Tag: world’s first

A partnership between Finnish technology group Wartsila and Grieg Edge, the innovation hub of Norwegian shipping group Grieg Star, has received funding support by the Norwegian government of 46.3 million NOK (4.4 million EUR), to build the world's first green ammonia-fueled tanker. 

The first ever LNG bunkering took place on the Great Lakes area last week, when the MV Damia Desgagnés, carrying a load of asphalt, docked at the Port of Hamilton’s Pier 22 to refuel before departing for Detroit. 

World’s first fully-electric handling tug was recently launched into the water at Song Cam Shipyard in Vietnam, on December 4, as Damen reported.

Korean Register (KR) and DSME have achieved the world’s first ship to ship (STS) LNG loading for gas trial. The SM JEJU LNG2 has supplied LNG in the STS gas-trial to a 173.400 cbm LNG carrier.

Port of Singapore hosted the world’s first CE-Certified 3D printed lifting tool delivery, through the Wilhelmsen thyssenkrupp AM fulfillment platform.

Global energy and commodity pricing service Argus Media along with the classification society DNV GL, joined forcers and launched industry's first online platform for green ammonia.

The technology group Wärtsilä along with Brazil-based offshore operator, CBO, joined forces for Latin America’s first hybrid vessel upgrade initiative.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, ABS issued a guide for 'Mitigation of Infectious Disease Transmission On Board Marine and Offshore Assets', including an industry's first introduction of a notation indicating compliance with the standards.

The world's first blade walk by a robot on an offshore wind turbine took place in UK in mid-October, when the six-legged inspect-and-repair robot BladeBUG repeatedly scaled blades at ORE Catapult’s 7MW Levenmouth Demonstration turbine off the coast of Fife.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the major disruption that has brought within cruising, Viking Line completed installation of the first full-scale PCR laboratory at sea.