Hamilton-based tanker shipping company Teekay Tankers plans to install Shipshave, a semi-autonomous hull cleaning tool, on four more vessels this year. The installation plans are being revealed on the back of a successful trial period during sea passages to keep a silicone-coated hull free of foulin
Low and zero-emission fuels supplier Titan has completed ship-to-ship (STS) LNG bunkering operation on LNG-fueled pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) Jasmine Leader owned by Japanese shipping company NYK Line. According to Titan, the operation was executed on 8 April in the Port of Antwerp-Bruges in B
South Korea’s flagship carrier HMM announced that it has cut its carbon emissions by half over the past decade. Namely, the shipping major’s data shows that the CO2 emissions generated when transporting 1 TEU of container for 1 km decreased from 68.7g in 2010 to 29.05g in 2021, representing a reduct
Norwegian shipping company Klaveness Combination Carriers (KCC) has become the latest shipowner to join the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI).
Teekay Tankers, one of the world’s leading providers of international seaborne transportation of oil, said it would implement engine power limitation (EPL) on its vessels to meet the Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) requirements. Namely, the EEXI will require a 20% improvement in vessel design
Ship management and maritime service provider Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) has revealed it is conducting a trial of the new Starlink satellite internet service on a number of vessels.
Japan’s Itochu Corporation has decided to make an equity investment in Purus Marine, a recently formed, environmentally focused maritime vessel and infrastructure company. UK-based Purus Marine owns and manages various environmentally advanced vessels. Its business purpose is to provide vessels that
British wind propulsion company Anemoi Marine Technologies has won funding from the UK Research and Innovation’s Horizon Europe Guarantee fund as part of its involvement in the Optiwise EU project. The Optiwise project aims to maximise the results of vessels using wind propulsion technologies, such
The Port of Rotterdam has revealed that the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the port fell by four per cent in 2022 compared to 2021.
The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) has joined forces with Lloyd’s Register (LR) for a concept study on offloading liquefied CO2 (LCO2) captured onboard ships.
Container shipping major MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has entered into a settlement agreement with the subrogated insurers of Amplify Energy Corp related to the 2021 Orange County oil spill incident. The oil spill resulted in the discharge of approximately 25,000 gallons of crude oil in Octobe
Elegant Exit Company (EEC), a sustainable ship recycling startup, is on a mission to change the ship recycling industry by converting old ships into green steel. The Drachten-based company was launched in 2020 with plans to own a fleet of end-of-life ships that will be operated until their planned r
The Port of Le Havre has announced the deployment of the ShoreTension mooring reinforcement system on all its terminals after several months of successful testing. The ShoreTension system, developed by KRVE, uses advanced software and sensors to monitor the mooring tension and adjust it in real-time
Monaco-based company Scorpio Tankers has exercised purchase options on six more product tankers.
