The EU-funded Optiwise project, to develop of advanced design tools for the Oceanwings wind propulsion system, has achieved several major milestones, delivering critical insights into aerodynamic and structural performance. By integrating CFD and Fluid-Structure...
Höegh Autoliners says that although its roots are Norwegian, its perspective is global, and green, with sustainability very much at the core operations. The company's vision is to not just talk about being green in 10- or 20-years’ time, but to act on it, now. Every...
Norwegian company Vard Electro sees plug-in potential for green energy sources as industry has to choose between AC or DC transmission networks. The company says that green energy technologies such as batteries, fuel cells, solar and wind are on the rise in shipping...
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) reports that one of the company's car carriers has completed a carbon-offset voyage for the ocean transportation of completed cars from Japan to Europe by using voluntary carbon credits. The initiative was conducted as a pilot case to study the...
Hydrogen has a crucial role in decarbonising the world’s energy system, but uptake will be too slow, meaning that governments need to make urgent, significant policy interventions, according to a new report by DNV. In Hydrogen Forecast to 2050, DNV predicts the amount...
A consortium between ABS and Arcsilea has won a tender from the European Commission, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG Move) to carry out a technical study on the Future of Ship Energy Efficiency Measures. The 15-month-long project will analyse the...
Dutch research organisation Marin, joined a consortium including Core IC, SSPA, Ayro, Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Flikkema Innovation Management & Consultancy, Wartsila Netherlands, Universita Degli Studi di Genova, Euronav and Anemoi Marine Technologies, has begun...
JR Shipping has contracted Value Maritime to retrofit another six vessels with its Filtree exhaust cleaning and carbon capture system, making almost the entire JR fleet sustainable for the future. JR Shipping’s 750 TEU container feeders Endeavor and Energy have...
Following the conclusion of the 78th meeting of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 78), the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), representing 80% of the world’s merchant fleet, has expressed its frutration and disappointment. In a written...
According to ABS Chairman, President and CEO Christopher J Wiernicki, carbon capture is going to be a key transformational technology for shipping to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Wiernicki, said: "It will be critical to addressing the challenge before us, which...
DNV is set to launch its SEEMP III Generator, as part of an integrated digital solution to support customers in ensuring compliance with SEEMP Part III verification, the guidelines for which are expected to be adopted and published by MEPC 78, with the deadline for...
According to dry bulk shipping organisation Intercargo, it would be a mistake to place responsibility for meeting IMO’s zero emission shipping targets fully on the shoulders of the shipping industry, as the IMO MEPC 78 meeting debates steps to meet ambitions for zero...
The Nautical Institute (NI) has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association (HELMEPA), an organisation founded in 1982 by Greek shipowners and seafarers to develop and nurture an environmental...
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