Green Marine

Another Shell’s tanker joins Signal Maritime Pool
Signal Maritime, the Signal Group’s shipping arm, has taken commercial management of MT Silver London, the new Shell’s medium-range (MR) tanker, increasing the pool’s fleet size to 15.

Founder Adolfo Utor takes sole ownership of Baleària
Adolfo Utor, president and founder of the Spanish LNG ferry operator Baleària, takes control of 100 per cent of the shares of the shipping company.

Bourbon embarks on fleet transformation with 40 crew transport vessels in the works
Bourbon plans to build 38 more new units after the first two crew boats from its new Bourbon Surfer-200X series completed sea trials.

Europe’s 1st hydrogen-fueled ferry design advances
London-based energy and marine consultancy AqualisBraemar LOC has completed the first renderings of Europe’s first hydrogen-fueled ferry, a part of the HYSEAS III project.

Amazon, Ikea join industry-wide call for zero-emission shipping by 2040
Nine major cargo owners have pledged to switch all of their ocean freight to vessels powered by zero-carbon fuels by 2040 as part of a new initiative Cargo Owners for Zero-Emission Vessels (coZEV).

GE Power Conversion PTO system for Maran Gas’ new LNG carrier
Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has awarded GE Power Conversion a contract to supply its SeaGreen Power take-off (PTO) system for Maran Gas’ new LNG carrier.

UK partners join forces to advance green hydrogen production and distribution
UK-based marine energy company Marine Power Systems (MPS) has joined forces with Marine2o to develop integrated solutions to support the production of green hydrogen from offshore renewable energy sources, using marine vessels to transport this energy vector to market.

Kanfer Shipping in chartering 2 new LNG bunker ships talks
Norway-based shipping company Kanfer Shipping is in talks for chartering of its first two small-scale LNG bunker and distribution ships ordered from the Chinese Taizhou shipyard.

Celsius Tankers orders 4 Gunvor-chartered LNG carriers from Samsung Heavy
Danish ship owning company Celsius Tankers has ordered a new series of LNG carriers from Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries that will be chartered to Swiss LNG trading company Gunvor.

New ZeroCoaster study looks into hydrogen value chain for maritime
Zero Emission Compressed Hydrogen (ZECH) study on hydrogen value chain for maritime is a part of the ZeroCoaster project study coordinated by Vard, a major shipbuilding company.

Pelagic Partners extends its LPG fleet together with B-Gas
Maritime investments fund Pelagic Partners acquires two LPG carriers together with Danish gas shipping specialist B-Gas.

Novatek talks Arctic LNG projects with major shipping companies
Russia’s natural gas producer Novatek held its first Arctic LNG Projects Shipowners Conference in Moscow with stakeholders in Russian Arctic shipping attending.

Sovcomflot presents Green Funnel LNG vessels to IMO
Russia’s largest shipping company Sovcomflot (SCF) has presented the technology of its LNG-powered tankers of the ‘Green Funnel’ series to the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

Bank of Korea to help Greek shipowner in financing newbuilds
The Export-Import Bank of Korea will provide financing to the Greek Angelicoussis Shipping Group in its large ships orders at Korean shipyards.