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2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

MAN Energy Solutions has announced the successful first running of a test engine on ammonia at its Research Centre Copenhagen (RCC). The company reports that the successful combustion was performed on a…

13th July 2023

Groundbreaking First AEngine Test Completed

13th July 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mercator Media is launching a new conference, Green Ports & Shipping Congress, to bring together shipowners, suppliers and port operators to encourage and promote collaboration. The conference recognises that many of the problems related to decarbonising…

13th July 2023

Mercator to launch new conference to break down silos between ports and shipowners

13th July 2023

HYDROGEN

HYDROGEN

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) released a revised Energy Strategy at the beginning of July, earmarking investments of up to US$54 billion into the country’s renewables sector by 2030. Among the projects, the…

13th July 2023

UAE increases hydrogen ambitions in revised Energy Strategy

13th July 2023

REGULATION

REGULATION

The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) has welcomed the IMO’s confirmation that bunker delivery notes are acceptable in both paper and digital form.

12th July 2023

e-Bunker delivery notes confirmed as acceptable

12th July 2023

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

An innovative ammonia-fuelled containership design from Korea Maritime Consultants Co., Ltd. (KOMAC) was granted Approval in Principle (AIP) by ABS in May 2023.

12th July 2023

ABS AiP for NH3-fuelled containership design

12th July 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Evergreen Shipping’s subsidiary Evergreen Marine (Asia) has placed an order with Samsung Heavy Industries for 16 x 16,000 teu container vessel newbuildings, and a separate order for 8 x 16,000 teu with Japan’s…

12th July 2023

SHI lands 16 x MeOH-fuelled 16,000 teu order from Evergreen

12th July 2023

REGULATION

REGULATION

Proposals to designate the Canadian Arctic, the North-East Atlantic Ocean and the remaining Norwegian coast not already covered by existing ECAs as Emissions Control Areas are likely to be submitted to the IMO’s next…

12th July 2023

New ECA proposals to be submitted at MEPC 81

12th July 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

The first low-pressure ME-GA engine has successfully completed LNG gas trials in South Korea, MAN ES has announced.

12th July 2023

First ME-GA engine completes gas trials

12th July 2023

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

This week the European Parliament will formalise two important port regulations on alt fuels and shore power.

11th July 2023

European ports express trepidation over shore power regulations

11th July 2023

HYDROGEN

HYDROGEN

RWE, Mitsui and the UK’s Port of Tilbury have signed an agreement to investigate the potential of renewable hydrogen for both port infrastructure and the creation of a hydrogen plant.

11th July 2023

UK port to investigate the potential of green hydrogen

11th July 2023