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Using an abundant, if toxic, resource to power the maritime fleet.	A mature future fuel already in use - but will it become dominant?	Numerous NGOs protested against the IMO earlier this year putting biofuels in its Global Fuel Standard, but the “fuel versus food” debate seems to have been solved by deriving fuels from waste.	Technically the cleanest possible fuel source available to the maritime world and one that has the longest history, dating back to the 1950s. Why is it not in common, non-military use?	LNG is currently the most popular lower carbon fuel, but with bio and e-LNG it could move beyond its current transition fuel status supported by extensive existing infrastructure.
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Boxship newbuilding to Greek operator

2011-11-02T15:24:00+00:00

Container ship operators Danaos Corporation reports that it has recently taken delivery of the 8,350 newbuilding ‘CMA CGM Bianca’, from Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Heavy Industry in China.

The Greek operator says that this latest delivery expands its operational fleet to a total of 58 containerships aggregating 282,619TEU. The CMA CGM Bianca is 335m long, 42.8m wide and has a speed of 25.8 knots. The ship began its 12-year time charter at a fixed charter rate with Danaos immediately upon delivery.