Among numerous energy transition initiatives, the ones that stood out the most this week were enacted by governments which truly do have the power to bring about the long-overdue upgrade to our energy landscape.
The world is moving away from fossil fuels and so is the maritime industry. Ports — being an important maritime segment — are facing significant changes. For the German port sector, the transformation is seen as a mammoth task that lies ahead.
The latest thinking of the team behind the UK’s refreshed shipbuilding strategy, which is expected to include a multi-billion pound vessel pipeline due to be built over the next 30 years, will be discussed at the annual conference held by the Society of Maritime Industries (SMI).
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä and Italian shipowner Grimaldi Group have unveiled a new system that uses exhaust gas scrubber washwater to tackle the amount of microplastics in the world’s oceans.
Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) and the Institute for Maritime Energy Systems (DLR) will be jointly researching maritime energy systems in an effort to support the decarbonization of the shipping industry.
Several industry associations have formed a new alliance to standardize the digitalization of international trade.
French container shipping major CMA CGM will no longer be transporting any plastic waste aboard its ships, Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and CEO of the group announced.
French project Energy Observer is launching a design of a multipurpose cargo ship fuelled by liquid hydrogen, a technology that allows zero-emission navigation, while offering very high transport capacities and autonomy.
Danish shipping and logistics giant A.P. Moller – Maersk is releasing all historical and future ocean weather observations into the public domain for free use by the scientific community around the globe.
The search for the 2022 winners of the Earthshot Prize has begun, with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) appointed as official nominator for the initiative.
New Jersey Assemblyman Robert J. Karabinchak has unveiled plans to introduce a new legislation initiative that would include wave energy in New Jersey’s Energy Master Plan.
The Netherlands-based sustainable shipping company EcoClipper has purchased ‘De Tukker’, a retrofit vessel, with an aim to establish sustainable shipping on the North Sea.
Danish company Wavepiston has launched a capital raise, seeking €2 million to advance its wave energy technology to the next level.
HHLA Sky, a subsidiary of port and transport logistics company Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), and the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) have entered into a technology partnership.
