Wind assisted propulsion system (WAPS) developer bound4blue and Amasus Shipping have completed the installation of a 22m eSail on the general cargo vessel 'Fluvius Tavy' at Astander Shipyard in Santander, Spain. The project marks the companies’ second installation,...
Energy companies TotalEnergies and Chevron, and major gas carrier Seapeak, have joined the Methane Abatement in Maritime Innovation Initiative (MAMII), led by SafetyTech Accelerator. The three companies join the now more than 20 members of MAMII, emphasising its...
Christopher J Wiernicki, ABS Chairman and CEO, detailed the challenges and opportunities of the energy transition in shipping, speaking in Singapore at the inaugural Seatrium Visiting Professorship Lecture Wiernicki said: “People working together, embracing change and...
Viking Line’s latest sustainability innovation, the Green Sea Conference, is said to reduce GHG gas emissions from a conference trip by an average of 90% and satisfy the desires of environmentally conscious corporate customers. According to Viking Line, each year...
UK-based Armada Technologies, an EcoOne group company, is to collaborate with LNG carrier operator Cool Company (CoolCo) as they jointly work towards a more sustainable future. Under the partnership, Armada will design, engineer, procure, and provide support for the...
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...
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