General News

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Pakistan has become the latest state to become a party to the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, the treaty for safe…

4th December 2023

Pakistan ratifies Hong Kong convention

4th December 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

An environmental not-for-profit, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), has collaborated with Lloyd’s Register (LR) Maritime Decarbonisation Hub and Arup to develop a system to help shipping stakeholders align investment decisions that support the maritime energy…

30th November 2023

Tool helps stakeholders identify best ports for first mover initiatives

30th November 2023

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

A project to build the first zero-emission high speed ferries in the USA has advanced following the agreement of a strategic partnership agreement with Wärtsilä. The fully electric vessels will be built for San…

30th November 2023

First zero-emission high speed ferries project in the US advances

30th November 2023

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

Wärtsilä’s cargo handling systems have been selected for four ammonia gas carrier vessels being built at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard for Purus.

30th November 2023

Four new Purus gas carriers to operate with Wärtsilä cargo handling systems

30th November 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Belgium-headquartered ship owner and operator Boeckmans has announced that it is ordering a series of four 5,000 dwt general cargo vessels from Dung Quat shipyard in Vietnam. The diesel-electric vessels are expected…

30th November 2023

Boeckmans to order future-proofed general cargo vessels

30th November 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Expansion-minded UK group Harland & Wolff (H&W) is adding another string to its bow through this month’s signing of a memorandum of understanding with Australian aluminium shipbuilding specialist Austal.

30th November 2023

Harland & Wolff Pact With Aluminium Specialist

30th November 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A lack of alternative fuel availability may hinder marine decarbonisation, according to the latest whitepaper from P&O Maritime Logistics.

28th November 2023

Green fuel scarcity could scupper decarbonisation

28th November 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A vessel operated by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has completed a demonstration operating on an autonomous navigation system as part of the Nippon Foundation’s MEGURI2040 project.

27th November 2023

Japanese autonomous vessel project completes coastal round-trip

27th November 2023

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

MAN Energy Solutions was awarded a prize in the ‘Mechanical and Plant Engineering’ company category in the the German Sustainability Awards held in Düsseldorf on 23 November.

27th November 2023

MAN ES Wins German Sustainability Award

27th November 2023

SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

Gard, the Norwegian-headquartered marine insurance firm, has recently published research into propeller shaft aft seal damage, which noted a “significant increase” in failures following the 2013 introduction by the US EPA of new Vessel General Permit…

27th November 2023

Synthetic EALS Linked To Increase In Stern Tube Seal Failures: Report

27th November 2023