Greek ship management company Capital Ship Management (Capital) and classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) have agreed to trial the use of biofuels in a new pilot project to support the maritime industry’s research for low to zero-carbon fuels. The trial is said to be in line with the Internat
Japanese shipping company NYK and Australian mining, metals and petroleum company BHP have signed a memorandum of understanding MoU to expand and deepen their existing business relationship and to support the decarbonisation of ocean transportation across their shared supply chain.
More than 35,000 New Zealanders have signed a petition calling on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to ban seabed mining in waters off the coast of New Zealand. The signatures were gathered by Greenpeace, Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM), Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC), Environment & Conservat
MSC Cruises, a part of the Swiss-based shipping and logistics conglomerate MSC Group, has published its 2021 Sustainability Report highlighting the progress and laying the foundations for achieving zero-impact operations. The company chose 8 June, World Oceans Day, to publish the report claiming it
Sweden is banning the extraction of coal, oil and natural gas and tightening rules on the extraction from alum shale.
Chevron has joined forces with KazMunayGas to collaborate on evaluating, investigating and pursuing lower carbon opportunities in Kazakhstan.
Swiss technology company ABB has been selected to lead a consortium providing shore-to-ship power connection for ferries and cruise ships in the Port of Toulon, which is said to be the first Mediterranean port to supply power to all of its docks. It is estimated that the port handles over 1.6 millio
U.S. federal appeals court upheld a ban on offshore fracking in waters off the California coast, calling for a full environmental review.
Classification society DNV has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Greek ferry company Saronic Ferries to enable the development of an electric ferry for local deployment in Greece.
As part of a plan to provide shoreside power for tankers berthed at the Energy Terminal, the Gothenburg Port Authority has created a new concept that makes the system safe, environmentally friendly, and cost-effective.
A next-generation ultra-large liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carrier is to be developed in a groundbreaking project between classification society ABS, shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Group (HHI), and maritime registry Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Maritime Administrator.
U.S. manufacturer of drilling and production equipment Dril-Quip has set its decarbonization targets, aiming to reduce its combined Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by more than 50% by 2030. Dril-Quip’s decarbonization actions include switching to renewable electricity at certain manufacturing sites, r
Finnish shipping company Finnlines has taken delivery of the third and the last of three roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessels in the company’s new Eco class. The vessel, named Finneco III, was delivered at the China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Jiangsu) on 6 June 2022. Finneco III will enter the company’s
The Clean Arctic Alliance has called on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to take urgent action to curb climate impacts on the Arctic, by delivering meaningful short-term measures that would kick-start dramatic reductions in global greenhouse gas (GHG) and black carbon emissions from shi
