The latest annual data from DNV’s Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) platform reflects a year shaped by regulatory uncertainty and market recalibration; while overall newbuilding activity eased in 2025 following an unprecedented boom the previous year, its share of gross...
Preparing the region’s marine and offshore industries to prosper through the clean energy transition was the focus at the ABS Southeast Asia Regional Committee Meeting, which was joined by the CEO of the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) for leaders of Asia’s shipping...
ABS has appointed Panos Koutsourakis, who has 18 years of industry experience with shipping companies, classification, operations, design and new construction, decarbonisation technologies and strategic planning, to head its global sustainability team. As VP Global...
ABS has issued New Technology Qualification (NTQ) for what it describes as a groundbreaking, non-flammable battery technology for use at sea. Called Blue G, the vanadium redox flow battery system from Singapore-based Gennal Engineering is now planned to move into...
A hydrogen-fuelled research vessel commissioned by the University of California San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography is to be built to ABS Class. Designed by Glosten, the vessel will feature a new hydrogen-hybrid propulsion system that integrates hydrogen...
Italian classification society RINA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ABB, which focuses on establishing a collaborative relationship with the aim to develop new concepts to reduce emissions in shipping for various vessel types. The collaboration...
ABS is to support the California Air Resources Board (CARB) with the implementation of new requirements to reduce harbour craft emissions. The newly amended State of California Commercial Harbour Craft Regulation requires most harbour craft vessels to meet performance...
ABS has announced the appointment of Patrick Ryan (pictured) as its chief technology officer, a move that the classification society says builds on its global maritime technology leadership position. Having served in the key executive leadership role of ABS SVP Global...
ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a large (210,000 dwt) ammonia fuelled bulk carrier jointly developed by Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and Mitsui. Ammonia is expected to be used as a ship fuel for decarbonisation since it does not emit CO2 when...
Pacific Carriers Limited (PCL) of Singapore and sister shipyard group PaxOcean are collaborating with classification society ABS on their journey to decarbonisation. The first step is a recently signed joint development project (JDP) to study methanol as an...
Italian classification society RINA has announced the acquisition of the entire share capital of Patrick Engineering, a Chicago-based engineering consultancy company active in infrastructure, transport and renewable energy. With a turnover of approximately US$ 82m and...
The design of a Kamsarmax bulk carrier, jointly developed by Sumitomo Corporation and Oshima Shipbuilding and intended to use ammonia fuel, has achieved an Approval in Principle (AiP) from classification society DNV. The AiP confirms that the vessel design meets the...
ABS and the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a long-term sustainability roadmap and decarbonisation strategy for the canal, one of the world’s busiest shipping routes. The MoU will see ABS and SCA work together on...
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