Bureau Veritas (BV), along with more than 30 European companies from the French and international nuclear and maritime sectors, has formally signed the 'Declaration of Cooperation for Accelerating Nuclear for Maritime Applications to meet Climate Ambitions' with the...
European Shipowners (ECSA) welcomes the Sustainable Transport Investment Plan (STIP), an action plan for investment in clean fuels published by the European Commission, as a good first step that identifies many gaps and shortcomings in the existing European policy and...
German company Top Glory Marine (TGM) says it is celebrating 10 years in business, providing sustainable waste management services to the maritime industry, during which it has seen a steady increase of environmental awareness in the industry. TGM MD Silke Fehr...
The Alfa Laval Aqua Blue E2 freshwater generator, announced in late 2022 as a two-stage addition to the Aqua Blue freshwater generator family, has received its first orders from A.P. Moller-Maersk and the Grimaldi Group. The Aqua Blue E2 uses a single plate pack...
Several shipping companies are joining forces to combat ocean plastic pollution through the launch of the Maritime Association for Clean Seas (MACS): a new industry alliance aimed at driving measurable reductions in plastic and operational waste at scale. Founded by...
Low-emission ship operator Samskip has officially launched of its new shortsea service connecting Agadir and Casablanca in Morocco directly with the UK and the Netherlands. The new Morocco–Europe service is designed to move cargo of all types from fresh produce to...
Corvus Energy has been selected to supply the battery systems for an electric tugboat to be built by Japanese shipyard Keihin Dock Co for Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line). The environmentally friendly harbour tug will be powered by Corvus Energy’s Orca Energy...
According to HD Hyundai of South Korea, global efforts to achieve carbon neutrality and strengthen energy security are accelerating, with the result that nuclear power is drawing increasing attention as a carbon-free energy source. At the same time, heightened...
International, AkzoNobel’s marine coatings brand, has announced that a new cable-laying vessel, the 'Monna Lisa' owned by Prysmian, is to be coated with the Intergard 7500 primer and Intersmooth 7465Si antifouling solution. This decision is estimated to reduce the...
The performance of Hempel’s silicone-based hull coating solution, Hempaguard X7, and its ability to accelerate decarbonisation efforts in the maritime industry are now third-party validated by DNV. Since its launch in 2013, Hempaguard has provided vessels around the...
IMO has granted full consultative status to the International Windship Association (IWSA), a move that IWSA says will help bring wind-assisted and primary wind propulsion issues to the fore as the technology segment continues to grow and the industry looks to this...
Various proposals for mid-term measures to reduce GHG emissions, including a number of submissions related to potential market-based measures, have been submitted and considered by an IMO working group, involving more than 350 participants from some 70 Member States,...
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, and Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) have acquired Approval in Principle (AiP) from (ClassNK) for a jointly developed liquefied CO2 (LCO2) / methanol carrier, believed to be the first such...
Two pioneering ship designs: a 201,000m3 LNG carrier featuring a three-cargo hold layout, and a 42,000m3 CO2 (carrier. have been awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) certificates from Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV). The 201,000m3 LNG carrier is the first of...
Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of its latest vessel, the 'Grande Melbourne', third of a series of seven ammonia-ready Pure Car & Truck Carrier (PCTC) ships commissioned from Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Company (SWS) and China Shipbuilding Trading Company...
At Incat Tasmania’s Hobart shipyard, work continues on Hull 096 – the world’s largest electric ferry – with one of the vessel’s four battery rooms now receiving electrical charge ahead of sea trials later in 2025. Each of the ship’s four battery rooms houses a portion...
ABS has held a Sustainability Summit, at which it launched the seventh edition of its annual sustainability outlook report, which concludes that, despite progress on carbon intensity, shipping’s absolute emissions continue to climb. ABS Chairman and CEO Christopher J...
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for its next-generation LNG carrier (LNGC) design featuring a forward accommodation layout and integrated Wind Challenger, wind-assisted propulsion system (WAPS)...
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Marine power electronics company The Switch has signed a contract with Ålesund-based Vard Electro that marks a significant step in the company’s commitment to delivering innovative products for system integrators. The Switch will supply its DC-Hub technology to...
US-based provider of maritime SaaS software OrbitMI says that Turkish company Statu Shipping has deployed its compliance solutions across its fleet of 20 bulk carriers. Rather than handling compliance as a passive, post-voyage process, Statu Shipping can now monitor...
According to Kongsberg Maritime, a new era of offshore operations has begun with the successful delivery of ‘Reach Remote 1’, a 24m unmanned surface vessel (USV) designed by the company. This ground-breaking achievement marks a significant milestone through...
Chinese shipbuilder CIMC Raffles, a subsidiary of CIMC Group, has successfully delivered ‘Boreas’, said to be the world's largest and latest generation offshore wind installation vessel, to Van Oord. Boreas is 176m long, with deck area over 7000m2, and accommodation...
Wah Kwong NatPower Holdings (WK NatPower) and Shandong Port Group (SPG), which claims to be the world’s largest and most advanced port group, have signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop large-scale shore power and ship charging projects. The...
Ship manager Columbia Group predicts that dual-fuel ships will define the next decade of shipping, as the absence of a scalable zero-carbon alternative leaves LNG-powered vessels as the industry’s most viable solution. As we near the end of 2025, dual-fuel ships will...
A group of industry experts led by Grieg Star Shipping has concluded that deep-sea shipping can transform to ammonia as fuel, but there are several difficult hurdles to overcome. The group examined the possibilities of retrofitting an open hatch vessel to run on green...
Design and engineering consultancy Houlder is to participate in the ‘Winds of Change’ project led by Smart Green Shipping (SGS), which will see an SGS FastRig wing sail retrofitted to a large vessel. The project recently received funding from the UK Department for...
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