NatPower Marine and Peel Ports Group are shortly to commence installation of shore power at Heysham Port, with the first plug live in the initial phase and expansion to four across all berths by 2026. This will make it possible for all Heysham routes within the Irish...
The Port of Hamburg has awarded a contract to Baltic Workboats in Estonia for a new environmentally-friendly 18m pilot transfer vessel, with an option for a second. The new Hamburg Pilot 1 is valued at about €3m, and the order was placed following a competitive...
NYK reports that for a fourth consecutive year, CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project), an international environmental non-profit organisation, has recognised NYK as an 'A' List company for climate change. CDP’s annual environmental disclosure and scoring process is widely...
New results from a behaviour-focused sustainable shipping trial undertaken by Ridgebury Tankers are said to have raised the bar for maritime decarbonisation projects, with ships’ crews making fuel-saving decisions 21% more often. The six-month trial achieved...
Viking Line, Ports of Stockholm and the Port of Turku have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create a green maritime corridor between Turku and Stockholm. The goal is for the corridor to be 100% carbon-neutral by 2035. The partnership will serve as an...
French shipowner Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) and the Finnish mechanical sail company, Norsepower have announced that the Norsepower Rotor Sail technology will be installed on LDA's new low-emission ro-ro fleet to be chartered to Airbus. The Norsepower Rotor Sail is...
A.P. Moller-Maersk´s (Maersk’s) GHG emissions targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) to be in line with the 1.5-degree pathway from the Paris Agreement. This is said to mark an industry first under SBTi’s new Maritime Guidance....
According to Dutch maritime data company PortXchange, amidst the numerous unprecedented logistical challenges the maritime industry faces worldwide, it is vital not to overlook how the sector is potentially unprepared for the crucial new EU environmental regulations....
With its new CCS-strategy, the European Commission has outlined a common direction for CO2 capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) in the EU. The strategy highlights Denmark as a pioneer in the field, and Danske Rederier (Danish Shipping) predicts that Denmark could...
An ambitious target set by the EU to reduce GHG emissions by 90% before 2040 at the latest has been welcomed by Danske Rederier (Danish Shipping). According to Danske Rederier, such a reduction is considered to require ambitious targets as well as ambitious and...
Sustainable maritime solutions provider Erma First has become a signatory of the EU Mission Charter targeting the protection and restoration of regional waters by 2030. The Mission – one of five EU Missions within the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme –...
Container shipping line Evergreen Marine Corporation has signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with Singapore-based independent carrier X-Press Feeders to place its containers on X-Press Feeders’ new dual fuel green methanol vessels. X-Press Feeders is planning to...
Oldendorff and Norsepower have announced an agreement to use Norsepower Rotor Sails to further reduce CO2 emissions on a modern bulk carrier, the 'Dietrich Oldendorff'. Oldendorff had previously announced its decision to add wind assisted propulsion to the vessel...
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