Tag: world’s first

MOL held a ceremony on October 24 for the maiden port of call in Newcastle, Australia of the SHOFU MARU, the world’s first coal carrier equipped with the Wind Challenger.

Marubeni conducted a trial voyage on one of its chartered vessels using a marine biofuel blend, from Vlissingen, the Netherlands to Morgan's Point, Texas, USA. This is the first biofuel supply to an ethylene carrier in the world.

MOL and Tohoku Electric Power announced that a coal carrier equipped with Wind Challenger - a hard sail wind power propulsion system - was delivered and started operation on October 7, 2022.

The autonomous passenger ferry milliAmpere 2 is now running shuttle traffic across the main channel in Trondheim until mid-October. The public can us the ship during the trial period and test the new technology.

BW Ideol and Centrale Nantes welcome the launch of the world’s first offshore hydrogen production unit which will be powered by BW Ideol’s floating offshore wind turbine operating successfully off France’s west coast since 2018.

LR and Liberian International Ship and Corporate Registry (LISCR) have awarded Design Approval to Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) for the development of the world’s first 30,000cbm liquefied carbon dioxide carrier.

ABS granted approval in principle (AIP) to CSSC Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding and China Ship Design & Research Center (CSDC) for the world’s first methanol-powered Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier.

Freudenberg ePower Systems received ‘Type Approval’ by RINA, for a methanol-operated fuel cell system that makes it possible to operate ocean-going vessels in a climate-neutral way.

During SMM 2022, the recently established Norwegian cruise venture and Portuguese shipbuilder West Sea signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) for the construction of the Northern Xplorer’s maiden vessel, which is said to be the world's first zero-emission cruise ship with expected delivery at the start of the 2025/2026 cruise season.

Yara and Northern Lights have signed the world’s first commercial agreement on cross border CO2 transport and storage. This opens the market for cross border CO2 transport and storage as a service.