General News 13-18 – Page 33
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NewsRotterdam is aiming to make its first patrol vessels emission-free from 2025
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has announced plans to make its first patrol vessels emission-free from 2025, with the aim of significantly lowering emissions from operations at the port.
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NewsMEPC78 fails to agree on revised GHG targets
The 78th session of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) met from 6-10 June but failed to reach agreement on more ambitious GHG targets or on the establishment of the International Maritime Research Board (IMRB) and International Maritime Research Fund (IMRF).
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NewsINTERCARGO: Governments must share the load
It would be a mistake to place responsibility for meeting IMO’s zero emission shipping targets fully on the shoulders of the shipping industry, warns INTERCARGO, as the IMO’s MEPC 78 debates steps to meet IMO ambitions for zero emission shipping by 2050 this week.
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NewsTanker JIP outlines medium-term options
Shipyard Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD), ship service company Hyundai Global Service (HGS), and classification society DNV presented the results of a joint industry project (JIP) focused on tankers at a joint technical seminar during Posidonia 2022.
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NewsGasum investigates making biogas from cargo ship wastewater
Gasum aims to determine the volume of wastewater ending up in the Baltic Sea and to study the potential to use it in biogas production as part of the Ship Waste Action project.
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NewsPolar Code inspection campaign starts 13 June
The Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MoU) will launch an inspection campaign to verify compliance with the requirements of the Polar Code starting 13 June.
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NewsEuropean stakeholders propose amendments to FuelEU Maritime
European shipowners and fuel suppliers (ECSA, EWABA, eFuel Alliance, the Advanced Biofuels Coalition and GoodFuels) have called for amendments to the EU’s FuelEU Maritime proposal to ensure that fuels suppliers are responsible for making cleaner fuels available in sufficient quantities.
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NewsSvitzer sets carbon neutral goal
Svitzer, leading global towage operator and part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, has today unveiled its decarbonisation strategy that will see the company become fully carbon neutral by 2040.
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NewsIntermanager: record all enclosed space deaths
Following another fatal accident in an enclosed space onboard a ship, InterManager has hit out at the shipping industry’s inadequate reporting of serious and fatal accidents.
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NewsFirst Korean reference for Nippon Paint Marine’s FASTAR coating
KSS Line has applied Nippon Paint Marine’s FASTAR® coating to the hulls of a pair of LPG carriers, becoming the first South Korean shipowner to apply the novel nano-type antifouling paint to existing tonnage.
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NewsParis MoU plans CIC on cargo securing
The Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MoU) held its 55th Committee meeting in Bucharest, Romania, last week and added cargo securing to its list of upcoming Concentrated Inspection Campaigns (CIC).
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NewsGreen corridor cluster alliance
Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub and partners are launching an alliance to develop a green corridor cluster beginning with intra-Asia container trade
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NewsEuropean ferries urged to take up shore power
European ports and Interferry have agreed to prioritise onshore power for the ferry sector
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NewsNew tool evaluates hull coating effect on CII
Jotun has developed a new digital tool that demonstrates the positive effect of hull coatings on Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) and vessel efficiency.
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NewsOCIMF releases new study on ship-to-ship transfers
The Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) has published a new study analysing ship-to-ship transfers under varying environmental conditions.
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NewsEU commits to “polluter-pays” principle for ETS
European shipowners (ECSA) have welcomed the European Parliament’s commitment to enforce the polluter-pays principle, by ensuring the mandatory pass-through of the ETS costs to the commercial operators of the vessels through contractual clauses.
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NewsGensets approved for sustainable fuel use
Rolls-Royce has approved its mtu diesel engines for use with sustainable fuels without the need for modification
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NewsAqualung Carbon Capture eyes maritime market
Aqualung Carbon Capture, a manufacturer of in membrane CO2 capture and separation technology, has completed a new equity investment from key strategic partners including Global Ship Lease, Golar LNG, MKS Pamp and Standard Lithium.
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NewsPoseidon Principles for Marine Insurers looks beyond promoting GHG transparency
The introduction of Poseidon Principles into the marine insurance market will have wider reaching effects than simply promoting greenhouse gas emissions transparency, as Patrizia Kern, Chair, Poseidon Principles for Marine Insurance (PPMI) explained in London.
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NewsAllianz: Shipping losses fall
Allianz has released its Safety & Shipping Review 2022 indicating that 54 large ships were lost worldwide last year.
