SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipyard HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. said Monday it will build two mid-sized, ammonia-powered ships for the first time in the world. HD Korea Shipbuilding said it will install an ammonia dual-fuel engine in the 45,000-cubic meter liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers, whose order it [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Heavy Industries Co. said Thursday that it has won approval in principle (AIP) for its basic design for LNG or diesel-powered oil tankers that can be revamped into ammonia-fueled ones from DNV, a Norwegian ship quality assurance and risk management company. The shipbuilder’s basic design will be helpful [...]
BUSAN, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A new path has opened up for the production of an eco-friendly ammonia-fueled ship that does not generate any carbon dioxide emissions. The Korean Register of Shipping (KR), a South Korean ship quality assurance and risk management company, recently announced that it had approved the concept of the ‘8K [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. said Tuesday that it has gotten the nod for its ammonia-powered ship from Lloyd’s Register, a British quality assurance and risk management company. Daewoo Shipbuilding plans to commercialize the ammonia-fueled 23,000 TEU container carrier by 2025, the company said in an [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries Co. said Thursday that it has received the go-ahead for its ammonia-powered ships from Lloyd’s Register, a British quality assurance and risk management company. Samsung Heavy Industries plans to commercialize the ammonia-propelled A-Max tanker by 2024 by developing an independently ammonia fuel supply system [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. said Thursday that its shipbuilding unit Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. has obtained the green light for its ammonia-propelled ships from Lloyd’s Register, a British quality assurance and risk management company. Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has been aiming to commercialize the ammonia-propelled ships by 2025 [...]