Green Marine
Japan pushes ahead with ammonia as a shipping fuel of the future
Japan is planning to introduce ammonia as fuel into the shipping industry and make it commercially available in the late 2020s as part of its efforts to go carbon-neutral by 2050. The solution was examined at today’s meeting of the fuel ammonia council, which was established back in October. The cou
New eco-friendly bulker joins K Line
Japanese shipping company K Line has taken delivery of Cape Ace, a 100,000 dwt bulker newbuilding.
Update: ONE Apus heading toward Kobe as lost units are revised to 1,816
The revised estimate of lost containers from the Japanese-flagged containership ONE Apus now stands at 1,816 units, scaled down from the initial estimates which exceeded 1,900 containers. Some 64 containers of those damaged or lost are believed to contain dangerous cargo, up from 40 which had been p
Crew member falls from Sagami tanker off Sabine Pass, Texas
A search is underway for a 27-year-old male crew member who fell overboard from the Handy tanker vessel Sagami in the Gulf of Mexico. The US Coast Guard said that the search was underway approximately 29 miles offshore Sabine Pass, Texas, since Wednesday evening. The individual was last seen wearing
DSME wins $260 million order for 3 VLCCs from ADNOC
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has placed an order for three very large crude carriers (VLCCs) with South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. The contract is worth KRW 282 billion ($ 260 million), according to the shipbuilder. The VLCC trio will be compliant with the
BIMCO: Lack of capacity for green recycling of large ships persists
Lack of sufficient recycling capability among shipyards included in the EU list to dismantle large ships remains an issue, according to BIMCO, despite the EU’s efforts to expand the list of approved yards. The EU Ship Recycling Regulation requires all large sea-going vessels sailing under an EU memb
Burckhardt nabs tech order for LNG-fueled containerships
Burckhardt Compression has secured an order to supply its Laby LNG boil-off gas compressors for two 14,000 TEU LNG-fueled containerships.
Bureau Veritas awards classification to Faroe Islands research vessel
Certification body Bureau Veritas has awarded classification to the research vessel Jákup Sverri whose primary task will be to survey in and around the Faroe Islands.
DP World and P&O Ferries offer to transport COVID vaccines to UK for free
Pan-European ferry and logistics company P&O Ferries, owned by DP World, has offered to transport COVID-19 vaccines into the UK free of charge. The United Kindom has become the first Western nation to authorize the COVID-19 vaccine developed by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner B
Odfjell to buy Lindsay Goldberg’s stake in Korea terminal
Norwegian shipping and tank terminal company Odfjell SE has reached an agreement with Lindsay Goldberg (LG) to acquire their indirect 24.5% shareholding in Odfjell Terminals Korea (OTK) for $19 million. Following the transaction, Odfjell SE will control 50% of OTK’s shareholding alongside the long-t
Konecranes and Cargotec merger prospectus wins green light from Finnish Supervisory Authority
Finnish engineering majors Konecranes and Cargotec have won approval from the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority for their merger prospectus. The merger was announced in October this year. The proposed combination is scheduled to be implemented as a statutory absorption merger whereby Konecrane
Boskalis boosts its offshore wind fleet with Boka Tiamat
Boskalis will add a multipurpose DP2 vessel Boka Tiamat to its fleet in January 2021, the company said via social media on 3 December, and will deploy the vessel on offshore wind projects in Taiwan. The offshore construction vessel was built by VARD BRATVAAG and delivered as a new-build in 2019. It
14 Ocean Panel nations vow to transform global ocean economy
Fourteen nations represented on the High-level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Ocean Panel) and accounting for 30% of the world’s oceans through their exclusive economic zones have committed to the sustainable management of the ocean. The nations led by Norway, include Australia, Canada, Fiji
ITF helped recover more than $1.7 million in owned wages to seafarers
Member unions of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have helped recover more than $1.7 million in wages owed to seafarers amid a concerning rise in abandonment cases by shipowners. The national union affiliates have assisted more than 135 seafarers across 12 ships in the Arab Worl