Green Marine

JR Shipping presents next-gen green feeder vessel designs
Dutch shipping company JR Shipping has unveiled its ECO Feeder program, a series of new ship designs in the container feeder vessel segment.

€420M green shipping fund launched in the Netherlands
Amsterdam-based sustainable investment management company Prow Capital has launched a €420 million (about $474 million) green shipping fund.

Liquid Wind secures $16.9M for eMethanol facility
Swedish power-to-fuel developer Liquid Wind has received €15 million ($16.9 million) for its FlagshipONE eMethanol fuel-producing facility from Swedish Climate Leap.

UK regulator says no to Konecranes, Cargotec merger
The UK CMA has provisionally found that the proposed merger of Cargotec and Konecranes raises competition concerns.

Damen Shipyards wins 1st EU Stage V certification for emission reduction system
Dutch shipbuilding firm Damen Shipyards Group has become the first shipyard to achieve official European Union (EU) Stage V certification for its in-house developed emission reduction system.

Port of Kiel lays out 3-step plan to reach net zero
Germany’s Port of Kiel has set the goal of reducing all of its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to zero by 2030.

Keppel scores LNGC to FSRU conversion gig
Singapore’s conglomerate Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) has won contract for the conversion of an LNG carrier into a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU).

VT Group, Inovyn to develop Europe’s 1st hydrogen-fuelled chemical barge
Inovyn, a subsidiary of UK-based oil and gas company Ineos, has joined forces with Dutch bunkering company VT Group to develop Europe’s first bulk liquid chemical barge powered by hydrogen.

Korean shipyards order GTT tank design for 3 new LNG carriers
Korean shipyards Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) have ordered the tank design for three new LNG carriers from French containment specialist GTT.

Wärtsilä and RINA join in on a hydrogen fuel solution to meet climate goals
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä, together with class society RINA other stakeholders, is working on delivering a solution with hydrogen as fuel.

TECO 2030: Port of Narvik to build hydrogen-powered high-speed boat
Norway’s cleantech company TECO 2030 is leading a project group that will build a hydrogen-powered high-speed vessel for the Port of Narvik.

Works get underway to transform Pembroke Port into Welsh marine energy hub
Works to redevelop areas within Pembroke Port and create the infrastructure needed to support the development of a world-class marine energy hub have started.

China is the world’s leading shipowning nation
China tops the list of the ten biggest shipowning nations globally, according to VesselsValue.

Inmarsat equips SEA-KIT USVs with connectivity solution
Satellite communications provider Inmarsat has installed the new connectivity solution on SEA-KIT’s uncrewed surface vessel (USV) Maxlimer using virtualised networks.