Shipping is faced with the need to meet the IMO’s ambition to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. With this in mind, an important project is underway in Norway to further develop fuel cell technology to enable the use of different fuels, as one method for addressing the IMO’s challenge.
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Signing an ambitious and comprehensive MOU, the two companies will exchange expertise and competency to improve existing technology and service areas, along with looking for new opportunities to shape the future of the maritime industry.
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In an annual editorial on the ship recycling business, Dr. Nikos Mikelis, non-executive director of cash buyer GMS, analyzes the European Union’s ship recycling regulation and reviews possible future improvements. He also discusses the role of the Hong Kong Convention and groups like the NGO Shipbreaking Platform in global recycling activity, as well as various legal developments in the industry.
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DNV GL Maritime has released its second Maritime Forecast to 2050, part of a suite of energy transition outlook (ETO) reports launched Sept. 10, 2018 in London. The forecast provides an independent forecast of the maritime energy future and examines how the energy transition will affect the shipping industry. Following the 2017 report, the new Maritime Forecast to 2050 focuses
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Copenhagen/Hamburg, Mar. 9, 2018—Classification society DNV GL has announced the launch of a joint development project (JDP) designed to advance the understanding of the use of lithium-ion batteries in the shipping industry. More than a dozen partners from the entire value chain have joined the initiative including flag states, research institutions, battery and propulsion suppliers, fire detection and extinguishing system
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