Green Marine

Seanergy Maritime wraps up $179 m financial restructuring
Athens-based pure-play Capesize vessel owner Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. has reached final agreements with its lenders for the financial restructuring of a total of $179 million, consisting of four senior credit facilities. Under the terms of the restructuring, approximately $87 million of debt

KSOE wins order for VLCC pair
The orderbook of South Korean shipbuilding giant Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) continues to grow with two additional very large crude carriers (VLCCs).

MSC joins the Hydrogen Council to help accelerate shipping’s decarbonization
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has joined the Hydrogen Council, as a steering member to foster cross-sector collaboration that will accelerate research and development related to clean hydrogen derived fuels and solutions. The Hydrogen Council is a global CEO-led initiative that brings togethe

Brittany Ferries’ 2nd LNG-powered E-Flexer launched in China
French shipping company Brittany Ferries has unveiled the name of its newest LNG-powered E-Flexer ferry.

Holland Shipyards Group to build 3 more hybrid ferries for SFK
Dutch ship designer and builder Holland Shipyards Group has signed a contract to build three additional hybrid ferries for Germany’s Schlepp- und Fährgesellschaft Kiel (SFK).

Carnival to cut emissions with Shell’s carbon-neutral marine lubricants
Shell Marine, part of Royal Dutch Shell, has received a multi-year contract to provide marine lubricants to cruise line operator Carnival Corporation’s fleet of 89 ships.

BMT gets design contract for Scotland’s new energy-efficient ferry
Scottish government-owned company Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) has awarded a contract to design and engineering firm BMT to provide consultancy services for the concept design of a new passenger ferry for the Gourock, Dunoon and Kilcreggan routes.

SHI delivers GasLog Galveston to GasLog
Greece-based LNG shipper GasLog has continued the expansion of its fleet with the delivery of GasLog Galveston. The vessel capable of transporting up to 174,000 cubic meters of the chilled fuel has been delivered at the start of January. The vessel built by the South Korean Samsung Heavy Industries

Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding names CMA CGM Rivoli
Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of China Shipbuilding Corporation, hosted a naming ceremony for LNG-fuelled 23,000 TEU containership CMA CGM Rivoli on January 8. The ship is the fifth of the nine 23,000 container ships ordered by CMA CGM from China State Shipbuilding Corporation in 2017 a

Coronavirus impact: Nor-Shipping postponed to 2022
Nor-Shipping, one of the leading international shipping events, has been postponed to 10-13 January 2022, the event organisers informed.

Turkey imposes harsher maritime pollution fines
Turkey has increased the levels of maritime pollution fines raising them by 9.11 %, according to the Standard Club. Environmental pollution fines are revised annually and declared in the Official Gazette for the respective year. The fines relate to pollution caused by cargo ships and other naval ves

MPC Capital AG launches a renewable energy platform
Oslo-listed asset and investment manager MPC Capital AG has initiated a new renewable energy platform under the brand MPC Energy Solutions as part of its strategy to capitalize on the growing demand for sustainable and cost-competitive low-carbon energy infrastructure. In a private placement directe

Klaveness receives sixth energy-efficient CLEANBU vessel
Klaveness Combination Carriers (KCC), part of Norway’s shipping company Torvald Klaveness, has accepted delivery of MV Baiacu, its sixth CLEANBU vessel.

Port of Rotterdam explains its approach to shore power
After embarking on an ambitious strategy for onshore power use, the Port of Rotterdam has now unveiled a detailed approach to realizing shore power within different shipping segments.