The number of Cruise Line Industry Association (CLIA)-member ships operating with multi-fuel engines that can switch from conventional fuels to zero- and near-zero emission fuels both in port and at sea has increased from 19 in 2025 to 30 ships today. The data was published in CLIA’s annual Environmental Technologies and Practices (ETP) report that was released yesterday (16 September). Published annually since 2018, the CLIA report tracks year-over-year fleet data on the adoption of environmental technologies and practices across more than 90% of global oceangoing cruise capacity. In this year’s report, the association noted that based on the August […]

Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to an LNG dual-fuel 85,000 cubic metre liquefied CO₂ carrier which has been developed by CSSC Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI). The vessel features an ‘advanced’ LNG dual-fuel propulsion and power system and a low-pressure cargo containment system, specifically tailored for liquefied CO₂ transportation. The optimised containment configuration is said to help reduce structural stress and manufacturing complexity while mitigating the risks associated with dry ice formation, two-phase flow fluctuations and pressure surges during cargo operations. As explained by BV, by integrating low-carbon propulsion with […]

Berg Propulsion is set to open its own office in Mumbai next year, in a move which it says ‘reflects its growing participation in shipbuilding projects across India’. Scheduled to open on 1 January 2027, the new office will be led by Amrita Singh, Berg Propulsion Account Manager for New Sales, who will take up the post of General Manager. Singh will be supported by Prasenjit Roy, formerly a Commander in the Indian Navy and Programme Manager for Commercial Shipbuilding at GRSE. Singh and Roy have already worked together in the supply of Berg Propulsion packages for two 33.55m electric […]