A technical seminar held at IMO headquarters by the IMO Future Fuels and Technology Project has confirmed that onboard carbon capture and storage (OCCS) is emerging as a potential technology to reduce GHG emissions from shipping. OCCS applies carbon capture and...
The first of two powerful, yet environmentally-friendly, escort tugs built at Sanmar Shipyards in Turkiye has arrived in Vancouver, Canada, to join what is claimed to be 'the greenest tugboat fleet in the world'. Put together by HaiSea Marine to work at LNG Canada’s...
Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) of Singapore has signed a contract for its first wind-assisted propulsion system, partnering with bound4blue to install three 22m eSails onboard the 50,000 dwt product tanker 'Pacific Sentinel'. The turnkey ‘suction sail’ technology,...
In summer 2024, Baltrader's new cement carrier ‘Cemcommander’ is to be fitted with a Norsepower rotor sail, with the aim of improving energy efficiency and reducing fuel consumption by up to 14%. The German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) is...
Korean Register (KR) has awarded a third-party verification certificate for a 'Greenhouse Gas Reduction Calculation Methodology' developed by HMM, South Korea’s largest shipping company. The methodology is based on the EU's Renewable Energy Directive II, a regulatory...
According to Danske Rederier (Danish Shipping), the EU Directive on pollution from ships and the introduction of sanctions for illegal pollution are to be revised, as part of the Commission's overall plan for sustainable shipping. The overarching goal is zero...
The first phase of the EverLoNG project, an multinational-funded trial of ship-based carbon capture and storage (CCS) has now concluded, with promising results. The prototype system, developed in the Netherlands by Carbotreat, was installed on the Seapeak Arwa, an...
Dutch chemical tanker operator Chemship has commissioned its first ship with wind assisted ship propulsion, which the company believes will make the 'Chemical Challenger' the first such tanker to be equipped with sustainable wind technology. The ship will serve on...
Seatrium has secured an order to retrofit a full-scale, turnkey Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) system on a vessel owned by Norwegian company Solvang. The full-scale retrofit of a 7MW Wärtsilä CCS system, which is believed to be the first such retrofit, will be...
BIMCO, together with Bangladesh, India, Norway, Pakistan and the ICS, has submitted a paper ahead of IMO's 81st Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC81) meeting in March 2024. The paper highlights the need to solve possible conflicting requirements of the Hong...
As IMO member states prepare for negotiations on a GHG emissions pricing mechanism at MEPC 81 in March 2024, the World Shipping Council (WSC) is bringing to the table a proposal on greenhouse gas pricing that it believes can help solve the conundrum of bridging the...
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Maritime Administrator has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Anemoi Marine Technologies (Anemoi) for its rotor sail systems following a review of two bespoke configurations of the wind-propulsion technology. Rotor...
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Maritime Administrator has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Anemoi Marine Technologies (Anemoi) for rotor sail systems following a review of two bespoke configurations of the wind-assisted propulsion technology....
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