英国船舶技术提供商Smart Green Shipping启动了一项耗资5百万英镑的项目，将研发全自动风力海上航行技术FastRigs及其配套的数字路线分析软件TradeWind，旨在更好地利用风能作为辅助能源，为航运业减排。来自英国可再生能源公司Drax、英国港口Peel Ports和劳氏船级社LR的行业工作者均参与了这项为期三年的合作研发项目。FastRigs技术可与现役商船队中多达4万艘的船只兼容，能降低至少20%的燃料消耗并减少温室气体排放。TradeWind软件则是通过优化数据采集系统和船舶航线，在降低燃料消耗的同时保证船舶能在指定时间到达港口。

Smart Green Shipping has launched a £5m research and development project for its fully automated FastRigs wing sail technology and digital routing software that will harness the power of wind to deliver major fuel and emissions savings for the shipping industry. Collaborative three-year R&D project brings together major industry players including Drax, Peel Ports and Lloyd's Register. The FastRig automated sail technology is compatible with up to 40,000 ships currently operating in the merchant fleet and can deliver at least 20% fuel savings and associated GHG reductions. The TradeWind tool optimizes data gathering and a vessels routing to minimize fuel consumption and arrive at a port at a designated time.

拥有最大集装箱船队的MSC正在进行新船用燃料测试。在此前的一项演示中，他们使用了替代燃料公司Quadrise fuels International（QFI）使用混合技术开发的燃料。近日，QFI开发了一种增强型乳化合成重油——多相超细雾化残渣（MSAR），声称它含有约30%的水和不到1%的化学物质，可通过添加40%的可再生甘油，减少25%以上的二氧化碳排放。根据塞浦路斯MSC船舶管理公司与Quadrise签署的新协议，他们将继续对这些燃料进行概念验证和运营试验。假设成功，MSC将对接发动机制造商，与Quadrise合作为其供应商业燃料。

MSC, which has the largest containership fleet, is embarking on new tests for fuels as the shipping industry continues. Among their efforts was a previous demonstration of fuels developed using a blending technology from Quadrise Fuels International (QFI) . Recently, Quadrise has developed an enhanced emulsified synthetic heavy fuel oil that it calls MSAR (Multiphase Superfine Atomised Residue) which it says contains approximately 30 percent water and less than 1 percent chemicals. They report that by adding 40 percent renewable glycerine they achieve over a 25 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. Under a new agreement between Quadrise and MSC Shipmanagement Limited of Cyprus, the in-house management company for MSC’s containership fleet, they will proceed with proof-of-concept tests and subsequent operational trials. Assuming success, MSC will seek approval from the engine manufacturers and working with Quadrise will develop a commercial supply of the fuel for its fleet.