Green Marine

ONE maps sustainability pathway
Singapore-based Ocean Network Express (ONE) has become the latest container shipping company to integrate sustainability into its business strategy.

Hantong inks deal for 10 bulkers with Nisshin
Chinese shipbuilder Jiangsu Hantong Ship Heavy Industry has won an order for the construction of ten 82,000-ton bulk carriers from Japanese shipowner Nisshin Shipping. The bulkers are scheduled for delivered before August 2023. The value of the contract has not been disclosed. This is the fourth bat

In focus: Piecing together the energy transition puzzle
The offshore energy sector is currently going through a major change with the energy transition and sustainability as a driving force.

World Bank: Ammonia, hydrogen are the most promising zero-carbon marine fuels
Ammonia and hydrogen are zero-carbon bunker fuels that are most likely to be major contributors to shipping’s decarbonized future, a new series of report released by the World Bank reveals.

SEA-LNG: study affirms LNG cuts shipping GHG emissions
LNG bunkering coalition SEA-LNG on Friday highlighted the findings of an independent study reconfirming that LNG as a marine fuel reduces GHG emissions by up to 23 per cent.

Shell’s LNG carrier scores 6.6% net savings with Silverstream’s air bubble system
A Shell-chartered 170,000 cbm LNG carrier, named Methane Patricia Camila, has achieved 6.6% net savings generated by the Silverstream’s air lubrication system, Silverstream and Shell’s engineers found during operational testing. The system was retrofitted on the 2010-built LNG carrier during its Oct

Tsuneishi unveils new LNG-fueled Kamsarmax design
Japan’s Tsuneishi Shipbuilding has developed a new LNG-fueled Kamsarmax dry bulk carrier design.

SCA: 2 crew members citing ‘urgent private’ matters allowed to leave Ever Given
Two members of the Ever Given crew have been granted permission from the Suez Canal Authority to leave the ship to address urgent private matters, the canal authority confirmed. The seafarers are part of the 25-strong crew of the giant containership, which has been arrested in Egypt earlier this wee

GTT evolves NO96 containment system
French cryogenic containment specialist GTT has unveiled an evolution of its NO96 cargo containment system.

KSOE wins order for LNG carrier trio
South Korean shipbuilding giant Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) is enjoying a ship ordering spree as it won another contract for three liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers.

Crowley starts using biofuel to power tug
Crowley Shipping and Shell Trading (US) Company (STUSCO) recently initiated the use of low carbon biofuel to power the Crowley tugboat Veteran, a ship assist and escort tug serving the Bay of San Francisco.

15 kidnapped seafarers of Davide B tanker freed
All 15 seafarers who were abducted from Davide B vessel in the Gulf of Guinea on March 11 have been released and are now safe, De Poli Tankers informed. The attack took place some 213 nautical miles off South Cotonou, Benin, according to a report from Dryad Global. The Maltese-flagged chemical tanke

Stopford: Industry will need $3.4 trillion in the next 30 years to replace existing fleet
The maritime industry will need to invest around $3.4 trillion in the next 30 years to replace the existing fleet in line with the shipping sector’s decarbonization plans. The projection was made earlier today by the shipping industry’s top analyst Mr. Martin Stopford, Non-Executive President -of Cl

LNG as fuel should be a no-brainer. So, what’s the hold-up?
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel has been touted as the best available solution for the maritime industry to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions for a while now. It has been transported for over 40 years and the shipping sector has learned a lot about it as a cargo but also as a fuel. [&