Latest News – Page 140
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NewsSeaspan orders two LNG bunker vessels
Seaspan ULC has signed a shipbuilding contract for the construction of two 7,600m3 LNG bunker vessels, with the option for a third vessel.
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NewsScorpio In League With UK Battery Firm
UK startup Britishvolt will research battery power and storage options for shipping as a result of investment by Monaco-based Scorpio Group.
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NewsDutch Fleet Renewal Picks Up Pace
Versatile Dutch-designed cargo vessel tonnage has attracted further investment by the country’s northern shipowning and shipmanagement community.
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NewsGreen hydrogen: the European Union nails its colours to mast
The European Union’s USD221 billion (EUR210bn) REPowerEU scheme will accelerate the emergence of a hydrogen economy in the EU, while ending the trading bloc’s reliance upon imported Russian hydrocarbons by 2027.
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NewsMetacon delivers milestone ammonia cracker prototype
Metacon’s subsidiary Helbio has delivered a first ammonia cracker prototype to the Norwegian company Pherousa Green Technologies.
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NewsGoodFuels and ITOCHU agree on Asia-Pacific biofuel plan
GoodFuels and ITOCHU Corporation have announced a partnership agreement to scale sustainable marine biofuel availability in Singapore, Japan, and the Asia-Pacific.
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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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NewsFirst zero-emission pusher boat christened
The first zero-emission, fuel-cell powered pusher boat, Elektra, has been christened in Berlin’s Westhafen after almost two years of construction work at the Hermann Barthel GmbH shipyard in Derben.
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NewsScandlines installs rotor sail on hybrid ferry
With the aim of becoming emission-free by 2040, Scandlines has installed a Norsepower Rotor Sail on the Scandlines hybrid ferry, M/V Berlin.
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NewsFAL 46: Single window to become mandatory
The IMO’s Facilitation Committee met from 9 to 13 May (FAL 46) and adopted amendments to the Facilitation (FAL) Convention which will make the single window for data exchange mandatory in ports around the world.
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NewsNeste introduces co-processed marine fuel
Neste is piloting a new Neste Marine™ 0.1 Co-processed marine fuel in Scandinavia with its partner Nordic Marine Oil.
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NewsRenewable energy needs to double to supply shipping
New data from the Fuelling the Fourth Propulsion Revolution indicates that the global shipping industry will require the equivalent of the world’s entire current renewable energy demand in order to replace fossil fuel use.
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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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NewsDiesel-Electric Bulker Boosts Canadian Fleet
Voyaging up the St Lawrence River with cargo for the first time this month, the 25,800dwt Nukumi is an innovative addition to the self-unloader fleet working the eastern Canada and Great Lakes trades.
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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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NewsABC Engines introduces 100% hydrogen combustion engines
Belgium-based ABC Engines’ joint venture company BEH2YDRO launched a 100% hydrogen combustion engine at the World Hydrogen Summit held in Rotterdam in May, and the news was followed by the delivery of a crew transfer vessel powered by a dual-fuel hydrogen engine.
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NewsEPS to install carbon capture system on two tankers
Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has signed a definitive agreement with Rotterdam-based Value Maritime (VM) to install carbon capture and filtering systems on MR tankers Pacific Cobalt and Pacific Gold, with an option to equip three more vessels.
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NewsStrategic Marine orders 50 Caterpillar engines
Strategic Marine has signed a deal with PT Trakindo Utama Singapore Branch, an authorised Caterpillar dealer, for 50 of its C32 ACERT IMO III engines.
