Green Marine
Wärtsilä to maintain 2 LNG-fueled ferries from STQ
Wärtsilä has signed an optimised maintenance agreement with the Canadian ferry operator STQ for two LNG-fueled ferries.
Keppel O&M lands fresh batch of contracts
Keppel Offshore & Marine has secured new contracts from repeat customers with a total value estimated at about $186 million.
Maersk posts record earnings, further expands logistics portfolio
Danish container shipping and logistics giant A.P. Moller – Maersk has delivered record earnings for 2021 despite persistent supply chain disruptions.
Green SCR system for German cruise ship
MAN PrimeServ Augsburg, part of MAN Energy Solutions, has completed the retrofitting of dual selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems aboard the cruise ship MS Amadea.
MOL bunkering vessel trials biodiesel fuel
Japanese bunkering vessel Techno Star has been successfully operated using biodiesel fuel (BDF) supplied by Aburatou Shoji K.K.
MOL signs charter for new Arctic LNG 2 ice-breaking carrier
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has signed a charter contract for a newbuilding ice-breaking tanker to serve Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 project.
Digital platform for NSR to make Arctic shipping safer
Russia’s icebreaker operator Rosatomflot, part of the Rosatom Group, has signed an agreement to create a unified platform for digital services of the Northern Sea Route.
Report: Three dead, four still missing after FPSO explosion in Nigeria
At least three people have reportedly died following an explosion of the FPSO Trinity Spirit in waters off Nigeria.
Wight Shipyard to merge with OCEA
Britain’s aluminium shipbuilder, The Wight Shipyard Co., has unveiled an all-share merger with the complementary French shipbuilder OCEA to create a combined group to capitalise on the fast ferry and offshore renewable energy markets opportunities.
Large car ferry aces world’s longest autonomous sea trial
A Japanese consortium including shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has completed a sea trial of autonomous sailing using a large commercial coastal car ferry, in a voyage from the Tomakomai Port, Hokkaido Prefecture to the Oarai Port, Ibaraki Prefecture.
Isle of Man Ship Registry discounts fees for green ships
The Isle of Man Ship Registry (IOMSR) is set to become the world’s first flag state to incentivise ship owners by offering a new green discount on registration fees for ships deploying green technology.
Hapag-Lloyd to deploy first dual-fuel 23,500+ TEU ships in 2023
German container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd plans to deploy the first of its twelve new 23,500+ TEU vessels in 2023, Lutz-Michael Dyck, Senior Director Strategic Asset Projects at Hapag-Lloyd, confirmed.
Unifeeder bunkers VARO’s renewable biofuel in ‘major decarbonisation move’
Short-sea operator Unifeeder Group has bunkered its first sustainable 100% biofuel from oil refiner and supplier VARO Energy in the Port of Rotterdam as part of the collaboration targeting reduced carbon footprint of the shipping industry.
New study to explore converting tanker to containership
Swedish tanker shipping company Concordia Maritime has launched a technical design study on the conversion of a tanker to a container vessel.