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'...
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FuelEU MARITIME POOL PLATFORM SECURES ADDITIONAL FUNDING
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...
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INTERFERRY SAYS EU AND IMO GHG REGULATIONS MUST BE HARMONISED
Interferry, the association representing the ferry industry worldwide, is calling on the European Commission to immediately harmonise its unilateral EU ETS / FuelEU Maritime regulations with the recently agreed IMO Net-Zero Framework. Interferry warns that failure to...
BV JOINS EUROPEAN WIND PROPULSION INITIATIVE
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) and Bureau Veritas Solutions Marine & Offshore (BVS) have announced their participation in Wind for Shipping (W4S), a European R&D initiative funded by the Interreg North-West Europe programme. Launched in January 2025...
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DANISH BATTERY-POWERED FERRY BEGINS OPERATION
Molslinjen’s new electric ferry, 'Nerthus', is now in service, powered by an energy storage system from Swedish marine battery company Echandia. Nerthus, the first of two new electric ferries commissioned by Molslinjen, arrived in Kalundborg after a nearly three-week...
SANMAR ORDERS KONGSBERG THRUSTERS FOR GREEN TUGS
Kongsberg Maritime is to supply 17 shipsets of its US range of azimuth thrusters to Türkiye’s Sanmar Shipyards for a range of international tug projects. The US azimuth thrusters will be supplied across a range of vessels with power outputs between 1765kW and 2525kW...
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COATINGS COMPANY BELIEVES COVID COULD LIMIT REPAIR CAPACITY
High freight rates and ongoing workforce limitations due to travel restrictions and Covid-19 measures are expected to result in Southeast Asia’s ship repair capacity falling by more than 25% compared to pre-pandemic levels, according to Nippon Paint Marine. In 2019, a...
COSCO SHIPPING LOOKS AT GREEN HULL COATING FOR VLCC FLEET
Cosco Shipping has indicated it will coat its entire fleet of VLCCs with Nippon Paint Marine’s new Fastar antifouling system once initial applications have been evaluated. The hulls of the passenger ferry Cosco Star and the 56,000dwt bulk carrier Xin...
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INCAT CROWTHER TO DESIGN ALL-ELECTRIC CARGO SHIP FOR SINGAPORE
Incat Crowther has been commissioned to design an ultra-efficient, all-electric light cargo transfer vessel for Singapore’s marinEV, a business of Yinson GreenTech. The vessel, Hydromover 2.0, will transport light cargo such as stores, food and maintenance items to...
SALT RECEIVES CONTRACT TO DESIGN ‘MOST ADVANCED’ CABLE LAYER
Salt Ship Design has announced its selection as the ship designer for the world’s largest and most advanced inter-array cable laying vessel (CLV), commissioned by Penta-Ocean Construction (POC). The vessel will support the rapid expansion of offshore wind construction...
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PURUS ORDERS LOW-EMISSION LNGC
Purus has placed an order for a 180,000m3 Liquified Natural Gas carrier (LNGC) from Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea, which, upon delivery in Q4 2027, will enter a long-term charter with a leading energy company. This latest order brings Purus’s current...
TUI CRUISES LAUNCHES SECOND ECO-FRIENDY SHIP AT FINCANTIERI
Fincantieri and TUI Cruises, a joint venture between TUI and Royal Caribbean Cruises, have launched the 'Mein Schiff Flow', second of two InTUItion class cruise ships, designed for dual-fuel operation on LNG and MGO, at the Monfalcone shipyard. The vessel is a sister...
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DUAL-FUEL METHANOL MR TANKER DELIVERED TO BV CLASS
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV M&O) has announced the recent delivery of the 'Ecomar Gascogne', first of four newbuild dual-fuel methanol chemical IMO II medium-range (MR) tankers built at Guangzhou Shipyard International for owner Socatra and its...
LR SEES SURGE IN LNG RETROFIT TO MEET SHORT-TERM CO2 COMPLIANCE
Lloyd’s Register’s (LR) latest Engine Retrofit Report reveals that while the maritime industry has made strides in its ability to execute ship engine retrofits for alternative fuels, a critical lack of supply-side incentives threatens to delay progress. Since...
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AI HELPS STENA LINE CUT FUEL AND EMISSIONS
Ferry operator Stena Line has reported a significant reduction in fuel consumption thanks to strategic use of artificial intelligence (AI). Stena Line's new AI system, Voyage Optimisation System, has been tested on crossings between Gothenburg and the Danish port of...
EPS FLEET TO EMPLOY DEEPSEA PERFORMANCE MONITORING
Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has entered into an agreement with DeepSea Technologies to implement a comprehensive fleet-wide deployment of DeepSea’s Cassandra Performance Monitoring platform. The strategic partnership will deepen EPS’ existing commitment to...
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BOURBON DEPLOYS OPSEALOG TO CUT FLEET EMISSIONS
Enhanced fleet monitoring and data-driven optimisation will be deployed across Bourbon’s global Marine and Logistics fleet of 104 vessels to boost efficiency and reduce GHG emissions, under a new strategic partnership with marine digitalisation company Opsealog. The...
DAMEN TO BUILD SECOND METHANOL-READY HYBRID CSOV FOR TAIWAN
Ta San Shang Marine (TSSM), a joint venture between Mitsui OSK Line of Japan and Ta Tong Marine of Taiwan, has ordered a second Damen CSOV (Commissioning Service Operation Vessel) 9020. With a delivery date planned for end 2026, TSSM will deploy the new vessel in...
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MOL LAUNCHES NET-ZERO STAKEHOLDER INITIATIVE
Aiming to achieve net zero emissions, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has announced the launch of a new programme, ‘Blue Action Net-Zero Alliance’. This programme is intended to contribute to reducing the Scope 3 GHG emissions of actual shippers and NVOCCs (non vessel...
YARA SIGNS CHARTER DEAL FOR AMMONIA-FUELLED GAS TANKER
Yara Clean Ammonia Switzerland has signed a time-charter contract with Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) for an ammonia-fuelled medium gas carrier due to be delivered in November 2026. Since 2021, Yara Clean Ammonia and NYK have jointly studied the practical...
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DAMEN ASD 2312 TUG MODEL ADDED TO FORCE SIMULATORS
Damen’s ASD 2312 Tug is now available at simulator centres globally, as well as in the SimFlex Cloud, following an agreement with Force Technology, a maritime R&D company and developer of simulators for the maritime industry. Force Technology’s SimFlex simulator...
DELTAMARIN PARTAKES IN EU-FUNDED GLOBAL SHIPPING DECARBONISATION PROJECT
Ship designer Deltamarin of Finland is playing a central role in Project CHEK – deCarbonising sHipping by Enabling Key technology symbiosis on real vessel concept designs – which is an EU Horizon 2020-funded project that aims at achieving zero-emissions shipping by...
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