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
Japanese cruise shipping company NYK Cruises, part of the NYK Group, has ordered an LNG-powered 51,950 GT cruise ship from German shipbuilder Meyer Werft.
At-scale recycling of offshore wind turbine blades could create an extra 20,000 jobs in the offshore wind sector, according to a report from the Energy Transition Alliance (ETA), a partnership between ORE Catapult and OGTC, with input from experts at the National Composites Centre (NCC) and the Univ
Ørsted has unveiled plans for the development of one of the world’s largest renewable hydrogen plants, powered by offshore wind, which would be linked to industrial demand in the Netherlands and Belgium. The project, named SeaH2Land and planned to be built by 2030, would comprise a renewable hydroge
Norwegian shipping consultancy Amon Maritime has set up a joint venture with compatriot shipowners Navigare Shipping & Logistics and AS Mosvolds Rederi named Viridis Bulk Carriers. The company will specialize in short-sea shipping, powering its ships by green and blue ammonia. “We are launching a fl
In an effort to step up the shipping industry’s decarbonisation, the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has called for more onshore power supply (OPS) where possible.
Steel and mining major ArcelorMittal will transform the plants in Bremen and Eisenhüttenstadt in accordance with the planned expansion of Germany’s hydrogen infrastructure.
The Ocean Cleanup, a Dutch non-profit developing advanced technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic, announced its collaboration with musicians and philanthropists Coldplay.
Oceanteam has entered into a memorandum of agreement for the sale of the CSV Southern Ocean, announcing also a potential merger with PASSER Group to target high-growth offshore renewable energy market.
Although inland navigation, short sea shipping and river-sea shipping are already CO2-efficient, there is still potential to make the European fleets greener.
Korean steel company Posco received a cargo of 64,000 tons of carbon-neutral LNG cargo from Germany’s gas supplier RWE.
Trade and employer organisation Danish Shipping and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping have formalized their collaboration by signing a partnership agreement.
Spanish Port of Melilla and Duch Groningen Seaport have been certified through the EcoPorts’ environmental management standard (PERS).
