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...
With increasing requirements to reduce GHG emissions in shipping, International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) Publications has released the extensively updated second edition of its 'Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Guide to International Regulatory Compliance' to...
According to independent design and engineering firm Houlder, many shipowners are turning to slow steaming, but caution is needed as owners not informed by data analysis risk a series of unintended financial consequences. The practice of slow steaming could even...
A study by the US-based International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has shown that wider adoption of shore power by US ports could result in a significant reduction in harmful air pollution in the areas around those ports. Shore power technology can help the...
As part of the commitment to lower the carbon intensity of operations, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and Chevron Shipping Company have announced an agreement to install Wind Challenger, a hard sail wind-assisted ship propulsion system developed by MOL and Oshima...
Daphne Technology's carbon credit methodology, which directly targets reduction of methane emissions from internal combustion engines using any methane-rich fuel, has now been approved by Gold Standard. Methane is a powerful GHG with a global warming potential (GWP)...
The latest 'Countdown' newsletter from the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMZCS) reminds the industry that in spring 2025, the Member States of the IMO will decide on historic regulations for GHG emissions from international shipping. These...
UK ship operator Carisbrooke Shipping has announced that the GT Wings AirWing prototype wind assisted propulsion system (WAPS)technology will soon be ready for installation on its Vectis vessel and deployed on a voyages between North Europe and Canada. GT Green...
Norsepower and DNV have set an industry milestone with the type approval design certificate (TADC) award for the explosion-proof (EX) version of the Norsepower rotor sail (NPRS) 28m x 4m. As the first approval for a Wind Assisted Propulsion System (WAPS) to be used in...
Eco Marine Power of Japan is partnering with Aries Marine and Engineering Services of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in various environmental projects including the implementation of ship solar power systems, data management systems and marine energy saving...
BAR Technologies is expanding its WindWings portfolio of wind assistance for ships with the launch of new 20m and 24m models, designed to save 0.7t/day per WindWing on average, on worldwide routes. Building on the successful 37.5m WindWings, these new models will make...
Wärtsilä has received an order to upgrade the exhaust treatment system onboard four vessels in Norwegian operator Color Line’s fleet, adding close-loop functionality to the ships’ current open-loop scrubbers, enabling the ships to operate at maximum efficiency, safely...
Classification society DNV has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Mumbai Port Sustainability Foundation (MPSF), a non-profit entity under the Mumbai Port Authority, to cooperate on activities and projects related to decarbonisation, digitalisation,...
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