Lubricants company Castrol has launched Castrol BioTrans GB, an Environmentally Acceptable Lubricant (EAL) that complies with the current US Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (VIDA) criteria. The new lubricant is intended for use in thrusters, some controllable pitch...
Accelleron is launching a Net Zero report, calling on shipping to join forces with other industries and pool demand for carbon-neutral fuels. According to Accelleron, the call to decarbonise shipping has sparked a technological renaissance in the past decade that has...
In a UK Government funded feasibility study, ammonia as a future fuel for the maritime sector, is to be assessed by Ricardo, Brunel University of London and the Port of Cromarty Firth. The study will aim to grow understanding in how the fuel could support the...
Industry collective Sea-LNG has commissioned independent research and energy intelligence firm Rystad Energy to research GHG emissions from the marine LNG bunker supply chain. The results of the study have now been published; Sea-LNG regards this work, designed to...
A new DNV report, 'Ammonia in Shipping: Tracing the Emergence of a New Fuel', addresses the key barriers to the uptake of ammonia and outlines a two-phase pathway for its widespread adoption in shipping. The first phase would see the building, fuelling, and operation...
OceanScore has launched its new OceanScore Pool-Price Index (OPX), claimed to offer the maritime industry's most comprehensive benchmark for tracking FuelEU pooling prices. Published monthly, the OPX reflects the average cost of compliance surplus in euro per ton of...
Nordic ferry operator Viking Line, which works in collaboration with energy company Gasum to develop the market for biofuel, will be increasing its purchases of renewable biofuel (bio-LNG) sixfold, which means purchasing European biogas equivalent to 'Viking Glory’s'...
Ahti has announced that its FuelEU Maritime Pool platform has secured additional funding from Business Finland. Ahti was first awarded Business Finland support in September 2024. That initial grant enabled the company to accelerate development of its Ahti Pool...
The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) has released a landmark report on the first field validation of tracer technologies in marine biofuel supply chains. Conducted in Singapore, Rotterdam, and other major bunkering hubs, the trials demonstrated that...
According to Columbia Group compliance platform EmissionLink, with FuelEU Maritime regulations set to take effect in January 2026 and the IMO’s 2050 net-zero target drawing closer, many dual-fuel vessels are not ready to meet the new era of real-time emissions...
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has concluded a joint development agreement (JDA) with Itochu Corporation to collaborate on joint development initiatives with the aim to carry out the demonstration of ship-to-ship ammonia bunkering in Singapore using Itochu's ammonia bunkering...
According to UK fuel technology company Fuelre4m, the maritime sector’s longstanding reliance on Specific Fuel Oil Consumption (SFOC) and manufacturer power curves to measure fuel efficiency is increasingly coming under fire for masking real performance as well as...
Global bunker fuel quality remained resilient in the first half of 2025 despite growing fuel diversity and tightening environmental regulation, according to the latest Fuel Insight report from Lloyd’s Register (LR). The findings highlight how improved testing,...
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