Green Marine
Belships expands fleet with newbuild resale, inks time charter deal
Norway-based bulker owner and operator Belships has decided to acquire a newbuilding resale financed through a bareboat agreement for ten years.
After 21 years in North Sea, Petrojarl Banff FPSO ready for recycling – gallery
The Petrojarl Banff FPSO is now moored alongside the MARS quayside in Denmark in preparation for green recycling.
DEME, Van Oord JV wins Elbe dredging contract
DEME Group has won a contract for the maintenance dredging of the River Elbe in Germany, together with their joint venture partner Van Oord. The maintenance work covers the stretch of the fairway from Hamburg to Cuxhaven. Several trailing suction hopper dredgers will be deployed on this project from
Hapag-Lloyd off to a good start in 2021
Despite a slight decline in transport volumes, German container shipping major Hapag-Lloyd closed the first quarter of 2021 with improved revenue and earnings. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose to roughly $1.9 billion in Q1 2021 from $517 million reported i
Klaveness embarks upon carbon capture project
Norway-based shipowner Klaveness Combination Carriers (KCC) has joined a new carbon capture project called CCShip led by SINTEF Energy Research. The project focuses on deploying Carbon Capture & Storage technologies (CCS) for ships to reduce CO2 emissions. It will look at cost-effective solutions fo
Green groups: Biofuels, LNG should be excluded from FuelEU Maritime law
Biofuels and natural gas are not a sustainable alternative for the shipping industry’s decarbonization path, environmental groups said in a letter addressed to the European Commission. The 17 organizations believe that the EU should promote the use of green synthetic fuels, or e-fuels, by ships and
Egypt introduces plan to expand Suez Canal
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egyptian President, yesterday approved the widening and deepening of the southern part of the Suez Canal, after the 20,000TEU container vessel Ever Given crippled the critical maritime artery recently. With a length of 400 meters and a width of nearly 60 meters, this giant ship
Bunker One tanker starts biofuel trials
M/T Amak Swan, a tanker operated by marine fuel supplier Bunker One, has commenced trials of using biofuel in its own engine.
Waterfront Shipping demonstrates methanol bunkering in Port of Rotterdam
Waterfront Shipping’s methanol-fuelled ship took part on Monday in the launch of the world’s first barge-to-ship methanol bunkering operation at the Port of Rotterdam. During the operation, Takaroa Sun, a long-term chartered vessel owned by NYK Bulkship (Asia), a subsidiary of NYK, was provided with
Alfa Laval FSS scores Japanese LPG tanker trio deal
Swedish company Alfa Laval has received an order for three units of the Alfa Laval FCM LPG systems that will be installed on three Japanese LPG carriers.
Three more partners to study development of LH2 supply infrastructure in Singapore
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Linde Gas Singapore and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have joined Keppel Data Centres and Vopak LNG to explore the concept development of a supply infrastructure to bring liquefied hydrogen (LH2) into Singapore to power Keppel’s data centres.
TORM buys scrubber-fitted LR2 trio for $120.8 m
Danish carrier of refined oil products TORM has signed an agreement to purchase three 2015-built scrubber-fitted and fuel-efficient LR2 vessels, splashing $120.8 million on the deal. The ships, named Nissos Schinoussa, Nissos Heraclea, and Nissos Therassia, are being bought from Okeanis Eco Tankers
Wärtsilä tech ordered for Oriental’s LPG-fueled VLGCs
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä said its technology has been selected for two new very large gas carrier vessels (VLGC) being built for China-based Oriental Energy. Wärtsilä said it has been contracted to supply the cargo handling and LPG fuel supply systems for the two vessels. The ships are
Eneti orders mega jack-up for 20 MW wind turbines
Eneti Inc., formerly Scorpio Bulkers, has entered into a binding agreement with South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) for the construction of one wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV). The contract price is US$ 330 million and the vessel will be delivered in the third qua