DAMEN CUTS NOx EMISSIONS FOR VAN OORD VESSEL
Damen Shipyards Group recently carried out the installation of a series of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems to Van Oord’s ‘Nexus’, a Damen Offshore Carrier (DOC) 8500 delivered in 2014. The 122.68m x 27.45m vessel undertakes cable laying...
NYK TRIALS BIOFUEL IN COAL CARRIER
NYK has begun a biofuel test run on its coal carrier ‘Noshiro Maru’, which is operated for Tohoku Electric Power Co, believed to be the first time in Japan that a coal carrier has been used to test biofuel for a domestic power utility company. Mitsubishi...
FOUNDATIONS LAID FOR SWEDEN-FINLAND GREEN CORRIDOR
Viking Line, Port of Turku and Ports of Stockholm have now been working together for one year on a project which aims to establish a green, fossil-free shipping corridor between Stockholm and Turku. The parties have now laid a solid foundation for the project and...
NEW ELECTRIC SUPPLY BOAT LAUNCHED IN SINGAPORE
The Coastal Sustainability Alliance (CSA), an industry collaborative effort led by Kuok Maritime Group (KMG), has marked what is considered to be a significant milestone with the launch of its first fully electric supply boat (e-supply boat) from shipyard to water and...
FRANCE-CHINA GAS SHIPPING AGREEMENT
GTT, Cosco Shipping LNG Investment Shanghai (CSLNG) and Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry (CHI), have signed a strategic cooperation agreement. This is the first agreement with CSLNG, which specialises in LNG transportation project investment, shipbuilding and management....
FIRST STS LNG BUNKERING IN CANADA
Seaspan Energy has successfully completed the first ship-to-ship (STS) LNG bunkering in Canada, which took place in the Port of Vancouver in the Upper Harbour. The STS LNG bunkering to a tanker at anchor was performed by the Seaspan Lions, named after the twin peaks...
MORE EFFORT NEEDED FROM EUROPE TO MEET SUSTAINABILITY TARGET
Europe’s maritime sector is making progress towards greater sustainability but will need to increase its efforts over the coming years to meet EU climate and environment goals aimed at reducing energy use, pollution, and GHG emissions as well as better protecting...
FIRST ALL-ELECTRIC OFFSHORE VESSEL TO BE POWERED BY CORVUS ESS.
Corvus Energy has announced that it will deliver a mega-size battery system for the first fully electric offshore vessel to be built. The vessel is an electric commissioning service operation vessel (eCSOV) that will be constructed by Armon shipyard in Spain for...