According to the latest data from DNV’s Alternative Fuels Insights (AFI) platform, the maritime industry’s exceptional newbuilding year 2024 drove a significant rise in orders for alternative-fuelled vessels. A total of 515 such ships (excluding LNG carriers) were...
United European Car Carriers (UECC) has performed the first-ever ship refuelling operation in Spain with a truck-borne shipment of liquefied biomethane (LBM) to widen access to supplies of the sustainable fuel and bolster the country’s circular economy. In the event...
France-based water treatment pioneer Bio-UV Group has secured an agreement with shipbuilder Piriou Group to supply its Bio-Sea ballast water treatment technology to a further six wind-powered cargo ships building for French operator TOWT (TransOceanic Wind Transport)....
Evac is offering its HydroTreat system a transformative solution for reducing direct emissions and significantly cutting indirect emissions resulting from onboard waste treatment. Decarbonization is seen as not just a compliance requirement, but an opportunity for the...
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 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,...
Norwegian company Vard, part of the Fincantieri Group, has been collaborating with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Ålesund and other key stakeholders in a project, known as NuProShip I, exploring nuclear propulsion for the maritime sector....
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group has awarded a contract to Norway-headquartered TMC Compressors to deliver its energy-efficient Smart Air compressors to six mid-sized container vessels that the shipbuilder is constructing for Maersk. Under the contract, TMC will provide...
Hempel has introduced Hempaguard Ultima; the next generation of its high-performance silicone hull coating system, formulated to deliver optimised performance and increased fuel savings, enabling vessel owners and operators to reach their decarbonisation goals....
Italian shipowner Ignazio Messina has chosen Jotun to provide sustainable vessel coatings for the next scheduled drydocking of two of its vessels. Jotun has responded to Messina's challenging trade with customised solutions to be applied at the next docking of Jolly...
With discussions regarding the IMO's Carbon Intensity Index (CII) due to recommence at the upcoming Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) 82 meeting, dry bulk shipping association Intercargo, together with the other global shipping associations, has issued a...
According to IMO, states in the Mediterranean Sea are preparing to implement, in 2025, global laws which will require ships to meet stringent requirements to limit harmful pollution by Sulphur Oxides (SOx). To support the implementation of the new cleaner air rules,...
The French CMA CGM Group is constructing a new zero-emission inland waterway transport solution in Vietnam, featuring a 100% electric barge powered by batteries and a charging infrastructure powered by a solar farm at the deep-sea terminal of Gemalink. The e-barge...
Kongsberg Maritime has partnered with Compagnie Maritime Monegasque (CMM)to provide a design and equipment package for six hybrid large multipurpose 5,000 dwt Platform Supply Vessels (PSV)s. CMM ranked first in a Petrobras tender process and expects to secure firm...
Bibby Marine has signed a new shipbuilding contract with Spanish shipyard Armon to build its innovative electric Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (eCSOV). Located in Vigo, Spain, Astilleros Armon has been operating since 1963 and has a strong track record for...
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has held a naming ceremony for a newbuilding LNG carrier at the Geoje Shipyard of Hanwha Ocean in South Korea. The vessel, named MOL Azure, was ordered by a wholly owned subsidiary of MOL and will sail under a time charter contract with...
Classification society DNV has released a competence standard (ST) for methanol and a recommended practice (RP) for ammonia, to enable crew and shipowners to tackle the safety risks and challenges posed by the introduction of new alternative fuels and technologies...
According to Lloyd's Register (LR), data-driven insight and technology will play an increasing role in emissions-compliant sailings but investment in these tools and equipment must be distributed across stakeholders. A recent LR event in Greece was told that shipping...
Provider of maritime services for the gas transport and offshore wind industries Purus has successfully completed its first ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of ammonia from the company’s medium-size gas carrier (MGC), ‘Green Power’. Green Power is on time charter to...
Cargotec company MacGregor has launched a new gravity self-unloading system that will allow bulk carriers to deliver a wider variety of cargo, in greater volume. The new system, ‘MacGregor GravityVibe’, deploys a patent-pending vibrating unloader to reduce internal...
Danish maritime software provider Coach Solutions has upgraded its vessel reporting functionality to support compliance with FuelEU Maritime. The reporting application has been developed to support clients in achieving accurate and efficient reporting using the bunker...
Norwegian company Navtor believes it has 'simplified the complexity' of FuelEU Maritime with a major update to its NavFleet ship operations platform. NavFleet 2.1 boasts the ability to automate extensive 'well-to-wake' calculations, delivering a front-end user...
South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean has been awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) from Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV), for its standard floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) design, which includes advancements in digital solutions to...
Vard has been awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) from Lloyd's Register (LR) for the methanol fuelling system for two Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) under construction for North Star. According to Vard, with this AiP, the two ships will be among...
Capital Group has been honoured with the 'Tanker Company of the Year' award at the Lloyd’s List Greek Shipping Awards 2024. in recognition of its initiatives in shaping the maritime industry's energy transition. The award was given because Capital Group was regarded...
The International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners (Intercargo) has marked a transformative year in its 2023-2024 Annual Review, launching major initiatives while reaching record membership levels amid growing industry challenges. Outgoing Chairman Dimitri Fafalios...
Oldendorff Carriers and the University of Strathclyde (UoS) are setting up a research centre for sustainable shipping at the university in the centre of Glasgow, UK. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by Prof Osman Turan, Director Maritime Human...
Newly-published research by the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, supported by Sea, the one-stop shop for digitising freight, examines the potential of battery-powered vessels for deep-sea shipping. With the global shipping industry being...
A new study by safety technology company Survitec has revealed that existing fire-fighting methods used to extinguish machinery space spray and pool fires on conventionally fuelled vessels are inadequate when dealing with methanol-based fires. This follows extensive...
Finland-based Groke Technologies has, while welcoming the energy saving performance of WindWings-equipped 'Pyxis Ocean', to which it has supplied situation awareness equipment, warned that fitting such sail systems could result in Solas non-compliance. Charterer...
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