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Algoma and Furetank Establish Product Tanker Joint Venture
Canadian shipping company Algoma Central Corporation announced it has entered into a joint venture agreement with Furetank AB of Sweden to construct four dual-fuel ice class 1A 17,999 DWT climate friendly product tankers to trade in Northern Europe. The 50/50 joint venture will be named FureBear.The tankers will be constructed at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Yangzhou, China, with delivery expected between 2023 and 2025.
New Tanker Ship Design Reportedly Hits IMO 2050 Emission Targets Using Fossil Fuels
RINA issues an Approval in Principle (AiP) of Swedish designer FKAB Marine Design’s hydrogen powered MR Tanker, the first AiP of a design using currently viable technology and fuels that achieves IMO 2050 targets. Conceived by the class society and designed by FKAB, the propulsion is based on combining the ship’s fuel (LNG) with steam to produce hydrogen and CO2. The MR LNG/hydrogen-fuelled vessel…
RINA Grants AIP for Hydrogen-powered MR Tanker
Classification society RINA said it has granted approval in principle (AIP) for a hydrogen-powered MR tanker designed by FKAB Marine Design using currently viable technology and fuels that achieves IMO 2050 targets.Conceived by the class society and designed by FKAB, the propulsion is based on combining the ship’s fuel (LNG) with steam to produce hydrogen and CO2. The MR LNG/hydrogen-fuelled vessel…
