New Zealand ferry operator Fullers 360 has announced the start of commercial service of its new electric hydrofoil ferry, ‘Kermadec’, claimed to be the world's first such operation. Kermadec is a fully electric, emissions-free, hydrofoiling ferry, which is set to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) recognises that international shipping faces increasing pressure to reduce GHG emissions in order to meet the IMO targets. While low- and zero-carbon fuels are expected to be the primary drivers of emissions...
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