Green Marine

National Grid and Siemens’ new tool to help decarbonise UK ports
UK-based National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) and German Siemens have teamed up to launch a decarbonisation tool that will help UK ports meet their net-zero targets.

World’s 1st dual-fuel LNG battery hybrid PCTC delivered
United European Car Carriers (UECC), a Norway-based provider of shortsea RoRo transportation, has taken delivery of its first dual-fuel LNG battery hybrid pure car and truck carrier (PCTC).

In focus: Bit by bit, energy transition takes a more solid shape
The energy transition is taking a more concrete shape with each passing day as witnessed in a week behind us that was full of announcements favoring the net-zero future coming from governments, across investment banks, all the way to private offshore energy companies.

IMO MEPC77 fails to revise current GHG target for 2050
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) failed to revise the current greenhouse gas (GHG) target for 2050 to speed up the decarbonization of the shipping sector.

JR Shipping presents next-gen green feeder vessel designs
Dutch shipping company JR Shipping has unveiled its ECO Feeder program, a series of new ship designs in the container feeder vessel segment.

€420M green shipping fund launched in the Netherlands
Amsterdam-based sustainable investment management company Prow Capital has launched a €420 million (about $474 million) green shipping fund.

Liquid Wind secures $16.9M for eMethanol facility
Swedish power-to-fuel developer Liquid Wind has received €15 million ($16.9 million) for its FlagshipONE eMethanol fuel-producing facility from Swedish Climate Leap.

UK regulator says no to Konecranes, Cargotec merger
The UK CMA has provisionally found that the proposed merger of Cargotec and Konecranes raises competition concerns.

Port of Kiel lays out 3-step plan to reach net zero
Germany’s Port of Kiel has set the goal of reducing all of its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to zero by 2030.

VT Group, Inovyn to develop Europe’s 1st hydrogen-fuelled chemical barge
Inovyn, a subsidiary of UK-based oil and gas company Ineos, has joined forces with Dutch bunkering company VT Group to develop Europe’s first bulk liquid chemical barge powered by hydrogen.

Korean shipyards order GTT tank design for 3 new LNG carriers
Korean shipyards Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) have ordered the tank design for three new LNG carriers from French containment specialist GTT.

Wärtsilä and RINA join in on a hydrogen fuel solution to meet climate goals
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä, together with class society RINA other stakeholders, is working on delivering a solution with hydrogen as fuel.

TECO 2030: Port of Narvik to build hydrogen-powered high-speed boat
Norway’s cleantech company TECO 2030 is leading a project group that will build a hydrogen-powered high-speed vessel for the Port of Narvik.

Works get underway to transform Pembroke Port into Welsh marine energy hub
Works to redevelop areas within Pembroke Port and create the infrastructure needed to support the development of a world-class marine energy hub have started.