Swedish maritime battery system supplier Echandia has secured an order from ABB to supply a 3.7MWh battery system for a new hybrid icebreaker vessel for the Canadian Coast Guard to be built at Helsinki Shipyard. The contract marks Echandia’s first entry into the...
Spanish developer of wind-assisted propulsion technology bound4blue is partnering with Odfjell to install the eSAIL system on a chemical tanker, making it the first deep-sea tanker vessel to harness this technology. The bound4blue eSAIL system uses a system known as a...
Danish ship operator Norden and Canadian mining company Teck Resources have finalised an agreement to reduce CO2 emissions in Teck’s steelmaking coal supply chain. The agreement is expected to reduce annual emissions from Teck shipments handled by Norden by 25%, or up...
Eco Marine Power has announced that two further Japanese companies, NittoSeiko and Sunflame, have joined the Aquarius Innovation Forum and bring with them innovative technologies related to improving energy efficiency onboard ships, systems automation and digital...
Silverseas latest cruise ship, 'Silver Nova', designed with capability for zero emissions in port, has begun service with its initial cruise starting from Venice and visiting several locations in the Mediterranean. The 244m long, 54,700gt ship is the largest in the...
The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) and Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) have signed a five-year Impact Partnership agreement at the GCMD office in Singapore. Decarbonisation in the maritime industry is seen as a challenge that needs to be achieved through...
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) says its initiative to develop a pure water production system for hydrogen generation, proposed jointly by Kyushu University and Taiyo Sangyo Co has taken a step forward through selection by a Shiga Prefecture-backed project to promote social...
IINO Kaiun Kaisha (IINO Lines) and Japanese Electric Power Development Co (J-Power) have agreed to install a Rotor Sail wind propulsion auxiliary device manufactured by Norsepower of Finland on the 2016-built dedicated coal carrier ‘Yodohime’. This will be the first...
Air lubrication company Silverstream has drawn attention to an academc study that suggests hull lubrication can have a significant positive effect on underwater radiated noise (URN), as well as reducing friction and thus saving fuel and emissions. Prof John Carlton –...
UK shipping company Carisbrooke Shipping, which operates a fleet of multi-purpose vessels, has signed a letter of intent with solar energy company Grafmarine to use its NanoDeck AI Solar tile management solution. The companies have worked in partnership over the last...
Pushing forward on the path towards zero emissions, Norway's HAV Group says that it is unifying the expertise and technologies of all its subsidiary companies, including Norwegian Electric Systems (NES), in a initiative focused on short sea transport. Aimed at...
South Korean ship operator HMM has announced that 99% of its owned vessels are placed to keep sailing under the IMO CII (Carbon Intensity Indicator) regulation. This outcome resulted from the verification of ‘KR GEARs’, (GHG Emission Authentic Reporting System) which...
Logistics company Samskip and Rotterdam Shortsea Terminals (RST) have launched the Green Shore Power initiative, which aims to drastically reduce CO2 emissions produced by vessels docked by providing new clean shore powered energy solutions. The joint initiative is...
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