
Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Group has received a contract to construct new tugs for Hamburg-based tugboat operator Fairplay Towage under its ongoing fleet renewal program. In addition, Damen signed a contract with Neue Schleppdampfschiffsreederei Louis Meyer.

International shipping can reach zero or very near zero tank-to-wake (TTW) CO2 emissions by 2050, and achieve 95%+ reductions in well-to-wake (WTW) greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from 2018 levels, in scenarios aligned to a 1.5°C global temperature goal, according to a report from ERM, UMAS and UCL,