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For an industry more used to stacking boxes for efficiency than festivity, the UK’s Cuboid Self Storage has given shipping containers a seasonal makeover by unveiling what it claims is the world’s largest advent calendar made entirely from containers. The firm has transformed a towering stack of boxes into a giant, countdown-to-Christmas display, with each …
https://splash247.com/containers-turn-festive-as-cuboid-builds-worlds-biggest-advent-calendar/
https://splash247.com/containers-turn-festive-as-cuboid-builds-worlds-biggest-advent-calendar/Pierre Aury gives readers a renewable fuels guide. As the International Maritime Organization has decided to postpone by one year the approval of its proposed Net Zero Framework (NZF) we have decided to use that opportunity to try to cast some light on what renewable fuels, biofuels, and e-fuels are. Between the EU Emissions Trading …
https://splash247.com/understanding-biofuels-and-e-fuels/
https://splash247.com/understanding-biofuels-and-e-fuels/A South Korean company has shown off its recently patented design for a bunkering vessel that can deliver multiple fuels. Sun Comprehensive Energy’s bunker vessel can deliver LNG, methanol, ammonia, and hydrogen from a single ship – fuels that have very different densities and temperatures. Kang Pyeong-ho, CEO of Sun Comprehensive Energy, said, “The platform …
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https://splash247.com/single-vessel-promises-all-in-one-bunkering/Norsepower has won the contract to install rotor sails on a pair of methanol-fuelled VLCCs in a world-first for shipping. Japan’s Idemitsu Tanker first revealed its contract to build these new-look ships in May this year, signing with Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) and Nihon Shipyard for the tankers, costing $135m each. Today, it was …
https://splash247.com/norsepower-wins-contract-to-install-rotor-sails-on-two-japanese-vlccs/
https://splash247.com/norsepower-wins-contract-to-install-rotor-sails-on-two-japanese-vlccs/Jinhui Shipping & Transportation has sold another ageing supramax as it continues to refresh its fleet. The Oslo-listed, Hong Kong-based owner confirmed it has agreed to divest the 2012-built 56,361 dwt Jin Bi in a $14.4m deal with Hong Kong buyer Xing Le Investments. Delivery is scheduled between December 15, 2025, and January 30, 2026. …
https://splash247.com/jinhui-cashes-in-on-ageing-supramax-as-fleet-overhaul-rolls-on/
https://splash247.com/jinhui-cashes-in-on-ageing-supramax-as-fleet-overhaul-rolls-on/Floatel International has selected Semco Maritime’s Hanøytangen facility outside Bergen in Norway, to perform a series of modifications and service works on the Floatel Endurance rig ahead of an upcoming contract on the Norwegian Continental…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/semco-maritime-work-floatel-endurance-rig-533036
https://www.marinelink.com/news/semco-maritime-work-floatel-endurance-rig-533036Global energy and marine consultancy ABL has partnered up with Egypt’s Petroleum Marine Services (PMS) to introduce a unified rig moving service in the Red Sea and Gulf of Suez, with the support of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/abl-pms-set-rig-moving-partnership-red-533037
https://www.marinelink.com/news/abl-pms-set-rig-moving-partnership-red-533037Fincantieri has signed a memorandum of understanding with Italy’s metalworker unions to establish a new framework governing its production model and supply-chain contracting system, marking the conclusion of a process launched at the beginning…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/fincantieri-inks-supplychain-production-533041
https://www.marinelink.com/news/fincantieri-inks-supplychain-production-533041Nippon Paint Marine has signed a technical collaboration agreement with Lloyd’s Register Advisory to assess long-term speed-loss performance of its FASTAR and AQUATERRAS hull coatings in service.Lloyd’s Register Advisory, which provides independent ship-performance consultancy…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/nippon-paint-marine-taps-lloyds-register-533043
https://www.marinelink.com/news/nippon-paint-marine-taps-lloyds-register-533043Methanol is emerging as a practical alternative fuel for deep-sea shipping as engines and technical systems reach high readiness levels, but high costs and limited supply continue to constrain wider adoption, classification society DNV said…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/dnv-methanol-emerging-scalable-marine-533045
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