The Council of the European Union has adopted the final rules on climate-neutral shipping as proposed in the FuelEU Maritime as a key part of the EU’s Fit for 55 package. The final hurdle was cleared on Tuesday putting virtually all pieces of the puzzle for regulating shipping’s climate impact into
Greenpeace has decided to take the UK government to court over – what it deems to be – an “unlawful” oil and gas decision.
As part of the Grand Canal du Havre call for projects, through the conclusion of state titles, Haropa Port has awarded French utility company Engie 24 hectares (ha) of land for the development of a benchmark platform for alternative new industrial fuels embodied by the Salamandre and France KerEAUze
newcleo, a London-based nuclear technology company developing Generation IV reactors using nuclear waste as fuel, has signed a cooperation agreement with Italian shipbuilding major Fincantieri and RINA classification society. The trio has agreed to carry out a feasibility study for nuclear applicati
TEH2, the hydrogen-dedicated subsidiary of Total Eren, and Aliceco Energy, a Finnish developer of large commercial-scale electrofuels facilities, have teamed up to develop electrofuel (e-fuel) facility for industrial sectors and the shipping industry. The partnership will see the two companies imple
South Korea’s shipping major HMM said that 99% of its owned vessels are well-placed to keep their voyage under the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) regulation. The outcome resulted from the verification of ‘KR GEARs’, a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission Authentic Reporting system launched by the Korean
Chinese shipbuilder Wuhu Shipyard has signed a contract with RFOcean, a London-based alternative investment and commercial management firm focusing on the maritime industry, for the construction of four 6,600-ton methanol dual-fuel stainless steel chemical tankers. This series of ships represents an
A new study carried out by Herbert Engineering Corp. (HEC) on behalf of ABS classification society finds that the adoption of advanced nuclear reactors onboard a 14,000 TEU containership would basically eliminate the need for refueling of the vessel during its entire 25-year lifespan. The study look
Michelin’s Wing Sail Mobility (WISAMO) project has achieved a significant milestone with the completion of the installation of its wing sail on the MN Pélican, a container ship owned by Compagnie Maritime Nantaise – MN. The vessel has returned to sea since June, according to an update from WISAMO. T
Multiple sources of supply vie for attention in the journey to net-zero, with renewables being crown jewels.
Singapore’s maritime industry is abuzz with anticipation as it prepares to carry out its first methanol bunkering operation this week. The operation will take place between the A.P. Moller – Maersk’s methanol-fuelled container vessel which is on its maiden voyage and Hong Lam Marine Pte Ltd’s Singap
Norway’s cleantech company TECO 2030 and its partners have been awarded a €13.5 million Horizon Europe grant to build and demonstrate a passenger ferry powered by TECO 2030 fuel cells. Specifically, the partners’ project has been invited for Horizon Europe grant agreement preparation. The project’s
NYK Bulkship (Atlantic) N.V., a subsidiary of the NYK Group headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium, will introduce a wind-assisted ship-propulsion unit on one of its vessels currently under a long-term charter contract with Cargill International S.A., a prominent Swiss-based freight trader. The initiativ
With temperatures reaching all-time high all over the globe, it is difficult not to question whether we are doing enough to stop or even slow down global warming. But that did not interrupt the European energy players to make new deals and link up with each other to reap the benefits of the offshore
