Green Marine
Star Bulk earns back $250 mln scrubber investment
Greek dry bulk shipping firm Star Bulk Carriers has earned back its $250 million investment in exhaust gas cleaning systems (scrubbers), within a span of 2.5 years, the company said. The bulker owner has been a staunch supporter of scrubbers as a means of meeting the IMO 2020 sulphur cap and had a f
RightShip strengthens digital ESG expertise with Thynk acquisition
Maritime risk management and environmental assessment agency RightShip is acquiring Thynk Software’s maritime tech business. The move builds upon close collaboration between the two companies on RightShip’s digital Platform in 2021. Big data and predictive analytics play a massive role in the ship v
In focus: Boosting energy transition by joining forces
The last weeks witnessed the major industry players joining forces for energy transition programs and decarbonising their operations and production. By working together, they will be able to achieve the climate goals faster, ensuring that energy transition mechanisms become more attainable and cheap
WinGD’s most powerful engine passes upgrade type approval test
WinGD’s X92-B engine, described as the biggest and most powerful two-stroke engine, has passed its upgrade Type Approval Test (TAT) at engine builder HHI-EMD in Korea. The Swiss engine designer said that eight major classification societies were in attendance, including ABS, Bureau Veritas (BV), Chi
Bureau Veritas okays HELION marine fuel cell system
High-power fuel cell manufacturer HELION Hydrogen Power has obtained approval in principle (AiP) from the classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) for its FC-Rack Marine, a zero-emission hydrogen-powered electric generator for maritime applications. The approval is said to be the result of a close
Number of methanol-powered vessels doubles in 12 months
The surging demand for methanol-powered ships over the past 12 months has been triggered by the shipping industry’s accelerating decarbonization push, which has resulted in ordering of 40 methanol-powered ships.
BIO-UV Group receives BIO-SEA BWTS retrofit order for cruise ship
French UV-C water treatment systems specialist BIO-UV Group has received an order to supply a low-flow BIO-SEA L-series ballast water treatment system (BWTS) for retrofit installation on a cruise ship operated by Cruise Management International (CMI). The vessel to be retrofitted with the BWTS is Qu
Grimaldi bolsters hybrid RoRo fleet with delivery of Eco Adriatica
Italian shipowner Grimaldi has taken delivery of Eco Adriatica, the eleventh of a series of twelve hybrid RoRo vessels. With the delivery of Eco Adriatica, the fleet of Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G) class hybrid vessels, ordered from the Chinese Jinling shipyard in Nanjing, is almost complete
Clarksons: 147 ports offer LNG bunkering as LNG capable newbuilds hit 37 Pct
A total of 147 ports around the globe can bunker LNG to vessels at the moment and this figure is likely to reach 200 by 2024 as demand continues to grow, estimates from Clarksons Research show. Europe is leading the way with LNG bunkering infrastructure, with the majority of its top ports offering t
Alfa Laval adds BunkerMetric to its acquisitions list
Swedish sustainable solutions provider Alfa Laval has signed an agreement to acquire BunkerMetric, a Scandinavian software company that develops advanced decision support tools for marine bunker vessels. According to Alfa Laval, the acquisition is part of the strategy to expand its digital marine se
Seanergy Maritime fits ballast water treatment systems on its entire fleet
Pure-play Capesize vessel owner Seanergy Maritime Holdings has completed the installation of ballast water treatment systems on its entire fleet. The company’s operating fleet consists of 17 Capesize vessels with an average age of approximately 12.1 years. “We have now successfully completed install
Maersk CEO: We will need 5-15% more capacity to meet IMO 2023
Meeting the IMO 2023 regulations will have quite a significant impact on the supply of vessels in the container shipping market in the long term, Søren Skou, CEO of A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S, estimates. As of 2023, the shipping industry will need to meet a new round of vessel efficiency and carbon int
Technomar to use RINACube to collect data on its environmental performance
Technomar Shipping has signed a contract with Italian certification and engineering company RINA for software licenses to employ the RINACube MRV-DCS-CII Data Collection and Reporting platform across 105 of its vessels. RINACube MRV-DCS-CII web application will be used on board each ship to collect
CRAIN Technologies suction wing gets green light from Bureau Veritas
French R&D office which specialises in nautical applications CRAIN Technologies (Centre de Recherche pour l’Architecture et l’Industrie Nautiques) has obtained approval in principle (AiP) from compatriot classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) for its suction wing SW270, an auxiliary wind propuls