China’s COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Technology (Weihai) has signed an order for a methanol fuel supply system for four 16,000-TEU containerships with COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Yangzhou). According to COSCO, the methanol fuel supply system “Marine Shield” (Haidun) adopts dual-core redundancy +
Port of Felixstowe, part of the Hutchison Ports’ network, and Shanghai Westwell Technology Co. Ltd (Westwell) have signed an agreement for an additional 100 battery-powered autonomous Q-Trucks. The order follows a tender exercise and a thorough testing and evaluation process. Hutchison Ports first i
In its latest white paper “Biofuels in shipping,” classification society DNV has reported that the flexibility of biofuels can enable the shipping industry to accelerate its journey towards decarbonisation while maintaining operational efficiency. However, the current limitations in production capac
New York-listed product and chemical tanker company Ardmore Shipping Corporation has ordered Value Maritime’s (VM) carbon capture-ready Filtree systems. for additional three MR Tankers Having already signed for six Filtrees at the end of last year, the additional three ships to be made carbon captur
The European Commission has presented five new legislative proposals to modernise EU rules on maritime safety and prevent water pollution from ships.
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has revealed that its two wholly-owned ferry and coastal RoRo vessel operating companies, MOL Ferry Co. and Ferry Sunflower Limited, will operate under one company, MOL Sunflower.
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has received approval in principle (AiP) from classification society DNV for Wärtsilä Ammonia Release Mitigation Systems (WARMS).
State-owned LNG giant QatarEnergy has celebrated the steel cutting of the first of its new generation of chartered LNG carriers to be built at a South Korean shipyard as part of its LNG fleet expansion project. On 3 June, QatarEnergy said it joined the shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries and JP Mor
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., part of the Japanese major Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, will conduct technical studies on an ammonia fuel supply system for large, low-speed two-stroke marine engines which are being developed by Swiss marine engine maker Winterthur Gas & Diesel AG (WinGD). T
Australia and Singapore have commenced discussions to explore areas of cooperation in green and digital shipping and to establish a Singapore-Australia Green and Digital Shipping Corridor by the end of 2025.
Worldwide investments in clean energy are projected to reach $1.74 trillion in 2023, a 7.6 percent increase compared to $1.617 trillion invested in green energy in 2022, according to a recent report by the International Energy Agency (IEA). The investments in fossil fuels are also expected to rise,
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA), VPLP Design (VPLP) and Alwena Shipping (Alwena) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form an alliance that will work on developing a wind-assisted/propelled containership. The ship is based on the Trade Wings 2,500 concept for small-size containerships ca
UK shipping solutions provider Smart Green Shipping and nuclear transport solutions supplier Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS) have joined hands to assess the technical, commercial and environmental viability of using 21st-century wing sail designs for commercial ships.
Belgium’s Port of Antwerp-Bruges has witnessed its very first methanol bunkering on its journey to becoming a multi-fuel port. This first methanol bunkering operation took place on 1 June when 475 mT of methanol was bunkered from barge Tamariva to Proman Stena Marine at Sea-invest’s terminal. Proman
