per cent fewer emissions – work on the Baltic Sea’s first green corridor culminates in an historic week
Viking Line’s vessels serving the Turku route will reduce their emissions by 90 per cent when the company runs those vessels for the first time for a whole week solely on biogas.