Green Marine

CMA CGM Kimberley LNG-powered boxship delivered
French shipping major CMA CGM has taken delivery of CMA CGM Kimberley, the second in the series of five 15,000 TEU LNG-powered ships built at the Chinese Jiangnan Shipyard.

NCLH completes scrubber retrofits on 13 cruise ships
Cruise company Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) has completed its nearly $200 million, multi-year investment in exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS) on certain ships across its fleet with the commissioning of EGCS onboard Norwegian Breakaway and Norwegian Getaway.

DFDS takes delivery of its largest RoPax ferry
Danish ferry and logistics company DFDS has taken delivery of its newbuilt passenger vessel Aura Seaways.

Scorpio Tankers, Ocean Yield ink sale & leaseback deal for tanker duo
Monaco-based shipping company Scorpio Tankers has signed a sale and leaseback deal with Norwegian counterpart Ocean Yield for two long-range 2 (LR2) product tankers.

Dutch project for producing bio-LNG awarded $4.8M in funding
Bio-LNG bunkering project FirstBio2Shipping, developed by Attero in Wilp, will receive €4.3M million ($4.8 million) funding from the EU.

Port Bronka in Russia introduces discount for green vessels
Port Bronka, a deepwater seaport in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, has decided to reward green ships with a special bonus.

United Heavy Lift boosts fleet with new eco ship
Germany’s multipurpose shipping company United Heavy Lift GmbH (UHL) has taken delivery of MV UHL Fighter, the sixteenth unit in a series of seventeen F900 Eco-Lifters newbuilds.

Taylor Maritime takes stake in Grindrod Shipping
UK-based dry bulk shipping company Taylor Maritime Investments has agreed to acquire a 22.6% stake in Grindrod Shipping Holdings, a dual NASDAQ- and Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed shipping business.

Siemens Gamesa testing Rem newbuild
Rem Offshore’s newbuild Construction Service Vessel (CSV), Rem Energy, has started a charter sea trial for Siemens Gamesa in the German North Sea. The vessel is deployed at the 400 MW Global Tech I wind farm located 140 kilometres from Emden in the German Exclusive Economic Zone. Once the sea trials

Stena Bulk, OGCI: CCS is technically feasible on large tanker
Capture & storage (CCS) technology is technically feasible on a large tanker, tanker shipping company Stena Bulk said, announcing the results of a recent partnership with the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI).

Two crew members missing after cargo ships collide in Baltic Sea
Two cargo vessels collided between the southern Swedish coastal town of Ystad and the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea, according to the Swedish Sea Rescue Society.

Zvezda shipyard lays keel for new Arctic LNG carrier
Russia’s Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex held a keel-laying ceremony for the third ARC 7 icebreaking LNG carrier that will be servicing the Arctic LNG 2 project.

Mediterranean Sea to become emission control area for shipping
The EU, together with countries from around the Mediterranean Sea, have agreed to support the designation of a sulphur emissions control area (SECA) in the Mediterranean Sea region.

IMO elects new 40-member council
The Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has elected the Members of its Council for the years 2022-2023.