Green Marine
DP World and P&O Ferries offer to transport COVID vaccines to UK for free
Pan-European ferry and logistics company P&O Ferries, owned by DP World, has offered to transport COVID-19 vaccines into the UK free of charge. The United Kindom has become the first Western nation to authorize the COVID-19 vaccine developed by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner B
Konecranes and Cargotec merger prospectus wins green light from Finnish Supervisory Authority
Finnish engineering majors Konecranes and Cargotec have won approval from the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority for their merger prospectus. The merger was announced in October this year. The proposed combination is scheduled to be implemented as a statutory absorption merger whereby Konecrane
Boskalis boosts its offshore wind fleet with Boka Tiamat
Boskalis will add a multipurpose DP2 vessel Boka Tiamat to its fleet in January 2021, the company said via social media on 3 December, and will deploy the vessel on offshore wind projects in Taiwan. The offshore construction vessel was built by VARD BRATVAAG and delivered as a new-build in 2019. It
BIMCO: 47% of all dry bulkers delivered in 2020 fitted with scrubbers
Some 47% of all newly built dry bulkers delivered in 2020 are fitted with exhaust gas cleaning systems, known as scrubbers, data from BIMCO shows. Interest in scrubbers peaked in 2018 and 2019 ahead of the implementation of the IMO 2020 sulphur cap that entered into force in January 2020. Bulk carri
Wärtsilä wins maintenance deal for Lastco’s VLGC duo
The technology group Wärtsilä has signed 5-year Optimised Maintenance Agreements covering the main engines for two very large gas carriers (VLGC) operated by Latsco Marine Management (LMM). The contract, which became effective from September, was signed in August 2020. The two vessels, the Hellas Dy
Methanol Institute calls for the adoption of methanol as Arctic fuel
The Methanol Institute is urging the maritime community to mitigate pollution and emissions risk in Polar regions by adopting methanol as marine fuel, and applying bunkering guidelines developed by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN). The call is being issued on the back of IMO’s meetin
Soren Toft starts his CEO role at MSC
Soren Toft started his new role as Chief Executive Officer of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s second-largest container shipping firm, on December 2, 2020. He reports directly to Diego Aponte, MSC Group President, and Gianluigi Aponte, Founder and MSC Group Chairman. In his role as
UN adopts resolution on key worker status of seafarers
The United Nations has adopted a resolution that calls on its members to designate seafarers and other marine personnel as key workers and implement relevant measures to allow stranded seafarers to be repatriated and others to join ships. The UN pointed to the need for an urgent and concrete respons
GTT bags tank design order for six ice-class LNG tankers
French LNG containment specialist GTT has been contracted to design tanks for six Arc7 ice-class LNG carriers.
Celsius charters LNG tanker trio to Cheniere
Celsius Tankers, a unit of the Copenhagen-based Celsius Shipping, has found work for its newbuild trio of ultra-eco LNG carriers.
ZeroNorth, Veson Nautical join forces to unlock better vessel performance, cut CO2 emissions
ZeroNorth, a digital spin-off from Maersk Tankers, and maritime software developer Veson Nautical have entered into a strategic product partnership. The agreement will allow ZeroNorth’s vessel optimisation software, Optimise, to integrate with the Veson IMOS Platform (VIP), a solution for commercial
Wärtsilä reliquefaction tech picked for Knutsen LNG pair
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply its reliquefaction plant for Knutsen’s LNG carrier pair.
Norwegian shipowner sentenced for involvement in Harrier’s scrapping case
Norwegian shipowner Georg Eide has been sentenced for having aided Singapore-based cash buyer Wirana Shipping in an attempt to export barge carrier Harrier (ex-Tide Carrier) to a scrapyard in Pakistan back in 2017. A district court in Sunnhordland, Norway convicted the shipowner to six months in pri
Clarksons: 27% of the order book to run on alternative fuels
Alternative fuels are gaining traction in the maritime industry amid growing regulatory pressure and currently, they account for 3.5% of the fleet, and 27% of the order book by tonnage, data from Clarksons Research shows.