Lloyd's Register (LR) has warned that ship operators are facing a growing risk from fuels that appear compliant under routine ISO 8217 testing but still present operational risks once onboard. According to LR’s latest Fuel Oil Bunker Analysis and Advisory Service...
Hybrid bunker supplier Peninsula has successfully completed the delivery of bio-LNG to Royal Caribbean Group’s newest Icon-class cruise ship, 'Legend of the Seas', in Cádiz, Spain. This marks Peninsula’s first bio-LNG distribution in the Port of Cádiz. The milestone...
Alfa Laval says its newly-introduced PureBallast 3 Ultra introduces the maritime industry to the compact, innovative core of the next-generation system designed to make ballast water management simpler and easier to achieve. The system reflects long experience and...
Wärtsilä Water & Waste says the company continues to deliver exceptional wastewater treatment performance in one of the world’s most closely monitored marine environments through the Hamworthy membrane bioreactor (MBR) system, according to independent regulatory...
Maritime data and sustainability company OceanScore, which helps shipping and ports turn regulatory and environmental complexity into commercial success, has announced growing adoption of PortView, its dedicated port emissions intelligence platform designed to help...
UK company Drift Energy and Commenda Capital Partners have established an exclusive capital and project framework for a 50-vessel programme combining Drift Energy’s proprietary vessel technology, designed to produce green hydrogen at sea, with Commenda’s maritime...
Indian shipbuilder Knowledge Marine & Engineering Works has selected Echandia to supply battery systems for two fully electric tugs within India’s Green Tug Transition Programme GTTP). The vessels will operate at Visakhapatnam Port Authority and VOC Port Authority...
Swiss marine power company WinGD has secured an order to supply main engines for a series of 12 VLCCs being built at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, China, for Dynacom, supporting the delivery of a new generation of efficient, reliable and regulation-ready tanker...
Jotun’s Hull Skating Solutions (HSS) has received independent verifications from DNV, confirming that vessels maintained clean hulls, with no measurable speed loss during the period reviewed. The independent verification confirms no measurable speed loss and an always...
Swedish antifouling technology company I-Tech has published a new industry whitepaper offering shipowners, operators, and technical managers a data-driven guide to understanding, assessing, and mitigating the growing operational and commercial risks posed by barnacle...
According to Mark O’Neil, Columbia Group President and CEO, shipping will have no choice but to boost self-regulation as well as choosing the right ‘safe haven’ partners if it is to deal with the huge pressures the fast-changing political, trade and regulatory...
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) has issued a reminder that amendments to Marpol Annex VI, that were adopted at the IMO MEPC 82 meeting, formally designate the Canadian Arctic and the Norwegian Sea as Emission Control Areas (ECAs) for the control of NOx, SOx,...
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has entered into an agreement with Japan Airlines (JAL), Lloyd's Register Group (LR), and Regent Craft to jointly develop processes for vessel certification and operational approval, with the aim of commercialising Regent's fully electric vessel...
ABS, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) have completed a joint development project for a high efficiency, 16,000-TEU ultra-large container ship with a battery hybrid system. ABS has issued approval in...
A naming ceremony has taken place at the Sakaide Works of Kawasaki Heavy Industries for a newly built very large gas carrier (VLGC), the eighth dual-fuel LPG carrier using LPG as fuel ordered by NYK. Upon completion, the ship, named Lyla Pathfinder, will be chartered...
CMA CGM has named the first in a series of 10 24,000 TEU LNG-powered containerships, the ‘CMA CGM Notre Dame’, in the port of Le Havre, an event considered to mark a new milestone in the development of a high-performance, decarbonised French fleet. Measuring nearly...
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has recognised Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) with the Global Technology Technical Achievement Award at its recent Global LNG Forum. The award acknowledges MOL’s progress in advancing practical decarbonisation pathways for LNG carriers through its Wind...
In an open letter to the industry, ABS has set out a measured and data-driven approach to support the development of an effective global framework for maritime decarbonization. Titled The ABS View: A Practical Path Forward on IMO Mid-Term Measures, it reflects broad...
Wärtsilä Gas Solutions is to supply a complete cargo handling system for a new fully pressurised LPG Carrier being built for Meghna Fresh LPG, part of the Bangladeshi Meghna Group of Industries. The group is one of the country’s largest industrial conglomerates, and...
Provider of maritime services for the gas transport and offshore wind industries Purus has successfully completed its first ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of ammonia from the company’s medium-size gas carrier (MGC), ‘Green Power’. Green Power is on time charter to...
Hamburg-based maritime compliance technology company OceanScore has deployed live ERP integrations between its Compliance Manager platform and the enterprise systems of several of the world’s largest ship managers, in order to automate the exchange of operational and...
Alfa Laval is strengthening its remote service, taking advantage of the advancements in connectivity and augmented reality (AR) technology, offering to help crews troubleshoot, maintain compliance and optimize equipment performance in real time directly from vessels...
Damen and Windcat have launched 'Windcat Amsterdam', first in the Elevation series Commissioning Service Operations Vessel (CSOV) to arrive in European waters. The vessel has been developed in collaboration between Damen and Windcat and was constructed at the Ha Long...
Bernhard Schulte Offshore (BSO) has taken delivery of a new commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV), built at Ulstein Verft in Norway on behalf of an institutional investor. The vessel was christened Windea Carnot and is the third of three sister ships built at...
Dutch emissions-reduction technology innovator Value Maritime has signed a commercial representation agreement with Hai Cheung China, appointing the company as its technical consultant and agent for the Chinese market. The partnership is intended to strengthen Value...
According to European industry organisation Waterborne Technology Platform (Waterborne TP), investments made by the broader European waterborne transport sector in 2025 reached record levels. The Partnership Board of the Co-Programmed Partnership on Zero-Emission...
Anemoi Marine Technologies and Lloyd’s Register (LR) have published a new paper encouraging closer alignment between existing methodologies used to verify the performance of wind-assisted propulsion systems (WAPS). The research highlights how complementary frameworks...
A new insight brief, 'Uncertainty at the IMO: Three scenarios and their consequences for shipping’s transition', compiled by Dr Tristan Smith, Associate Professor, UCL Energy Institute; Director, UMAS and Femke Spiegelenberg, Project Manager of the Global Maritime...
In response to the growing demand for advanced fire safety solutions to support the maritime industry's transition to cleaner fuels, survival technology solutions provider Survitec has reconfigured and enhanced its Dry Chemical Powder (DCP) fire extinguishing system....
IMO Rules to reduce the amount of CO2 generated from new-build vessels (EEDI) and existing vessels (EEXI) as well as local measures such as the European Commission (EC) 'Fit for 55' may be essential for environmental sustainability, but will have significant impacts...
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