Envision has provided green ammonia for the bunkering of the Terra Clove, the world’s first Very Large Ammonia Carrier (VLAC) equipped with dual-fuel ammonia propulsion and operated by Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS). As reported by ship.energy, on 22 October the vessel was named at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in Ulsan, South Korea. The 93,000 cubic metre (cbm) capacity VLAC is EPS’ first ammonia dual-fuelled vessel and the first ammonia dual-fuelled commercial newbuild vessel to be registered under the Singapore Registry of Ships (SRS). It is equipped with Everllence’s first commercial ammonia dual-fuelled two-stroke marine engine, which completed factory acceptance […]

Maritime efficiency company Silverstream has joined the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Centre for Zero Carbon Shipping as a Mission Ambassador and will contribute its engineering and operational expertise to the Centre’s work on energy efficiency technologies. Commenting on the announcement, Bo Cerup-Simonsen, CEO of the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, said: ‘Reaching zero emissions in shipping will require innovative thinking and a mix of technologies and reducing the energy ships need in the first place makes every pathway to zero more achievable. We are pleased to welcome Silverstream as a Mission Ambassador and look forward to drawing on […]

Wärtsilä has announced that it has completed the conversion of one engine on three LNG carriers operated by Chevron Transport Corporation from dual-fuel (DF) to spark gas (SG) operation. In a statement sent to ship.energy today (3 November), Wärtsilä said that this conversion will help to reduce the amount of un-combusted methane that can escape into the atmosphere as a result of using the LNG fuel. The converted engines use spark ignition with an electrically controlled pre-combustion chamber valve, rather than diesel pilot fuel, to initiate combustion – which Wärtsilä  says ‘enables a more optimised combustion process’. Wärtsilä  added that: […]