Green Marine
ESPO: Ports can play important role in delivering EU Green Deal but clearer strategy needed
Europe’s ports can be a strategic partner in making the European Green Deal happen but a more specific strategy in this respect is needed, the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) pointed out.
45 countries designated seafarers as key workers
Forty-five IMO Member States and one Associate Member, Hong Kong, have now designated seafarers as key workers, a key step in resolving the ongoing crew change crisis. Key worker designation is essential to exempt these professionals from specific COVID-related travel restrictions, allowing them to
Lloyd’s Register awards AiP to Hyundai for 30,000 cbm LNG carrier
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded approval in principle to a Hyundai Mipo Dockyard for 30,000 cbm LNG carrier a prismatic with IMO type B tank.
Norden moves forward with carbon-neutral biofuel tests
Danish shipping company Dampskibsselskabet Norden A/S continues its research into alternative green transport options by carrying out a third test voyage using biofuel.
Companies step up work on maritime cyber security
Following several cyber attacks that happened in the maritime sector this year, the issue of maritime cyber security is gaining prominence.
Poseidon Principles signatories release their 1st green financing report
The first disclosure report from the 15 signatories of the Poseidon Principles shows that the ship finance portfolios of three banks are aligned with the UN decarbonization targets while those of the remaining 12 banks are not. The climate assessment offers banks new insight into their lending decis
Maersk Tankers’ fleet sees 20 pct growth in 2020
Denmark-based tanker owner and operator Maersk Tankers has increased its managed fleet by more than 20% so far this year following the latest deal signed with Xihe Holdings (Xihe), the 60% holding company for Singapore’s tanker ship owner Xihe Group of Companies.
Verifavia wins IHM maintenance deal covering 350 BSM ships
Emissions verification company Verifavia Shipping has secured a contract to provide Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM) maintenance services for around 350 vessels in the Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) fleet.
Norsepower to install 5 tilting rotor sails on a bulker newbuild
Finnish auxiliary wind propulsion systems’ provider Norsepower Oy Ltd. has won its first newbuild order for the installation of a record five tilting Rotor Sails on board a large bulk carrier. The agreement heralds the first installation of Norsepower’s innovative Rotor Sails on a bulk carrier. The
Swedish industry experts developing AI-powered ship operations system to cut emissions
Lean Marine and AI-application developers Molflow have joined forces with the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg to develop an AI-powered, semi-autonomous system for planning and executing sea voyages. The Via Kaizen project is funded by the Swedish Transport Administration, Trafikverke
Hurtigruten comes under cyberattack
Norway’s expedition cruise operator Hurtigruten was hit by a cyberattack on 14 December 2020.
Kongsberg Maritime chooses Sonihull antifouling systems
Sonihull, the UK-based provider of environmentally friendly anti-fouling systems, has signed an agreement with Norwegian maritime technology group Kongsberg Maritime to be its sole-supplier of ultrasonic anti-fouling systems.
Study: Too expensive for ships to evade EU carbon market
The risk of shippers evading the EU carbon market is minimal, as it would not be cost-effective, a study by Brussels-based environmental NGO Transport and Environment shows. In 2019, the European Union committed in its European Green Deal to extend the European emissions trading system (ETS) to the
Grimaldi Euromed secures $42.5 million loan to finance Eco Barcelona
Grimaldi Euromed, a subsidiary of the Grimaldi Group specializing in the maritime transport of passengers and RORO cargo, has won a €35 million ($42.5 million) loan facility from CaixaBank S.A. The loan is intended to finance the acquisition of a new Roll-on/Roll-off (Ro-Ro) vessel Eco Barcelona. Th