Green Marine
Wärtsilä to maintain two MMS-operated LNG carriers
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has signed an optimised maintenance agreement for two LNG carriers operated by the Japanese shipping group MMS.
In focus: Americas take the offshore energy helm
The industry has been evidently hitting the pause button ahead of Easter. However, it seems like one part of the world still keeps going without slowing down. The Americas took the spotlight this week in offshore energy news headlines, with Canada and the U.S. steering the wheel.
Germany to spend billions on floating LNG terminals
Germany’s government has allocated about €2.5 billion ($2.7 billion) for four floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals around the country.
Green hydrogen-based fuels are the best option for shipping’s green transition, report finds
Green hydrogen and green hydrogen-derived ammonia are the only scalable fuels that can achieve the emission reduction targets set forth in the Paris Agreement, a new report has found.
HJ Shipbuilding develops dual-fuel LNG containership, gets LR AIP
South Korean shipbuilder HJ Shipbuilding & Construction (HJSC, formerly Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction) has developed a dual-fuel liquefied natural gas- (LNG) powered containership.
Samsung Heavy picks GTT tank design for 4 new LNG-fueled containerships
Samsung Heavy Industries has ordered tank design for four new LNG-fueled containerships from the French LNG containment specialist GTT.
Meyer, Fassmer take over Neptun Ship Design to jointly offer solutions for sustainable shipping
German shipbuilder Meyer Group and its counterpart Fassmer have decided to jointly acquire compatriot ship design company Neptun Ship Design.
200 ships bunkered with contaminated fuel in the Port of Singapore
About 200 vessels have been supplied with contaminated bunker fuel in the latest environmental misconduct in the Port of Singapore.
UK’s Port of Southampton opens its first shore power facility
Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Southampton has commissioned its shore power facility for cruise ships.
ANL conducts first-ever container shipping biofuel trial in Oceania
ANL, a subsidiary of French container and logistics shipping giant CMA CGM Group, has completed the first biofuel trial on a containerised shipping vessel within Oceania.
ABS approves new FLNG concept from K Line, JGC
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has granted approval in principle to Japanese firms K Line and JGC for a new FLNG hull design.
EMSA: Drones to measure ships’ sulphur content in the Baltic Sea
Portugal-based European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), together with Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), is conducting a large-scale emissions monitoring campaign using remotely piloted aircraft, scheduled to begin later this month.
Kongsberg Maritime to deliver first Reach Remote unmanned surface vessels
Reach Subsea has awarded Kongsberg Maritime with a contract for the delivery of the first two in a series of Reach Remote unmanned surface vessels (USVs), which will serve as mobile power banks, data centers and communication modules for remotely operated vessels (ROVs). The USVs will be dedicated t
Gen2 Energy, Sirius D&I to develop world’s 1st container carrier for hydrogen
Norwegian green hydrogen company Gen2 Energy AS has signed a contract with compatriot ship designer and system integrator Sirius Design & Integration AS for the design of two specialized ships for the transport of large quantities of containers with compressed hydrogen.