Shipping is one of the few transport modes that does not achieve zero emissions in the Net‐Zero Emissions by 2050 Scenario, released by the International Energy Agency (IEA). The agency ascribed this to a lack of available low‐carbon options on the market and the long lifetime of vessels (typically
The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has agreed to initiate new measures to detect and report containers lost at sea, which may enhance their positioning, tracking and recovery.
After more than 95% of sea kidnappings happened in the Gulf of Guinea in 2020, almost 100 shipping companies, organizations, and flag states have signed a new declaration calling for and to piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. The violence, scope, and sophistication of the attacks on shipping have continue
German renewable energy company BayWa r.e. has informed that the initial studies carried out on a floating solar farm in Zwolle in the Netherlands showed no adverse effects to the surrounding environment.
Swedish company Lean Marine has been contracted to install its propulsion optimization technology across the tanker fleet of Ardmore Shipping Corporation.
Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has issued an approval in principle (AiP) to Spanish engineering company Seaplace, for an active ballast control system designed specifically for the company’s floating offshore wind platform concept, CROWN.
An investigation has been launched into a serious lifting incident with a personal injury on Equinor’s Johan Sverdrup project in Norway.
Global transport activity will more than double by 2050, and traffic emissions will rise by 16% compared to 2015 – even if existing commitments to decarbonise transport are fully implemented, the International Transport Forum (ITF) predicts. According to ITF Transport Outlook 2021, any currently exp
UK-based tidal energy developer Simec Atlantis Energy has warned of an alleged appointment of administrators to one of its main shareholders which owns 43% stake in the company.
A global effort to reduce sulfur and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships has researchers from the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and other Department of Energy facilities investigating the potential use of marine biofuels.
BSEE has conducted a pre-production inspection of BP’s Argos platform slated for operation in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
The 2,500 TEU vessel, which has been designed jointly by VPLP Design, Alwena Shipping, SDARI and AYRO, received an Approval in Principle (AiP) from the classification society Bureau Veritas.
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) and Glint Solar have developed a technology that automatically estimates wave conditions and wind directions for floating solar installations.
French low-carbon investment company, Falkor, has joined forces with power-to-fuel developer, Liquid Wind to replicate eMethanol facilities in France and Southern Europe.
