A step-change to the industry’s approach to hull efficiency and environmental protection is underway, was the general view of experts taking part in the recent PortPIC conference. The conference also highlighted that innovation in terms of what typically would be...
In a shipping industry full of bright ideas on decarbonisation, measuring energy efficiency accurately may yet prove key to changing the investment dynamic between owners and charterers, according to a leading marine technology group. Environmental Protection...
Montrose Port Authority (MPA) has become the first port in Scotland to provide a groundbreaking shore power service for offshore energy supply vessels which will greatly reduce harmful emissions, noise pollution and fuel consumption. The innovation takes MPA closer to...
According to fuel storage company SRC Group, technical inquiries poured in after it secured Approval in Principle for a concept which “reinvented methanol fuel storage” on board ship. Delivering the answers has seen technical talk quickly converting into project...
ClassNK says it is taking a leading role in the implementation of safe and efficient maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS) through a programme of research, rule-development, technology trials and certification. While the regulatory framework covering MASS remains a...
By Nick Contopoulos, COO Anemoi. Wind propulsion, which was used to power ships for thousands of years before fossil fuels became readily available, is back on the agenda. As a renewable resource, wind is the compelling option in the push towards industry-wide...
The Singapore-based Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) is leading a consortium of 18 industry partners to launch a drop-in biofuels pilot project worth US$ 18m to establish an assurance framework for ensuring the supply chain integrity of current and...
With sustainability now a key priority for marine equipment manufacturers, HEMEXPO President, Eleni Polychronopoulou, discusses new technology development and its impact on the maritime industry. Recent decades have seen a dramatic acceleration in the development and...
The Lloyd’s Register (LR) Maritime Decarbonisation Hub has launched ‘First movers in Shipping’s Decarbonisation – a framework for getting started’, a methodology that enables a detailed comparison of different fuel transition pathways regardless of vessel type or...
One Sea, an open industry alliance formed to lead the way towards autonomous shipping, advises that with the need for action on climate change becoming increasingly urgent, the maritime industry could make good use of autonomous technology to support its...
Finnish company Deltamarin says it can see first hand how the shipping industry is under a lot of pressure to cut green house gas emissions in the coming years, with all of the company's design projects involving examination and implementation of various technologies...
UECC is calling for “aggressive” emissions targets to be set by the EU under the proposed move to include shipping in the Emissions Trading System (ETS) that it believes will level the playing field by hugely increasing operating costs for pollutive vessels operating...
By North P&I Club’s Alvin Forster and Helen Barden (pictured) With the European Union’s carbon trading scheme expected to include shipping from 2023, shipowners should review their contractual arrangements in good time to ensure the liability for the cost of...
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