Leading tanker shipping company Stena Bulk unveiled its concept InfinityMAX hybrid bulk carrier design for zero-carbon, multi-modal shipping. The InfinityMAX concept, which is designed to carry both dry and wet cargoes in modular compartments, is built with several new core principles that, accumulatively, represent a paradigm shift in cargo transportation. The ultra-flexible, zero-emissions design has been created in response to the huge challenges that the global shipping industry must overcome in the coming decades. The design envisions a world in which the shipping industry plays a crucial role in supplying the world with renewable energy, chemicals, materials, and consumables for its never-ending needs. In a proposed advancement that could be considered as impactful as containerization was for intermodal freight trade, the creation of standardized and modular cargo units that can carry dry bulk, liquid bulk or liquified gas products—such as methane, hydrogen or ammonia—will significantly streamline the process of […]