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ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The global shipping industry may fall short of its net-zero and digital transformation targets without stronger regulatory support, warns Lloyd’s Register (LR) in a new report.

26th March 2025

Regulatory support needed for net zero, warns LR

26th March 2025

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wärtsilä will equip Ibaizabal’s new LNG bunkering vessel with methane busting 25DF dual-fuel engines featuring NextDF technology.

25th March 2025

Tackling methane slip on LNG bunkering vessels

25th March 2025

OPINION

OPINION

Coming from Switzerland, the International Year of Glacier Preservation and World Water Day’s glacier theme strike a chord with me. I have witnessed the alarming retreat of Swiss glaciers firsthand—a 65% ice…

25th March 2025

A new dimension of partnership is needed to overcome the glacial pace of decarbonisation

25th March 2025

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

We asked Ansuman Ghosh, director of risk assessment for Singapore and Akshat Arora, senior risk assessor at UK P&I questions about the South-East Asian city state.

25th March 2025

Singapore regional focus

25th March 2025

LNG

LNG

Nearly 15 years ago, when the first Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships conference was held in Hamburg, liquefied natural gas-fuelled propulsion was seen as a promising novelty, albeit with a limited market.

25th March 2025

LNG: From pipedream to mainstream

25th March 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and its subsidiary MOL Chemical Tankers have teamed up with Belgium-based CMB.TECH to jointly own and charter nine Capesize bulkers and chemical tankers that can run on ammonia.

24th March 2025

World’s first ammonia bulkers and tankers

24th March 2025

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

At Singapore Shipping Week, Lloyd’s Register (LR) is set to unveil its newly structured LR Advisory service, designed to help ship owners and operators navigate rising regulatory demands, decarbonisation costs and digitalisation…

24th March 2025

LR expands service offering

24th March 2025

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Shipping executives gathered at the European Shipping Summit’s seminar, “Shore Power offers promising carbon cuts – are we on track?”, have called for a significant expansion of funding to develop shore power…

24th March 2025

Shipping bosses call for increased shore power funding

24th March 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

CM Technologies (CMT) is calling on shipowners to implement strict monitoring practices to manage the risks associated with biodiesel blends in marine fuels.

21st March 2025

CMT urges biodiesel blend monitoring

21st March 2025

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

BAR Technologies is urging for a broader discussion on the future of shipping fuels, highlighting the overlooked potential of wind propulsion.

20th March 2025

Bar Technologies champions wind propulsion

20th March 2025