MSE International has won funding from the UK Government Transport Research and Innovation Grant (TRIG) 2024 to lead a new project, PRIMET; Port Recharging Infrastructure for Maritime Energy Transition. The project will accelerate the roll-out of port and harbour...
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VLGC RECEIVES TWO NORSEPOWER ROTOR SAILS
Finnish wind assisted propulsion company Norsepower and Japanese shipping company IINO Kaiun Kaisha (IINO Lines) have completed the installation of two Norsepower Rotor Sails (NPRS) on the 'Oceanus Aurora', a Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) chartered by chemical company...
FERRY OPERATOR INSTALS GREASE-FREE BEARINGS TO AVOID LEAKAGE AND ENHANCE EFFICIENCY
Environmentally-friendly propeller shaft and rudder bearings are being fitted to a series of environmentally advanced high-speed ferries under construction for Italian operator Liberty Lines. San Sebastian-based Echetalde, authorised distributor for Thordon Bearings...
LACK OF NATIONAL POLICIES IS HOLDING BACK GREEN CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT
The 'Annual Progress Report on Green Shipping Corridors 2024', published by the Getting to Zero Coalition and the Global Maritime Forum, concludes that Green shipping corridors – specific trade routes where the feasibility of zero-emission shipping is catalysed by...
BV WORKSHOP FOCUSES ON GREEN FUEL AND ELECTRIFICATION
The Hong Kong Chamber of Shipping and Bureau Veritas (BV), supported by the Yantian District Government, Hong Kong Shipowners Association, Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings, and the Equator Fund, recently hosted a workshop with international stakeholders focused...
CHINA HOPES TO DRIVE SHIPPING ENERGY TRANSITION
The Global Maritime Forum's Getting to Zero Coalition recently held a workshop in China to discuss pathways to zero-emission shipping by 2050. The workshop, supported by the Shenzhen Ocean Development Bureau, the Hong Kong Shipowners' Association, and Milky Way Marine...
DANISH PROJECT TO BUILD CO₂ CARRIER AT DUTCH YARD
Ineos Energy and Royal Wagenborg have signed an agreement on the delivery of carbon dioxide transportation, under which Royal Wagenborg will supply a newly built CO₂ carrier dedicated to Project Greensand, an initiative led by Ineos with partners Harbour Energy and...
LR ADDS VOICE TO ZERO-EMISSION FUEL CAMPAIGN
Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub has joined more than 50 leaders across the spectrum of the shipping value chain — e-fuel producers, vessel and cargo owners, ports, and equipment manufacturers — in signing a Call to Action at COP 29 in Azerbaijan to...
FIVE MAERSK TANKERS TO BE FITTED WITH eSAILS
Spanish company bound4blue has secured a landmark contract with Maersk Tankers, representing the largest wind assisted propulsion system (WAPS) agreement for the company to date, with 20 of the company’s type approved eSail suction sails to be installed on five MR...
FUEL-FROM-WASTE COULD BE CRITICAL FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
According to US fuel-from-waste company WasteFuel, the transportation sector contributes significantly to climate change, so addressing transport sector emissions is critical to achieving overall net zero targets. For 45% of countries, transport is said to be the...
IMO HEADS TO AZERBAIJAN FOR COP29
Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez will lead IMO’s delegation to the annual UN Climate Change Conference (COP 29) to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 to 22 November 2024. The 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)...
CORVUS BATTERIES CLOCK UP SAVINGS OF 10 MILLION TONS CO2e
Supplier of zero- emission solutions for the maritime industry Corvus Energy has announced that the company's battery systems have cumulatively helped customers reduce 10 million tons of CO2 since the first installation in 2013. The savings are based on estimates of...
GERMANY RECOGNISES SCANDLINES HYBRID FERRY INNOVATION
Baltic ferry operator Scandlines' aim is to operate ferries without direct emissions by 2040, the latest project being conversion of two out of four hybrid ferries on the Puttgarden-Rødby route to plug-in ferries, so that 80% of the energy required for a crossing will...