According to a new DNV white paper outlining FuelEU Maritime requirements and compliance strategies for shipowners, compliance with the upcoming regulations will be expensive but applying certain strategies can significantly reduce the cost. Effective from 1 January...
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PAPER EXPLORES ROLE OF FUEL ADDITIVES IN CUTTING EMISSIONS
US company World Fuel Services, a member of the World Kinect group, has published a new white paper, in partnership with speciality chemicals company Infineum, which explores how additives in marine fuel can offer benefits to ship owners and operators, including...
US PARTNERSHIP EXPLORES GREEN FUEL PRODUCTION FROM WASTE
Emvolon, a US spin-off company from Massachusetts Institute of Technology that converts GHG emissions into carbon-negative fuels and chemicals, has announced an agreement with Montauk Renewables, a renewable energy company specialising in the management, recovery and...
LNG-FUELLED SHIPS POTENTIALLY COMPRISE 6% OF GLOBAL FLEET
Industry coalition Sea-LNG reports that active LNG-fuelled vessels now account for more than 2% of the global shipping fleet. Once the order book is taken into account, this number increases to 4% by vessel numbers or 6% by deadweight tonnage (dwt), with order numbers...
FIRST BIOFUEL BUNKER DELIVERY IN SINGAPORE FOR KPI AND WAN HAI
Marine energy provider KPI OceanConnect has delivered B24 biofuel to Wan Hai Lines’ container vessel, 'Wan Hai 510' in Singapore, with SK Energy International as the physical supplier of the fuel. Building on a long-standing partnership with KPI OceanConnect,...
LOW-CARBON FUEL INITIATIVE TAKES STEP FORWARD
The Clean Energy Marine Hubs (CEM Hubs) has welcomed the government of Greece and new partners ABS, Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub, OCIMF and the World Economic Forum to the initiative that aims to accelerate and de-risk the production, transport and...
SHIPPING E-FUELS FORECAST TO BE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE BY 2027
A new report released by the Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (Zemba) and Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub has found that e-fuel-powered shipping services are projected to be available for Zemba’s next tender. Specifically, the report – which...
MAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS AND QUEST ONE OPEN HYDROGEN GIGAHUB
Electrolysis specialist Quest One, a subsidiary of MAN Energy Solutions, has opened its new ‘Gigahub’ for the serial and automated production of electrolysis stacks in Hamburg. In the presence of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Peter Tschentscher, First Mayor of...
WÄRTSILÄ FUEL AND CARGO SYSTEMS FOR FIVE MORE VLECS
Wärtsilä is to supply the cargo handling and fuel gas supply systems for five new very large ethane carrier (VLEC) vessels, ordered at the Jiangnan Shipyard by Chinese owners. The order follows a similar order for cargo handling and fuel gas supply systems...
SEA-LNG WELCOMES EU’S DRAGHI REPORT
Sea-LNG, the industry coalition aiming to accelerate the widespread adoption of the LNG pathway to zero-emission shipping, welcomes the findings of the European Union's Draghi Report. Sea-LNG urges EU policymakers to adopt a pragmatic approach to decarbonisation...
NYK RECEIVES AiP FOR SHIP-TO-SHIP AMMONIA BUNKERING BOOM
NYK and TB Global Technologies (TBG) have received approval in principle (AiP) certification for the ship-to-ship supply of ammonia fuel from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK). This is believed to be the world's first bunkering boom for ammonia-fuelled vessels to receive...
NUCLEAR IS A REALISTIC OPTION FOR SMALLER VESSELS, SAYS LR REPORT
A new report from Lloyd’s Register (LR) concludes that new nuclear is emerging as a realistic form of power for the superyacht industry, offering commercial and operational advantages as well as emissions-free sailings. The report, Fuel for Thought: Nuclear for...
CCC 10 AGREES INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR AMMONIA AND HYDROGEN FUEL
Classification society DNV has reported on the 10th session of the IMO Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers (CCC 10), which among other issues, agreed on interim guidelines for use of ammonia as fuel and completed its review of the IGC Code. The meeting...