NEXT GMF SUMMIT IN ANTWERP FOCUSES ON DECARBONISATION
The Global Maritime Forum has announced that its Annual Summit 2025 will take place on 21–22 October in Antwerp. As Europe’s second-largest port complex and a key hub for global shipping, Antwerp’s proximity to Brussels and its connection to European...
SEA-LNG REPORTS SUCCESSFUL BIOGAS BUNKERING IN ROTTERDAM
The Rotterdam-Singapore Green and Digital Shipping Corridor (GDSC) has conducted a successful pilot for the bunkering of mass-balanced liquefied biomethane (LBM/bio-LNG) at the Port of Rotterdam (PoR). A total of 100 tonnes of mass-balanced LBM was supplied by...
LANGH TECH ADDS ONBOARD CARBON CAPTURE TO SCRUBBER RANGE
Finnish green tech company Langh Tech is expanding its portfolio of exhaust gas treatment solutions for ships by an innovative system for onboard carbon capture (OCC). Langh Tech’s OCC system features the possibility to sell and utilise the sodium carbonate residue...
MAN BEGINS NEXT PHASE OF AMMONIA-FUELLED ENGINE TESTS
MAN Energy Solutions has announced that the development of its ME-LGIA (Liquid Gas Injection Ammonia) engine has entered a new phase with the commencement of testing of a full-scale, two-stroke engine running on ammonia at its Copenhagen Research Centre (RCC). Ole...
RICARDO PLAYS LEADING ROLE IN NORTH SEA GREEN CORRIDOR PROJECT
UK engineering consultancy Ricardo will be the lead environmental consultancy in the next phase of the development of the ‘Green North Sea Shipping Corridor Project’, seeking to create a green shipping corridor (GSC) between the Port of Tyne (UK) and Port of Ijmuiden...
IACS UPDATES CRANKCASE EXPLOSION UR FOR ALTERNATIVE FUELS
The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has published the latest edition of Unified Requirement (UR) M10, which introduces new safety requirements to protect internal combustion engines from crankcase explosions, in response to the shift...
WinGD WINS MORE DUAL-FUEL ENGINE ORDERS
Swiss marine power company WinGD has won an order for 16 X-DF dual-fuel engines after what the company says was a late-stage switch by a major ship owner. The shipping company was influenced by WinGD’s track record for reliable operations, continuous improvements to...
HAPAG-LLOYD SAVES EMISSIONS WITH CLEANER HULLS
As part of its continued effort to drive sustainability in the maritime industry, German container line Hapag-Lloyd succeeds in reducing both emissions and operational costs through implementing Shipshave’s In Transit Cleaning of Hull (ITCH) solution, with the results...