Green Marine

Cargotec eyes 1M tonne CO2 emission reduction in value chain
Cargotec has committed to reducing the CO2 emissions of its value chain by 1 million tons by 2024.

Wärtsilä launches product to meet Chinese marine engine emission standard
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä will introduce a combined engine plus selective catalytic reduction (SCR) packaged product, made to comply with China’s Stage II marine engine emission standard.

Scandinavian Biogas: Expansion of liquid biogas facility sparks interest of shipping companies
Scandinavian Biogas Fuels International AB has decided to invest approximately NOK 170 million (about $20.7 million) in a liquid biogas plant (LBG) in Skogn, outside Trondheim, Norway.

ONE claims success in 2nd biofuel trial
Singapore-based Ocean Network Express (ONE) has completed the second trial of sustainable marine biofuel onboard the M/V MOL Experience. This time around the trial involved a three times higher mixing ratio in biofuel content. M/V MOL Experience was refuelled with marine biofuel during bunkering at

Hyundai Samho nets order for LPGC quartet
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. has won orders for four LPG carriers worth $328.7 million (KRW 364.4 billion). The orders are spread across two contracts, one with a shipowner from Liberia, and the second one with a shipping partner from Asia. Each company has booked two

SFL orders 2 LNG-fueled car carriers, secures long-term charters
Bermuda-based ship owner and charterer SFL Corporation Ltd. is to order two new dual-fuel 7,000 CEU car carriers that will be chartered out to an unnamed European automobile manufacturer.

Petronas expands LNG fleet with charters for HLS trio
Malaysian energy giant Petronas has put pen to paper to its LNG fleet expansion deal with South Korea’s Hyundai LNG Shipping.

NGO Shipbreaking: 76% of ships broken in Q1 ended up on South Asian beaches Q1
Of the 204 ships broken in the first quarter of 2021, 155 ships were sold to the beaches of South Asia, notorious for poor work safety and environmental practices, the latest report from NGO Shipbreaking Platform shows. According to the report, Greek ship owners sold the most ships to South Asian ya

Hudong Zhonghua delivers LNG-powered CMA CGM Concorde
Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, has named and delivered CMA CGM Concorde. The 23,000 TEU containership is the seventh of nine giant LNG-powered containerships French shipowner CMA CGM has on order in China. Measuring 400 meters in length and 61 met

WinGD completes TAT for 7-cylinder dual-fuel engine
Marine engine developer WinGD has completed a successful Type Approval Test (TAT) for their X82DF dual-fuel engine.

Isle of Man Ship Registry joins Eyesea ocean clean up initiative
The Isle of Man Ship Registry (IOMSR) has become the first flag state to formally back the Eyesea initiative, the not-for-profit organisation formed last year to map marine pollution.

Titan LNG’s second FlexFueler springs into action
Titan LNG, a Dutch independent LNG supplier, has completed a bunkering operation with its recently commissioned FlexFueler 002.

Shipowners and seafarers fail to agree on a revised minimum wage
The world’s seafarers yesterday decided to shut down negotiations over the future of seafarers’ minimum wages with national shipowners represented by the International Chamber of Shipping. The seafarers’ unions said they would prefer to tackle the shipping companies ‘head-on’ to set wages unilateral

South Korea to develop testbed for eco-friendly ships
The South Korean government unveiled plans to develop a testbed to accelerate the development of carbon-neutral vessels.