Dutch-Norwegian company SolarDuck has been awarded a contract to develop Japan’s first offshore floating solar power generation and automated sailing boat technology demonstrator together with local partners.
Countries seem to be prepared to phase out shipping’s emissions by 2050, based on the first rounds of technical talks at the UN’s maritime regulator International Maritime Organization (IMO). Furthermore, support appears to be building for the IMO to also adopt an ambitious 2030 interim target for c
Danish Shipping, Methanol Institute, and World Shipping Council are calling for increased ambition in the FuelEU, maximising GHG intensity reduction from 2035 to 2050 and supporting early use of green e-fuels. The FuelEU Maritime proposal requires ships to reduce the GHG intensity of their fuels by
The Danish fuel cell manufacturer Blue World Technologies is readying to start series production of a fuel cell-based auxiliary power unit (APU) system running on methanol intended for the maritime market. The company wants its fuel cells to replace conventional diesel generators for power supply on
Norwegian shipping company Solstad Offshore has won five-year contracts with Equinor UK for two of its platform supply vessels (PSVs), with one vessel set to be upgraded with a battery-hybrid system and shore power. The contracts were signed for PSVs Normand Naley and Sea Frost and both will run for
The maritime industry must take immediate collective action on an unprecedented scale to bring the decarbonization of the industry closer to the Paris 1.5°C trajectory, according to Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping. International and domestic shipping uses approximately 12.6 EJ
German engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES) and Hong Kong-based ship manager Anglo-Eastern Ship Management Ltd have signed a cooperation agreement to work on the development of digital products and testing of engine performance.
MSC Cruises, part of Switzerland-based shipping major MSC Group, has held a naming ceremony for MSC Seascape, the largest and most technologically-advanced ship built in Italy.
Unions representing seafarers and maritime employers have signed a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) to take forward the ‘spirit of cooperation’ that marked the shipping industry’s joint efforts throughout the pandemic. The MOU’s signatories are the International Transport Workers’ Federation (I
IMO’s new Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) regulations will not help the environment and may actually lead to higher rather than lower emissions, German dry bulk carrier owner and operator Oldendorff Carriers said. The company released a study that delves into the rating scheme pointing to examples
Members of the OCEAN Alliance, CMA CGM, COSCO Shipping Lines, OOCL and Evergreen have signed the Ocean Alliance Day 7 Product, which will launch in January 2023 with 40 services and an annual capacity of 22.4 million TEUs. It has been announced that 26 dual-fuel, LNG-powered CMA CGM ships would be a
German engine manufacturing powerhouse MAN Energy Solutions demonstrated today the performance of its new dual-fuel four-stroke 49/60DF engine from the testbed in Augsburg, Germany. Based on the information presented today, MAN claims that its 49/60 DF engine offers a feasible decarbonization pathwa
The International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners (INTERCARGO) has joined the critics of the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) framework voicing opposition to its use as a benchmark for medium-term measures as part of the IMO’s revised GHG Strategy. INTERCARGO said that its members expressed thei
French ferry operator Corsica Linea has revealed that its first roll-on/roll-off passenger (RoPax) ferry powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) A Galeotta was delivered.
