Category: Technology

Mannheim - Climate-neutral marine fuel from wastewater

Mannheim - Climate-neutral marine fuel from wastewater

Gepostet von | 30 Apr 2025 | , , , | 0

The German start-up company ICODOS, a spin-off from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), wants to advance the shipping industry in terms of environmental technology and commissioned the world's first production plant for methanol from the wastewater treatment of a municipal sewage treatment plant in the city on the Rhine and Neckar rivers on 24 March 2025. The demonstration plant uses a patented process to purify the biogas produced and convert it into a climate-neutral marine fuel using green hydrogen. According to IMO estimates, the shipping sector contributes around 3 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions every year. This is because the majority of cargo ships still use propulsion diesel fuelled with heavy fuel oil or marine diesel. The...

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Autonomous seafaring - Anschütz sets standards

Autonomous seafaring - Anschütz sets standards

Gepostet von | 16 Apr 2025 | , , , | 0

Anschütz, the German market leader for navigation and bridge systems, has developed and successfully tested an automatic collision avoidance system (CAS) as part of the Kiel CAPTN initiative (see below for more information). The automation of vehicles in a busy sea area such as the Kiel Fjord posed a particular challenge, the true dimensions of which only become apparent in practical application. During the lengthy series of tests, however, the situation analyses and recommended actions of the CAS coincided with those of the navigators critically accompanying them - a good basis for the further development of autonomous navigation. The CAS is based on an algorithm that analyses the maritime situation using conventional sensor data (radar,...

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Russia - New icebreaker for the Arctic sea route

Russia - New icebreaker for the Arctic sea route

Gepostet von | 2 Apr 2025 | , , | 0

At the JSC Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg, the shipyard, Rosatom as the client and its subsidiary Atomflot as the shipping company, as well as Russian government representatives, celebrated the completion of another large nuclear-powered icebreaker. The commissioning of the "Yakutia" (project 22220) will further advance the strategy of maintaining year-round transit in the Arctic region. It is the fourth nuclear-powered icebreaker of the LK-60Ja class. The government's goal is to expand the group of icebreakers for the Northern Sea Route to 17 ships by 2030 in order to double the total cargo volume from almost 38 million tonnes in 2024 to more than 80 million tonnes. At...

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Climate data 2024: North Sea warmer than ever

Climate data 2024: North Sea warmer than ever

Gepostet von | 1 Apr 2025 | , , | 0

Last year, the North Sea reached its highest temperatures since regular measurements began. The Baltic Sea has also continued to warm. The latest data from the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) shows that the average water temperatures in the North Sea and Baltic Sea last year were significantly higher than the long-term average. The BSH has been determining average temperature values and anomalies since 1968 and has been compiling weekly analyses since 1995. The compiled data shows that the North Sea reached an average of 12.1 degrees, the highest value ever measured. The surface temperature rose by up to 1.5 degrees above the long-term average in...

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Hamburg - New pilot transfer boat arrived

Hamburg - New pilot transfer boat arrived

Gepostet von | 28 Mar 2025 | , , , | 0

The Port of Hamburg is getting two new boats to take the pilots on board incoming and outgoing ships. The first boat, "Hamburg Pilot 3", has now been transferred by sea. The delivery of the "Hamburg Pilot 1" is also planned for this year; both will replace one of the old pilot boats. The pilot transfer vessels will be built at the Estonian shipyard Baltic Workboats AS within a year following a Europe-wide tender. The shipyard has already delivered dozens of almost identical vessels. The chairman of the Hamburg harbour pilots is enthusiastic about the boats, which cost around 3.2 million euros. The boats are completely well thought out, even...

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