South Korean majors Hyundai Heavy Industry (HHI) Group and Korean Register (KR) have signed an MOU laying the groundwork for a strategic partnership to address key environmental challenges facing the industry. Under the MOU, signed on April 12, the two sides plan to exchange technical information an
Singapore’s shipbuilder Strategic Marine has launched the next-generation Strat Cat crew transfer vessel (CTV) design for the offshore wind market. The SC27 is an evolution of Strat Cat 26 which is said to offer enhanced vessel capabilities with a reduced environmental footprint and hybrid drive opt
In a global first for the maritime industry, Denmark’s Port Esbjerg and the US-based conglomerate Honeywell are working together on climate cooperation designed to help reduce carbon emissions at the port by 70% by 2030 in line with the country’s climate target.
Tanker shipping company Stena Bulk has revealed a set of five dated decarbonisation targets as part of its comprehensive roadmap for becoming a net-zero business by 2050. The first of these milestones was achieved in 2020, when Stena Bulk began offering customers low-carbon shipping options with up
The European innovation project Flagships is preparing to deploy the world’s first commercial cargo transport vessel operating on hydrogen. The ship will be an inland vessel, set to ply the river Seine in Paris, and is scheduled for delivery in September 2021. It will be fitted with by hydrogen powe
Swedish ferry company Stena Line is accelerating the transition towards fossil-free shipping and presents its plan to reduce total CO2 emissions by as much as 30% until 2030.
Japanese shipping giant MOL plans to invest approximately ¥200 billion ($ 1.81 billion) in low carbon/decarbonization fields over three years from 2021 to 2023 fiscal year. The investment was revealed as part of MOL Group’s Visionand Outline of Rolling Plan 2021 released on Monday. The environmental
San Antonio Terminal Internacional (STI) has marked a major milestone in its operation having welcomed and handled two extra-long vessels simultaneously for the first time in its history. “This maneuver is unprecedented in Chile and on the west coast of South America,” according to STI. The containe
Verizon Business has been selected by Associated British Ports (ABP) to deploy private 5G at the Port of Southampton.
Italian port terminal operator SERMI has ordered an eco-efficient mobile harbor crane from Konecranes in an effort to improve its overall capacity in container, general cargo and bulk handling.
Although inland navigation, short sea shipping and river-sea shipping are already CO2-efficient, there is still potential to make the European fleets greener.
Grimaldi Group’s newbuild ro-ro vessel Eco Valencia has saved 5.1 % in fuel consumption and emissions with the use of Silverstream’s air lubrication system, performance testing figures show. Eco Valencia, the first of twelve 5th Generation (GG5G) class hybrid RoRo ships, was delivered to Grimaldi in
The US Port of Bellingham aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by approximately 86% annually by using renewable energy for its operations.
Kongsberg Maritime will supply training vessel MS Gann with SAVe Energy battery system and hybrid shaft generators, in addition to power management, propulsion control and monitoring systems.
