Berge Bulk has retrofitted a 2018-bilt Newcastlemax bulk ore carrier Berge Olympus with four large sails. They can be seen in the picture here. It’s pretty impressive. Expected savings are 6 tonnes of fuel and 20 tonnes of CO2 per day. The installation was done during the ship’s first special survey, in China.
The ship trades the Brazil to China route carrying iron ore.
Paul Bartlett Oct 17, 2023
Berge Bulk capesize sail installation expected to clock up double-digit savings
Slow steaming is a good way to save on fuel costs and meet the new IMO requirements. So ships have slowed down. But I was amazed at the graph below, showing a trend for quite a while.
Slowing down is an important way of cutting CO2 emissions from fuel oil. It also implies that more ships are needed to meet planned sailings on a scheduled route. It’s a deliberate reduction of individual ship ‘productivity’, since fewer paid cargo-carrying trips can be made in a year. But it may be a better fit with the demand for shipments right now, and it might result in fuller vessels.
We should remember that slow steaming will not eliminate CO2 emissions problems; it’s a stopgap at best. New types of power with very low or zero emissions through their life cycle well-to-wake must be developed. The investments have to be made.
Sam Chambers October 2, 2023
Bulk carriers and containerships moving at slowest speeds on record this year
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The Copenhagen-based Global Maritime Forum (GMF) has completed a study that concludes ammonia-powered gas carriers could compete effectively as soon as 2026.
The findings are based on a route from the US Gulf Coast to northwestern Europe. The route has been approved in principle by DNV, a classification society and expert in assurance and risk management. The ship would fuel only in the US, and make the most of subsidies from the US government via the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and the EU’s Fit for 55 measures. So, not subsidy-free!
The design is completed and could be used for a shipyard tender.
Gas carriers are important today because of the Ukraine War sanctions and actions by the EU to eliminate gas imported from Russia. The EU is now a prominent destination for US export gas.
Paul Bartlett | Sep 01, 2023
Ammonia-fuelled gas carriers could compete effectively by 2026
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Tagged Ammonia-powered gas carriers, Ammonia-powered ships, DNV classification society, EU gas import from Russia, EU's Fit for 55 measures, Gas carriers study, Global Maritime Forum (GMF), innovation, Logistics, ocean shipping, sustainability, Sustainability initiatives, technology, US export gas to the EU, US Gulf Coast to Northwestern Europe route
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