Green Marine
APM Terminals invests $438 million in Apapa upgrade
APM Terminals Apapa, Nigeria’s largest container terminal, has invested $438 million to upgrade its facility with modern cargo handling equipment since it won the concession of the terminal in 2006.
Samsung Heavy develops new FLNG mooring system
South Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has independently developed a new mooring system for floating LNG production, storage, and unloading facilities (FLNG).
RINA approves LNG bunkering weather independent shuttle tanker
Classification society RINA has granted Approval in Principle (AiP) to the first European branch of China Merchant Group, CMIT Europe, for its weather independent shuttle tanker (WIST).
Canada welcomes 1st zero-emission, electric ferry
Following a 20-week retrofit, Marilyn Bell I ferry is now the first electric ferry service in Canada to be powered by a zero-emission, lithium-ion power and propulsion system containing no diesel components.
Poseidon Principles signatories make progress in decarbonizing shipping
11 out of 23 ship finance portfolios are aligned with the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) decarbonization target. In 2020, only 20% of reporting signatories were aligned with this goal, according to a new Poseidon Principles report.
ESL Shipping commits to net-zero emissions by 2050
In its first environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategy, Finnish shipping company ESL Shipping has revealed its target to achieve net zero CO2 operations by 2050.
MOL, JRCS jointly studying AI-based watchkeeping solution
Japanese shipping firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and its compatriot maritime technology company JRCS are planning to jointly research the use of AI-based object recognition technology to support watchkeeping aboard vessels.
China: 1st locally built large cruise ship floated out
The first large cruise ship built in China has been floated out at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) shipyard, part of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC).
AD Ports scores new projects in Jordan
Logistic facilitator Abu Dhabi Ports (AD Ports) has signed four strategic agreements and a Head of Terms Agreement (HoT) with Jordan’s Aqaba Development Corporation (ADC) for the development of a new cruise terminal in Aqaba.
Port of Oakland surpasses air quality goals
The US Port of Oakland has exceeded all its original goals set in the master plan for the port’s long-term commitment to reducing the air quality and health risk impacts of its maritime operations, according to the results of the emissions inventory.
Echandia opens UK hub to meet maritime battery systems demand
Swedish zero-emission energy systems provider Echandia has decided to open a business development hub in Aberdeen to serve the UK market.
Port of Long Beach to reduce delays with free cargo data tool
The Port of Long Beach has partnered up with the US technology consulting firm UNCOMN to launch a free-to-stakeholders cargo visibility service software.
1st US all-electric tug enters construction phase
The construction of eWolf, the first all-electric ship assist tug in the US regarded as a remarkable milestone for the entire US maritime industry, has begun at Master Boat Builders’ (MBB) shipyard in Coden, Alabama.
NovaAlgoma Cement Carriers ups stake in JT Cement
NovaAlgoma Cement Carriers (NACC), a cement shipping joint venture between Luxembourg’s Nova Marine and Canada’s Algoma Central Corporation, has doubled its investment in JT Cement by acquiring an additional 25% of its share equity from KGJ Cement Holdings AS.