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...
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...
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...
Spanish company bound4blue is to install three of its eSAIL 'suction sail' systems in 2023 on a vessel owned and operated by French company Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA). LDA says that it pays particular attention to protecting the environment, which translates...
Following an extensive technological development phase, Armach Robotics, a spin-off company from Marine software pioneer Greensea Systems, has unveiled its first post-prototype Hull Service Robot (HSR). Armach was launched in November 2021 to capitalise on Greensea’s...
UK environmental management company Cory and the Norwegian Northern Lights project have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the realisation of a major carbon capture and storage (CCS) project between the UK and Norway. Under the MoU, Cory and...
Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and bp, has awarded a long-term service operations vessel (SOV) charter agreement to US marine transportation provider, Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), which will use a plug-in hybrid vessel, said to be the first in...
Bureau Veritas (BV) has given approval in principle (AiP) for the second generation REXH2 developed by Energy Observer Developments (EODev), a turnkey power generator for the supply of low carbon electricity on board ships. The hydrogen PEM fuel cell at its heart...
