Tag: world’s first

Tokyo-based Asahi Tanker Co., Ltd. has placed orders for two of the world’s first zero-emission electric-powered tankers, to powered completely by large-capacity lithium ion batteries, the company announced. 

The world's first commercial autonomous fleet to be launched by Ocean Infinity will feature hybrid-electric propulsion and power plant system, consisting of a combination of batteries and diesel-generators. 

German propulsion company, SCHOTTEL has been awarded a contract to supply Dutch Royal Niestern Sander with thrusters concerning world’s first shallow-draught icebreaking vessel.

FURE VEN, a dual-fuel vessel owned and operated by Swedish chemical tanker operator Furetank, has become the first non-US flagged vessel to bunker LNG in a US port, building confidence in the case for LNG as an attractive solution for international trading vessels in the country. 

NYK Line, the classification society Class NK and the power systems provider IHI Power Systems inked an agreement in order to set the world's first ammonia-fueled tugboat into practical use.

DNV GL announced it has completed the world’s first in-water remote ship surveys using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). The three surveys took place on three separate Wilson ASA-managed vessels with the first having been completed on the Wilson Fedje in December 2019 by a surveyor from Høvik. 

DNV GL announced it has completed the world’s first in-water remote ship surveys using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). The three surveys took place on three separate Wilson ASA-managed vessels with the first having been completed on the Wilson Fedje in December 2019 by a surveyor from Høvik. 

A Japanese consortium is working to conduct test operations and measurements for a small scale ship-based CO2 capture demonstration plant. Under the name "Carbon Capture on the Ocean" (CC-Ocean), the project seeks to achieve CO2 capture at sea in a world's first.

On 7 July, Damen Song Cam Shipyard in Vietnam, hosted a keel laying ceremony concerning a fully electric tug vessel that Damen is constructing for the Ports of Auckland.

Wärtsilä, in cooperation with Knutsen OAS Shipping AS and Repsol, and the Sustainable Energy Catapult Centre, will start the world’s first long term, full-scale, testing of ammonia as a fuel in a marine four-stroke combustion engine.