German shipbuilder Meyer Werft hosted a keel laying ceremony for Disney Wish, the first of three new ships ordered by the US-based cruise company Disney Cruise Line that will feature environmentally friendly technologies.
Tanker shipping company Stena Bulk has revealed a set of five dated decarbonisation targets as part of its comprehensive roadmap for becoming a net-zero business by 2050. The first of these milestones was achieved in 2020, when Stena Bulk began offering customers low-carbon shipping options with up
Danish green hydrogen fuel provider Everfuel A/S has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with an undisclosed German-Norwegian shipping company for the supply of hydrogen to a new zero-emission shipping solution. Under the cooperation deal, Everfuel will be responsible for delivery of hydrogen
A CO2 transport and storage barge-push tug combination, developed as part of the Carbon Collectors initiative, has won approval in principle from Bureau Veritas. The concept was developed by Dutch shipyard Royal Niestern Sander, the shipping company Royal Wagenborg, and Imodco, part of the SBM Offsh
Greek shipowner Latsco has received Hellas Diana from South Korea’s Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI), as the first LNG carrier in the fleet.
The European innovation project Flagships is preparing to deploy the world’s first commercial cargo transport vessel operating on hydrogen. The ship will be an inland vessel, set to ply the river Seine in Paris, and is scheduled for delivery in September 2021. It will be fitted with by hydrogen powe
The world’s first conversion of a large containership to LNG as fuel has been completed, German liner company Hapag-Lloyd has confirmed to Offshore Energy – Green Marine. The 15,000 TEU vessel Sajir, now renamed Brussels Express, departed the Chinese shipyard Huarun Dadong Dockyard Co. last Saturday
Vard and North Star Renewables have signed contracts for the design and construction of three service operation vessels (SOVs) which will operate on the Dogger Bank Wind Farm offshore the UK. The signing of the contracts follows the recent news on the Aberdeen-based North Star Renewables winning the
Norwegian natural gas supplier Gasnor has signed a 5-year agreement to supply LNG to Oddrun With, Ulvan Rederi’s new hybrid vessel.
Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar Shipyards has signed a contract for the construction of six vessels with the Port Qasim Authority (PQA) in Pakistan. The $33.46 million deal includes four high-performance tugboats and two pilot boats. The ships will form part of the Kocacay range of escort and harbour tug
Ertuglrul Gazi, the first Turkish-flagged floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), will enter Turkey waters in April.
Spanish ferry operator Baleària has selected its LNG-fueled ferry Hypatia De Alejandria to operate the route between the Spanish town of Motril and the Spanish autonomous city of Melilla in North Africa.
German engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions has won an order for ten ME-GI dual-fuel engines from South Korean ship maker Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI). The 8G95ME-GI10.5 engines will power ten 15,000 TEU containerships ordered recently by Seaspan Corporation. The vessels are scheduled for deli
As the maritime industry embarks upon the fourth propulsion revolution, ammonia has been identified as one of the key alternatives to fossil fuels in the shipping’s pathway toward becoming carbon neutral. There has been a notable increase in the uptake of large ammonia vessels over the past year, ac
