GERMAN NGO SEEKS EUROPEAN SCRUBBER BAN
German nature conservation and biodiversity organisation NABU has sent a letter signed by 14 environmental protection organisations to the OSPAR Commission (North-East Atlantic Marine Convention), which demands that the discharge of waste water from exhaust gas...
JOTUN HELPS SALLAUM LINES TOWARD CLEANER OPERATIONS
Shipping company Sallaum Lines has taken a step towards optimising hull performance environmental impact for its fleet with the investment in Jotun’s hull performance solution, HPS, including HullKeeper, for its four PCTC newbuildings in Nanjing Jinling Shipyard. The...
BALEÀRIA TO BUILD TWO ZERO-EMISSION FAST FERRIES FOR SPAIN-MOROCCO GREEN CORRIDOR
Spanish shipping company Baleària has unveiled plans for two all-electric catamaran ferries destined for the Tarifa-Tangier Ville route, the first green corridor between Spain and Morocco. The Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras has prioritised sustainability and...
DENMARK’S LARGEST CONTAINER PORT TO PROVIDE SHORE POWER
The Port of Aarhus is to equip its container terminal with an onshore power plant, supplied by Danish PowerCon, and said to be the first of its kind in Denmark. This follows a shore power facility opened at the port’s cruise terminal, which completed its first...
ULSTEIN DESIGNS NEW EMISSION-SAVING HEAVY LIFT HULL FORM
Japanese contractor Penta-Ocean Construction has commissioned Ulstein Design and Solutions to design its new heavy lift vessel for offshore wind foundation installation. The customised Ulstein HX118 design will feature a 5,000t Huisman main crane and the Ulstein...
MOL ORDERS THREE VLECs FROM SHI
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) group company MOL Energia of Singapore has signed a long-term charter contract for three newbuilding very large ethane carriers (VLECs) with SCG Chemicals of Thailand, a wholly owned subsidiary of Thailand’s Siam Cement Group (SCG). The...
ADVANCED LNG BUNKER SHIP DELIVERED TO BV CLASS
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) has announced the successful delivery of the third 7,600m3 LNG bunkering vessel, ‘S1067’, built by Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering (CIMC SOE) for Seaspan Energy. This project is considered to be a further...
ROLLS-ROYCE PROVIDES ENGINES FOR SES OSVS
Singapore shipbuilder Strategic Marine has commissioned a series of three new offshore supply vessels (OSVs) with a maximum speed of over 53 knots, thought to be the fastest of their kind. Each vessel is powered by four 16-cylinder mtu Series 2000M72 engines from...