Environmental

China’s Shanghai Marine Diesel Engine Research Institute (SMDERI) has unveiled its inhouse developed ‘special’ fans for use with exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS), which is expected to rise in demand come 2020.

CMA CGM has inked a deal with Total for it to supply LNG for containerships operating between the Med and Asia with bunkering in Marseille and Singapore.

Scrubber retrofits have taken out some 839,100 teu of containership capacity, or 3.6% of the fleet, according to analyst Alphaliner.

As the possibility of ammonia providing zero emission fuel for shipping grows Lloyd’s Register (LR), MAN Energy Solutions and Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Corp (DSIC) have collaborated on an ammonia-fuelled ultra-large containership (ULCS) design.

India, one of the world’s largest ship breaking nations, has become the 15th state to accede to the Hong Kong Convention.

Wärtsilä Corporation has inked a license and co-operation agreement for future sales and servicing of Silverstream’s air lubrication system.