Cavotec has signed two major orders, totalling €6.5m, to provide its PowerMove shore power systems to two Mediterranean ports. These systems will support cruise ships and ro-ro vessels by enabling them to connect to shore power, significantly reducing emissions and...
Marine environment & clean shipping news
SOLVANG TO TEST FIRST FULL-SCALE OCCS-EQUIPPED VESSEL
What is believed to be the first ship with a full-scale carbon capture facility is ready for pilot testing, with the expectation for the technology to offer a milestone for the merchant fleet en route to zero emissions. The ship Clipper Eris, owned by Norwegian...
NORDEN EXPANDS LOW-EMISSION PROJECT CARGO FLEET
Danish shipping company Norden is to add two new 17,500 dwt multi-purpose (MPP) vessel leases with purchase options, expected to be delivered by the end of 2026, with an option for an additional two vessels for delivery in 2027. Since entering the project cargo...
NORSEPOWER TO INSTALL ROTOR SAILS OPTIMISED FOR HARSH CONDITIONS ON BERGE HYBRID VESSEL
Wind propulsion system provider Norsepower and Norwegian shipowner Berge Rederi have signed a deal to equip two general cargo carriers with Norsepower Rotor Sails. These newbuild vessels, designed by Marine Design and Consulting (MDC) and constructed by Jiangsu Soho...
EXISTING FLEET MUST APPLY ENERGY-SAVING MEASURES, SAYS MERC
In its first publication, the Athens-based Maritime Emissions Reduction Centre (MERC), a non-profit organisation created by Lloyd Register’s Maritime Decarbonisation Hub in collaboration with a consortium of Greek shipowners, says that efficiency measures must be...
CARGILL FOCUSES ON SUSTAINABLE SHIPPING SOLUTIONS
Cargill says that the company is advancing a new era in sustainable shipping, putting innovation and collaboration at the core of its mission to move goods responsibly across the globe. Through wind-assisted propulsion technologies, dual-fuel methanol-powered vessels,...
SOLVANG REFUTES SCRUBBER WASHWATER CONTAMINATION FIGURES
Stavanger-headquartered shipping company Solvang has publicly submitted five years of sampling data from its exhaust gas cleaning (EGC) systems on board 13 vessels; the documentation, verified by Sintef, is said to firmly overrule a recent German report presenting...
WAPS AND FuelEU MARITIME
According to wind assisted propulsion system (WAPS) company bound4blue, the demands of FuelEU Maritime are great, the targets ambitious and the penalties significant, but the challenge can offer opportunity within. FuelEU Maritime is described as a...
TWO MORE CARNIVAL CRUISE SHIPS TO INSTALL SIVERSTREAM SYSTEM
Maritime clean technology company Silverstream Technologies has signed an agreement with cruise operator Carnival Corporation & plc to install the Silverstream System on another two vessels. These will be the third and fourth new build Excel-class vessels to be...
WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN’S EMISSIONS TARGETS VALIDATED BY SBTi
Ro-ro shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen regards emission reduction as an urgent matter, that cannot wait, so the company is pleased to announce that its near-term and net-zero targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). SBTi has...
FINANCE SECURED FOR ONBOARD CARBON CAPTURE PROJECT
Value Maritime and its partners in the Maritime Efficient & Easy Carbon Capture (ME2CC) project have received funding from the Dutch government-backed Maritime Masterplan 2024. The funding will contribute to the development, construction and demonstration of a...
MOL AND MADOQUA SIGN PORTUGUESE GREEN CORRIDOR MoU
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop a green corridor connecting Portugal to Northern Europe with Dutch-Portuguese company Madoqua Renewables Holding and various other partners. Madoqua is a renewable energy developer and...
HÖEGH AUTOLINERS AND SVITZER JOIN FOR AUSTRALIAN LOW-CARBON TOWAGE
Towage company Svitzer and ro-ro operator Höegh Autoliners have partnered to deliver Svitzer’s first EcoTow solution in Australia, servicing what is regarded as the largest and most environmentally friendly car-carrier vessel class on its call to four Australasian...