2021's top stories in Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery

Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery readers have been looking to Singapore in a big way in 2021. The first sign of the trend cropped up early in 2021, with readers’ interests piqued by ABS bringing in ExxonMobil and MAN to assess the potential of ammonia as a marine fuel within Singapore’s bunkering supply chain.

In fact, Singapore’s impact on maritime has proved so profound in 2021 that Marine Propulsion’s editor pointed to the city-state as a harbinger of things to come in the industry writ large.

Elsewhere in the maritime propulsion world, our readers, as they are wont to do, avidly followed emerging fuels and engine technologies, with some of the most read stories featuring development of hydrogen engines as well as retractable bow foil-assisted vessels.

To read each story in full, click on the headline, the image or the link at the end of the text.

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1. ABS study enlists ExxonMobil, MAN to assess ammonia supply chain in Singapore

Taking an in-depth look at the ammonia bunkering race, class society ABS said it will work with Nanyang Technological University Singapore, and the Ammonia Safety and Training Institute to "assess safety protocols and probe for possible gaps in the bunkering supply chain for ammonia as a marine fuel".

Initial partners in the study are to include ExxonMobil, Hoegh LNG, MAN Energy Solutions Singapore, Jurong Port, PSA Singapore and ITOCHU Group, an ABS statement said.

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2. MHI tests pure hydrogen gas engine

Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd is conducting tests on a pure hydrogen gas engine based on its four-stroke diesel and gas engine technology.

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3. Maritime’s future: look to Singapore

 

If you want to gauge the pulse of the current maritime market, look to Singapore. If you want to see the maritime industry’s future, look to Singapore, says editor, John Snyder.

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4. Using retractable ‘wings’ to cut fuel consumption by 10%

Known for embracing innovation that promotes sustainability, Norway’s Liegruppen ordered a purse seiner that could be the first with new fuel-saving, retractable bow foils.

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5. Engine development at ABC shaped by sustainability

Belgian engine manufacturer ABC is supplying the power for a new ‘green’ oceanographic research vessel, while it continues development of a hydrogen engine.

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