Dutch marine transportation service provider Future Proof Shipping (FPS) has selected Ballard Power Systems to provide PEM fuel cells for the retrofitting of its second inland container vessel, the FPS Waal. Once the project is complete, the vessel will operate emissions-free, powered by green hydro
Singapore-based tanker owner and operator Hafnia has partnered with Clean Hydrogen Works (CHW) to explore the development of a new clean fuel project in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. Hafnia and CHW will collaborate on the development of a global-scale clean hydrogen-ammonia production and export proj
Northern Xplorer, a recently established Norwegian cruise venture, has selected classification society DNV to class its first zero-emission cruise ship.
Rotoboost, a global hydrogen company based in Norway, has won a new technology qualification designation from the ABS classification society for its pre-combustion carbon capture system based on the thermocatalytic decomposition process. The technology, described as a first-of-its-kind, allows for c
MSC, the world’s largest ocean carrier by operated container vessel capacity, has backed the criticism of the impending carbon intensity indicator (CII) regulation amid fears that the methodology used might result in unintended consequences and penalization. Under the CII rating scheme, set to enter
Spanish ferry operator Baleària has placed an order for the second liquefied natural gas (LNG) powered passenger and cargo fast ferry in Spain.
Swiss-headquartered tech company ABB has been selected to deliver the shaft generator system with permanent magnet technology for the first dedicated CO2-storage vessels for Norway’s Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.
Wind propulsion needs to be integrated into the regulatory process as soon as possible, and declassified from a ‘fuel efficiency measure’ to a ‘propulsive power provider’, according to a recently submitted paper by several member states and the International Windship Association (IWSA). The document
Royal Caribbean Group has become the first major cruise line operator to sail a cruise ship from a US port while using renewable diesel fuel to meet part of the ship’s fuel needs. On 28 October, Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas set sail from the Port of Los Angeles using renewable fuel to red
Classification society RINA has granted approval in principle (AiP) for a methanol dual fuel tugboat designed by Turkish shipbuilding company Med Marine.
A group of international ports is collaborating through the UK’s 2050 Maritime Innovation Hub to launch a Maritime Data Cluster aimed at accelerating the green smart port revolution. The cluster, the first of its kind, aims to facilitate sharing of non-commercial data between ports to achieve collec
The Port of Long Beach is set to receive a $30.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for its clean air project. Under the project, the port plans to deploy the nation’s “largest fleet of manually operated, zero-emissions cargo handling equipment at a single marine terminal.” Spe
Finnish shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) has held a keel-laying ceremony for Spirit of Tasmania IV, a liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered car and passenger ferry (RoPax) being built for Tasmanian TT-Line Company.
Hong Kong-listed shipping major COSCO Shipping Holdings has placed an order for the construction of twelve 24,000 TEU methanol dual-fuel containerships worth $2.87 billion. The construction contract was signed by the company’s subsidiaries Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) and Cosco Shipping Lin
