Japanese tugboat services provider Tokyo Kisen and compatriot marine software developer Marindows have kick-started what is being hailed as Japan’s “first” pure battery-powered EV harbor tugboat development project. As disclosed, the electric harbor tugboat is set to be operated in the ports of Yoko
Star Princess, the second LNG-powered cruise ship built by Italy’s Fincantieri for the U.S. cruise line Princess Cruises, has completed its sea trials.
Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMCZCS) has welcomed Smart Freight Centre (SFC), a non-profit organization for climate action in the freight sector, as a new knowledge partner, marking a step forward in advancing sustainability and decarbonization across the maritime freight
Türkiye-based fuel supplier Arkas Bunker has completed two biofuel bunkering operations in Istanbul, marking the company’s next step in pushing forward its sustainability-focused operations. As disclosed, Arkas Bunker supplied 685 tons in total of Bio24F biofuel, a blend of ISCC-certified 24% used c
L&T Energy GreenTech (LTEG), a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), has partnered with Japanese trading company ITOCHU Corporation to develop and commercialize a green ammonia project at Kandla in Gujarat, India.
The Rijeka Gateway, a joint venture (JV) between Denmark-based shipping colossal A.P. Moller-Maersk’s APM Terminals and Croatian investor Energia Naturalis (ENNA Group), has entered the final testing stage with the arrival of its first containership. According to APM Terminals, the Rijeka Gateway, c
The United States has officially rejected the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO’s) net-zero framework, which aims to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the shipping sector, and vowed to retaliate against countries that support the framework.
The 1,400 TEU liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled containership Torogoz, owned by U.S.-based shipping and logistics company Crowley, has been put into operation, having departed from Port Everglades, Florida, to serve the Central America route. As noted by officials from Crowley, deploying the vessel
Classification and compliance services provider Lloyd’s Register has issued the UK’s first certification for a remotely operated and unmanned vessel (ROUV), awarded to ACUA Ocean’s hydrogen-powered long-endurance uncrewed surface vessel (USV). The certification for ACUA Ocean’s PIONEER has been issu
China Ship Design & Research Center (CSDC) and TECHNOLOG Services of Germany have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to advance green and smart shipbuilding.
Finnish shipping company Wasaline has signed agreements with Nordic energy player Gasum and Swedish ferry operator Stena Line to use only liquified biogas (bio-LNG) on its Baltic Sea route, aiming for a carbon-neutral shipping operation.
UK-based shipping company Zodiac Maritime has welcomed its latest 7,000 CEU dual-fuel pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) constructed by China’s Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard (CIMC Raffles). As disclosed, the vessel, which uses liquefied natural gas (LNG) as one of its primary fuels, was delivered last
Seaspan Energy, a subsidiary of the Canadian Seaspan ULC, has formed a strategic partnership with Anew Climate to start delivering renewable liquefied natural gas (R-LNG) on North America’s West Coast.
China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Offshore Co. (DSOC) and compatriot Zhongnen Fuel Injection Technology have inked a deal to construct a 20,000 cubic meters (cbm) liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessel, said to be the ‘first’ independently developed unit of its type in the country. As disclosed, the
