PROJECTS

Marine coatings leader, Nippon Paint Marine, announced that results from a recent independent study shows that its AQUATERRAS hull coating had no negative impact on the marine life tested – including zero mortality among marine invertebrates – following simulated in-water hull cleaning.

Swiss marine power company WinGD and shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) have agreed to cooperate on future fuel vessel applications with ammonia-fuelled engines.

ABS and Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) kicked off a batch of new, funded research projects with the signing of a research agreement at the Zachry Engineering Education Complex on the Texas A&M University campus.

CMA D. ARGOUDELIS & CO S.A. supports as Bronze Sponsor the research project entitled "A.S.A.T. (Aristotle Space & Aeronautics Team, project Sirius Engine)", showing its confidence in the effort of thestudent team of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

An industrial scale concept for a floating production unit to produce green ammonia has secured Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV, affirming the technical feasibility of the design.

Design and engineering consultancy, Houlder, will participate in the ‘Winds of Change’ project led by Smart Green Shipping (SGS). The project will see an SGS FastRig wing sail retrofitted to a large vessel.

Bureau Veritas a world leader in testing, inspection and certification, in partnership with the Korean Register (KR), has been appointed to lead the project certification of Bada Energy’s Gray Whale 3, a major floating offshore wind farm project in Ulsan, Republic of Korea, that will be a key component of the country’s renewable energy strategy.

​IMO is seeking Lead Pilot Countries (LPCs) to participate in the upcoming GloNoise Partnership project, which aims to address the issue of underwater noise from shipping.