The plug-in hybrid vessel features a battery pack weighing 65 tonnes that can be recharged in one hour.
Service experience gathered after 50,000 hours of cumulative operation has ironed all teething issues.
Obtains type approval certificate from DNV-GL; to become first domestic manufacturer of such systems.
M/V Paolo Topic being constructed at Onomichi Dockyard in Japan, to be managed by Marfin Management.
Starts initiative to remove and convert non-recyclable plastics from North Sea to bunkers for fishing fleet.
No long-term solution without new low and no-carbon fuels for maritime use, says World Shipping Council.
‘A massive milestone that highlights the success of the dual-fuel strategy we have laid over the past decade.’
Reduces emissions, including upstream production and transportation, by 85% compared to bunker fuel.
Guidelines specifically targeting use of methylene, ethylene, alcohol, and LPG as alternative marine fuel.
More than 70 delegates heard from stakeholders on the benefits of methanol as a marine fuel at Athens.
