According to Dutch company SodaFlexx International, as a growing number of international ports and coastal regions move to restrict or ban the discharge of wastewater from open-loop scrubbers, shipowners are increasingly seeking alternatives that ensure...
Stax Engineering, California-based maritime emissions capture and control company Stax Engineering, and Seabound, a UK-based onboard carbon capture company, have successfully demonstrated what is considered a first-of-its-kind fully integrated emissions and carbon...
Svitzer has signed a global EcoTow agreement with the Wallenius Wilhelmsen group, a move which Svitzer says marks a major step in its decarbonisation journey and supports Wallenius Wilhelmsen’s ambition to reduce Scope 3 emissions across Svitzer’s global operations....
Following the 83rd meeting of the IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) and the recently approved GHG emissions pricing framework, the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) has developed a cost and compliance calculator to help explore how...
The newest shore-side power station of the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) at Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) has successfully passed its first practical test. For the first time, a container ship – the MSC Athens – has been...
The World Shipping Council has welcomed an unprecedented global agreement at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) today, as a critical next step toward shipping decarbonisation. Following a contentious and difficult debate, the IMO reached agreement on a...
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has signed an agreement with Tokyo LNG Tanker Co (TLT), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo Gas, to install two Wind Challenger wind-assisted ship propulsion systems developed by MOL and Oshima Shipbuilding on a newbuilding LNG carrier that will...
With the current US administration reported to have withdrawn from climate policy negotiations at the IMO MEPC meeting, wind assisted propulsion systems (WAPS) developer BAR Technologies has stressed the role that credible, proven solutions such as WAPS can play. The...
A peer-reviewed study conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Georgia Institute of Technology in cooperation with Oldendorff Carriers has provided new insights into the environmental impact of exhaust gas cleaning systems (scrubbers) and their...
Spanish wind assisted propulsion system (WAPS) company bound4blue has completed the installation of what are said to be the world’s largest suction sails, with four 26m high eSails fitted to the ‘Atlantic Orchard’, a juice carrier chartered by Louis Dreyfus Company...
Ship charging infrastructure company NatPower Marine is urging regulators at the IMO MEPC meeting to keep pace with what it says is already happening across the maritime sector. NatPower Marine believes that while global frameworks are still under negotiation,...
Wind propulsion systems company Norsepower and long-term partner Sea-Cargo have strengthened their partnership with a repeat order for two additional vessels. The Norwegian shipowner will retrofit its two ro-ro vessels, Trans Hav and Trans Sol (ex- Misida and Misana),...
Wärtsilä has signed a further five-year lifecycle agreement with Finland based Viking Line covering the ferry 'Viking Glory'. The vessel was supported by an earlier Wärtsilä agreement since its launch in 2021, and this renewal further extends and expands the...
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