Green Marine
Port of Rotterdam: Free shore power from battery for inland vessels
Free shore-based power is available at Maaskade in Rotterdam for large inland vessels that participate in a trial with shore-based power from a battery system, the Port of Rotterdam said.
CMA CGM in China’s first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering
CMA CGM and SIPG jointly completed China’s first ship-to-ship LNG simultaneous operation (SIMOPS) bunkering, marking a major step in the energy transition.
Shipping industry: Planned $5B R&D fund could support developing countries’ decarbonization
Representatives of the global shipping industry, supported by governments, have laid out proposals on how a planned global R&D fund can be tailored to support developing economies.
Singapore: New alliance to speed up decarbonisation, build next-gen maritime ecosystem
Coastal Sustainability Alliance (CSA) has been launched in Singapore by Kuok Singapore Limited (KSL) Maritime Group to accelerate decarbonisation, transition to a circular economy and strengthen marine supply chains.
Denmark accelerates power-to-x push with €161 million subsidy scheme
Denmark has launched a €161 million subsidy scheme to support the Power-to-X projects towards the goal of reaching between 4 and 6 GW of electrolysis capacity by 2030. The Danish government launched the strategy for the development of the Power-to-X-technology and capacity in December 2021. The stra
Japanese autonomous ship framework gets green light from ClassNK and BV
Japanese shipping firm NYK Line and its group companies MTI and Japan Maritime Science have received approval in principle (AiP) from classification societies ClassNK and Bureau Veritas (BV) for a fully autonomous ship framework for the first time in the country.
Maersk 1st shipping firm to join the Climate Pledge
Danish shipping and logistics giant Maersk has joined The Climate Pledge, a cross-sector community of companies and organizations that have committed to decarbonizing their businesses.
Norwegian Greentech’s BWTS selected for ammonia-ready robotic vessels
Norwegian Greentech, a subsidiary of Hav Group ASA and supplier of sustainable systems for clean water, has secured a contract with shipbuilding group VARD to deliver the ballast water treatment systems (BWTS) to six marine robotic vessels that will be built at Vard Vung Tau in Vietnam.
Alfa Laval PureSOx scrubbers with shared WCS installed on world’s largest containership
Two PureSOx scrubbers with a shared water cleaning system (WCS) installed on the 23,992 TEU boxship Ever Ace have proved their effectiveness, according to Swedish company Alfa Laval.
Hapag-Lloyd hires six 14,000 TEU boxships from SFL
Bermuda-based ship owning and chartering company SFL Corporation has agreed to charter out six 14,000 TEU container vessels to German container shipping major Hapag-Lloyd AG.
Thai shipowner orders two 7,000 TEU container ships at SWS
Thai ship owner Regional Container Lines (RCL) has ordered two 7,000 TEU container ships from Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS), a subsidiary of China CSSC Holding.
Valaris drillship breaks free of moorings and collides with bulk carrier – gallery
A Valaris drillship and a bulk carrier have collided in Pascagoula, Mississippi with both vessels sustaining damage as a result.
BW Offshore sends another laid-up FPSO to scrap yard
BW Offshore has arranged to recycle another one of its FPSOs at a yard in India to pursue portfolio optimisation.
ABS terminates class services to Russian vessels, assets and companies
Due to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, the U.S. classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has decided to withdraw all class services involving Russian vessels, assets and companies.