A naming ceremony has been held for ‘Elektra’, believed to be the first zero-emission pushboat to be built, at the Hermann Barthel shipyard in Derben, Germany. The ceremony marked the end of a two-year construction period and the transfer to Berlin's Westhafen for...
Wärtsilä has successfully completed delivery of its LPG Fuel Supply System (LFSS) to 15 Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) vessels owned and operated by Norwegian LPG shipping company BW LPG. BW LPG, which is believed to have the world’s largest fleet of VLGC vessels,...
US company H2-Industries and Technolog Services, a German naval architecture company, have joined forces to develop 3D designs for an innovative concept ship that will collect plastic waste from the sea and convert it into clean hydrogen, allowing surplus hydrogen to...
New data has revealed how the global shipping industry will require the equivalent of the world’s entire current renewable energy demand in order to replace fossil fuel use. A new study, Fuelling the Fourth Propulsion Revolution, authored by Professor Dr Stefan...
The European Community Shipowners Associations (ECSA) has welcomed the strong cross-party support by the European Parliament for key provisions under the revised Emission Trading System for shipping. ECSA supports the Parliament’s commitment to enforce the...
GTT of France has been contracted by its partner, the Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries, to design the cryogenic fuel tanks of six Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) fuelled container vessels. These six vessels will have a capacity of 7,900 TEU and will be equipped...
Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has signed an agreement with Rotterdam-based Value Maritime (VM) to install carbon capture and filtering systems on MR tankers 'Pacific Cobalt' and 'Pacific Gold', with an option to equip three more vessels. The installation of the first...
Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) and commodities industry certification body Climate Neutral Commodity (CNC) are joining forces to support clients as they take action to accelerate the energy and ecological transitions to meet the ambitious decarbonisation...
With the aim of becoming emission-free by 2040, ferry operator Scandlines is setting itself higher targets than the Paris Agreement, and has installed a Norsepower Rotor Sail on its hybrid ferry, ‘Berlin’. Since 2013, Scandlines says it has invested over €300m in...
The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Centre for Zero Carbon Shipping has announced that CF Industries is to become a Strategic Partner, committing to a long-term strategic collaboration and contribution to the development of zero carbon technologies and solutions for the...
Navigation company Voyager Worldwide has introduced an upgrade to its Voyager Fleet Insight web software to make it easier for shore-based managers to monitor vessels and manage compliance. Believed to be the simplest and easiest to use Voyager Fleet Insight version...
