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 […]

The BIMCO-chaired Tripartite Joint Industry Working Group (JIWG) has released two new frameworks that are intended to help improve the exchange of operations and emissions data across the maritime industry. In a statement issued today (27 October), the JIWG said the Operational Vessel Data (OVD) and Vessel Emissions Reporting (VER) are both ‘voluntary’ frameworks – so they do not create new reporting obligations but rather ‘provide a common approach that organisations may adopt to support more efficient and consistent data exchange’. The OVD aims to provide a structured format for exchanging operational vessel and fuel-consumption data. It defines common data […]

ABS has recognised HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for completing the Concept Verification stage of New Technology Qualification (NTQ) for a breakerless medium-voltage direct current (MVDC) power system which is intended to maximise energy efficiency. In a statement sent to ship.energy yesterday (26 October), ABS said that the system will ‘enable high-capacity electrification as vessels grow larger and demand higher-power distribution’. Patrick Ryan, ABS Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, commented: ‘Large vessels are asking more of their power systems, and MVDC offers a promising route to higher efficiency and […]