General News

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has signed an agreement with Malaysian energy producer Petronas, and its subsidiary MISC Berhad to establish a joint venture to invest in the development and commercialisation of liquefied Carbon…

25th September 2023

MOL, Petronas and MISC Berhad to form LCO2 carrier JV

25th September 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Container liner giant COSCO Shipping has announced that it is participating in a Chinese project to develop a green methanol supply chain on 21 September.

21st September 2023

COSCO Shipping in first Chinese green MeOH supply chain MoU

21st September 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Explora Journeys, the luxury travel brand of the Cruise Division of MSC Group, has confirmed the order for the construction of two LNG-fuelled luxury cruise ships featuring hydrogen-powered solid oxide fuel cells with Fincantieri.

21st September 2023

MSC confirms orders for dual-fuel cruise ships with SOFC fuel cells

21st September 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABB has announced it will supply a power, propulsion and automation package for two newbuild short-sea container ships to be built by Cochin Shipyard for the global logistics company Samskip Group. The order is highly significant as the vessels will…

21st September 2023

ABB power and propulsion package for Samskip H2-fuelled containerships

21st September 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

In what represents a further step towards the potential introduction of autonomous zero-emission shipping into the European short-sea sector, Conoship Internation of Groningen has been commissioned to develop an autonomous 200 teu shortsea container vessel…

21st September 2023

North Sea unmanned zero-emission feeder project advances

21st September 2023

BATTERIES, SUPERCAPACITORS, FUEL CELLS AND OTHER ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY

BATTERIES, SUPERCAPACITORS, FUEL CELLS AND OTHER ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY

London-based freight insurance provider TT Club is calling for greater emphasis on the critical dangers of toxic gas emissions arising from lithium-ion battery fires.

20th September 2023

Wider Dangers Of Battery Fires

20th September 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Two of the largest names in the container liner sector, A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S (Maersk) and CMA CGM, have announced plans to join forces on several areas relating to decarbonisation. The collaboration,…

19th September 2023

Maersk and CMA CGM to work together on alt fuels

19th September 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Japanese general trading company Mitsui & Co., Ltd (Mitsui) has acquired a minority stake in Finnish energy efficiency solution provider WE Tech Solutions (WE Tech).   

19th September 2023

Mitsui takes minority stake in WETech

19th September 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

MAN Energy Solutions is understood to have expressed concern to IACS, the International Association of Classification Societies, about the lack of a set of unified requirements relating to ammonia-fuelled engines and their…

15th September 2023

MAN ES stresses need for common NH3 standards

15th September 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A.P. Moller-Maersk (Maersk) held a formal naming ceremong for its first vessel that will operate on green methanol. The newbuild methanol-fuelled 2,100teu container feeder, Laura Maersk, was named in a ceremony hosted in the Port of…

15th September 2023

Naming ceremony for MeOH-fuelled Laura Maersk in Copenhagen

15th September 2023