24 August 2026
According to Bloomberg, an unmanned vessel in Japan will carry out a 380 kilometers voyage. Launching from Tokyo bay the subject containership will head to Ise, a city alongshore of Mie Prefecture. The voyage is scheduled for February of 2022…
Digital Twin Technology: Definition, Misconceptions, Applications, and Challenges arising as such innovative concepts evolve.
The technology group Wärtsilä introduces an upgraded version of its popular and successful Wärtsilä 20DF dual-fuel engine. The new version will deliver increased power output, have a reduced environmental impact, and will feature a lower fuel consumption. It will also…
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced that it has concluded the first shipbuilding contract with Kawasaki Kisen Kaisya Ltd. (K-line) for a new 86,700 m3 liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and liquefied ammonia gas (LAG) carrier powered by LPG fuel. The vessel…
The number of cyberattacks has been booming in the last few years. The maritime industry is not an exemption in this trend, since the past year numerous incidents were reported of such nature, with the highlight being the attack on…
Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines is continuing to explore methods of incorporating wind propulsion into its ships. The company has previously said that it believes wind propulsion would provide benefits and is well suited to its fleet of larger,…
MAN Energy Solutions has won the order to supply the world’s first, low-speed, dual-fuel engine to run on methanol within the container segment. Hyundai (HMD) will construct the 2,100-TEU vessel in Korea for A.P. Møller – Maersk, the global integrator…
The technology group Wärtsilä will provide engine generating sets, which will run on a hydrogen and natural gas blend, for Keppel Offshore & Marine’s (Keppel O&M) ‘Floating Living Lab’ (FLL), the first-of-its-kind offshore floating testbed in Singapore. The order with…
The American company Crowley Maritime Corporation is expected to start the construction and management of the first fully-electric tug boat in the U.S. According to Crowley, the tug boat under the name of eWolf will replace a conventional model which…
Wärtsilä continues to lead in the transformation of the energy and marine transport sector by seeking state-of-the-art carbon-free solutions, through a developing project to establish the fuels of the future. Across advanced testing with various fuels on their engines, the…