2022年上半年，对于Silverstream Technologies来说无疑是忙碌而收获颇丰的半年。我们在合作伙伴建立、系统安装与实施、公司品牌建设等方面多点发力，实现了新突破并获得了让人眼前一亮的成绩；展望未来，我们将继续致力于推广Silverstream®空气润滑系统，使其成为未来行业标准运用，以实现航运业全面脱碳的远大目标。
看点一/ 合作与安装协议
今年上半年我们发布了几条关于新合作项目的重要新闻。
4月，我们宣布与马来西亚海洋和重型工程Sdn Bhd (MMHE)达成战略协议，以帮助Silverstream®系统在船只改造领域得到更好的推广，并开放与MMHE之间的信息和知识共享。
MMHE是亚洲著名的液化天然气运输船LNG维修船厂之一，在为各种重型工程设施和船舶提供能源和海洋解决方案方面拥有超过45年的经验。
根据协议，我们将联合推广Silverstream®系统和其他配套产品及服务，MMHE已成为Silverstream®空气润滑系统的授权安装合作伙伴。此举将深化我们与液化天然气运输船市场以及亚洲市场的联系。
此后不久，我们还分享了Silverstream与Klaveness Combination Carriers（KCC）达成合作协议的消息。多达11艘KCC船只将安装最新的Silverstream系统，其中包括3艘CABU II级和8艘CLEANBU级船舶。
此次合作将为航运业带来一种开创性的解决方案。该改造项目将于2023年初正式开工，预计需两年时间完成。与同类交易模式下的标准油轮或散货船相比，KCC的组合船舶在装载Silverstream系统后，吨英里二氧化碳排放量将减少约40%。
看点二/ 聚焦企业荣光
今年上半年来自公司端的新闻也源源不断。3月，我们任命Gaztransport & Technigaz(GTT)的商业副总裁David Colson为我们的董事会成员。
Colson先生在向造船厂提供技术许可方面拥有丰富的商业经验，特别是在中国和韩国市场，他将助力Silverstream深化与这一全球最重要的造船地区的合作关系。
同月，Silverstream获得了行业领先的挪威船级社DNV颁发的ISO9001:2015质量管理体系认证，这项认证涵盖多项公司质量管理流程，包括客户管理、领导能力、团队管理，以及企业可持续发展等方面，也使Silverstream成为全球100多万家获得该体系认证的公司之一。
Silverstream还凭借与壳牌集团就Methane Patricia Camila的合作项目，摘得了工程师协作创新奖外卡奖。该奖项认可了Silverstream的清洁技术在绿色航运中的重要作用，同时也表彰了我们在安装过程中的艰苦工作及辛劳付出。
看点三/ 行业有力发声者
我们也从未停止就清洁技术和行业脱碳在业内发声。
登载在Cruise Business、Maritime Executive、Lloyd’s List、信德海事中的头条文章，以及《金融时报》等媒体令人兴奋的报道，继续验证了人们对于航运脱碳以及Silverstream独特的清洁技术日益增长的兴趣。
随着全球旅行限制的逐步开放，我们也很荣幸能再次在Nor-Shipping和Posidonia与众多业内同僚沟通交流。未来，我们期待能更多地参加各类全球行业会议。
对于2022 年上半年取得的成绩，我们感到非常自豪和兴奋，同时对于下半年更是无比期待。希望能与更多业内伙伴开展合作，并获得更多的机会来推进我们对于航运脱碳的伟大愿景。
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2022 Half Year Progress update
It’s certainly been a busy first half of the year at Silverstream Technologies. The last few months have seen more agreements and partnerships signed, more vessels with our technology on the water, a brand-new website, and much more; all to help advance our vision of air lubrication as a standard on vessels across the global fleet.
Now that we’re halfway through 2022, we wanted to focus on some of the highlights from the last few months and bring everyone up to speed with our current efforts to support more owners and operators to adopt the Silverstream® System.
Partnerships and installation agreements
Most importantly, the first part of the year has seen several major announcements about our technology and partnership initiatives.
In April, we announced a strategic agreement with Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Sdn Bhd (MMHE) to facilitate retrofit opportunities of the Silverstream® System, as well as allow for collaboration, information and knowledge sharing between us and MMHE.
MMHE, one of the most prominent LNGC repair yards in Asia, has more than 45 years’ experience in delivering energy and marine solutions for a wide range of heavy engineering facilities and vessels.
Under the agreement we are already performing joint promotion of the Silverstream® System and other complementary products and services, and MMHE has become an approved installation provider of our technology. This move will see us deepen our links to the LNG market and to Asia.
Then, not long after, we shared the news that Silverstream had reached an agreement with Klaveness Combination Carriers (KCC) to install an innovative new version of our technology on up to 11 of KCC’s vessels, including three CABU II class and eight CLEANBU class vessels.
The deal moves us further into a new, innovative segment of the global fleet. The retrofit installations will commence in early 2023 and take two years to complete. With their capability to carry both liquid and dry cargo and other design improvements, KCC’s vessels emit up to 40% less CO2 per ton-mile compared to standard tanker or bulk carriers in similar trading patterns – a high performance benchmark that will be boosted by the installation of the Silverstream® System.
Scaling and recognition
Our corporate news has also flowed thick and fast this year. In March, we appointed David Colson, Commercial VP, Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) to our Board of Directors.
David has extensive commercial experience in the licensing of technology to shipyards, particularly in Korea and China, as well as invaluable knowledge of owners’ and charterers’ specific requirements, and he will help to deepen our links to the world’s most important shipbuilding region.
Meanwhile, the same month also saw Silverstream be awarded ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System certification which recognises a number of quality management principles including strong customer focus, leadership capabilities, the engagement of teams and staff, and the processes in place to ensure continual improvement.
Being awarded ISO 9001:2015 certification by DNV, one of the industry’s leading class societies, brought Silverstream into a group of more than one million companies worldwide that are certified.
We also were jointly awarded The Engineer’s Collaborate to Innovate Wildcard Award for our partnership with Shell on the Methane Patricia Camila. The award recognised our technology’s environmental credentials and the hard work needed to make the installation a reality.
Continuing to be a part of the industry’s conversations
We have also not stopped in our efforts to communicate our views on clean technology and decarbonisation to the market. Headline articles in Cruise Business, Maritime Executive, Lloyd’s List, XinDe Marine News and, excitingly, being featured in the Financial Times, amongst others, continue to prove the growing interest in maritime decarbonisation and in our technology as a solution.
We have also enjoyed reengaging with colleagues from across the industry at Nor-Shipping and Posidonia, as well as a host of other conferences and meetings now that travel restrictions are easing.
We’re extremely proud and excited by the progress we have made in 2022 so far. We’re looking forward to what lies ahead for the rest of this year, with more partnerships, fleet deals and collaborations to announce, and more opportunities to advance our vision of a decarbonised maritime industry to come.
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