Sustainable fuels and renewable feedstock producer Neste has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Ahti Pool to include Neste's EU- exposed fleet into Ahti’s FuelEU Maritime compliance pool. This takes Ahti Pool’s total vessels under management to almost 250. Ahti Pool...
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COW-POWER INVESTIGATION COMMENCES FOR MOL VESSELS
Japan's Mitsui OSK Lines, (MOL) and its ferry-operating subsidiary MOL Sunflower, along with Hamanaka Town, JA Hamanaka, Takanashi Milk Products and Hokkaido Gas have launched a study on the production and utilisation of biomethane from animal manure from the numerous...
C-JOB CONSIDERS NUCLEAR POWER FOR SUSTAINABLE SHIPPING
Research by C-Job Naval Architects has demonstrated the potential of nuclear power to become one of the main alternatives in the achievement of sustainable marine shipping. C-Job considers that the outcome of its extensive research could benefit all stakeholders in...
DENMARK HOPES TO REVIVE NORTH SEA ISLAND GREEN ENERGY PROJECT
Danske Rederier (Danish Shipping) has expressed its disappointment that the negotiations on the North Sea Energy Island between Denmark and Belgium have broken down. According to Danske Rederier, this setback, following closely on from the withdrawal of Ørsted from...
LNG AND LIQUID eMETHANE SUPPLIER JOINS SEA-LNG
Osaka Gas, a world-leading utility giant headquartered in Japan, has joined the Sea-LNG coalition – further boosting SEA-LNG’s global reach and expertise across the LNG value chain. Osaka Gas is working to increase the share of renewables in its power generation...
PENINSULA SUPPLIES BIOFUEL IN BARCELONA AND EXPANDS IN NORTH EUROPE
Marine energy company Peninsula has recently completed a successful biofuel bunkering of the containership 'Yantian Express' from the IMO II chemical tanker, 'Aalborg' for Hapag-Lloyd in the Port of Barcelona. The 88,500gt vessel received 2,200t of B30 VLSFO. The...
ØRSTED PULLS OUT OF eMETHANOL FUEL PROJECT
Energy company Ørsted has announced its decision to pull out of the FlagshipONE project, under which it was building a large plant intended to produce methanol for ship fuel using renewable energy The plant, in Northern Sweden, was expected to produce about 50,000t/yr...
FERRY OPERATOR TO OPERATE WEEK-LONG GREEN CORRIDOR
Finnish ferry company Viking Line’s vessels serving the Turku route will reduce their emissions by 90% when the company runs those vessels for the first time for a week solely on biogas. During the week, which kicks off with Baltic Sea Day, Viking Glory and Viking...
TOTALENERGIES SUPPLIES FIRST B100 MARINE BIOFUEL IN SINGAPORE
TotalEnergies Marine Fuels has supplied its first B100 biofuel bunker in Singapore, which the company believes marks a significant expansion in its low-carbon fuels supporting shipping's decarbonisation goals. TotalEnergies Marine Fuels used an IMO Type II chemical...
GOODFUELS LOOKS AT SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN
Amsterdam-based GoodFuels, part of Finco, says it has been investing in making low-carbon, more sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels available since inception in 2015. The company has highlighted five things shipowners can do to help make the sustainable fuel...
GASUM AND EQUINOR ADOPT BIO-LNG
Nordic energy supplier Gasum is collaborating with Equinor on a series of liquefied biomethane (bio-LNG) bunkering operations in the Port of Dusavik, Stavanger. Gasum is bunkering ISCC-EU certified mass balanced bio-LNG to Equinor’s chartered platform supply vessel...
SEA-LNG ANSWERS QUESTIONS ABOUT METHANE EMISSIONS
LNG industry collective Sea-LNG has issued a response to what it sees as potentially damaging information, masquerading as fact but in reality false and inaccurate information about LNG as a marine fuel. Sea-LNG believes that waiting for theoretically perfect...
MAERSK ANNOUNCES LATEST FLEET RENEWAL PLAN
In continuation of its fleet renewal programme initiated in 2021, A.P. Moller-Maersk says it is in the process of signing newbuilding orders and time-charter contracts for dual-fuel vessels matching the planned renewal pace of around 160,000 TEU per year. Rabab...