NEW eMETHANOL PLANT FOR SWEDEN
Liquid Wind and Umeå Energi have signed all necessary agreements to commercialise a large-scale eFuel production facility in Umeå, Sweden. This milestone follows the environmental permit granted by the Land and Environmental Court in Umeå, marking the transition into...
CLEAN AIR ONBOARD LEADS TO CLEAN AIR OUTSIDE
Maritime healthcare and sustainability company Vikand has announced that its Air Purification System, powered by the Pyure Technology, is delivering measurable energy savings and emissions reductions across the global fleet, supporting shipowners in meeting...
NAPA AND INTEROUTES OFFER EMISSION-SAVING PROGRAMME
Maritime software and digital service provider Napa and voyage optimisation and weather routing specialist Interoutes have jointly launched of their new Expert Route Monitoring service. The joint offering combines NAPA’s digital weather routing solution – NAPA Voyage...
JOTUN HSS RECEIVES LR FULL ANTIFOULING APPROVAL
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has recently awarded what is believed to be the world’s first recognised enhanced antifouling type approval to Jotun’s SeaQuantum Skate antifouling coating, alongside type approval certification for the HullSkater hull cleaning...
MetaSHIP ACQUISITION EXTENDS ABS TRAINING FOR FUTURE SHIP OPERATION
In a landmark deal to deliver immersive, next-generation training at scale to the maritime industry, ABS has signed an agreement to purchase the MetaSHIP intellectual property and related vessel simulator software assets from Orka Informatics as part of the strategic...
ANTARCTIC RESEARCH VESSEL SWITCHES TO BIOFUEL
The British Antarctic Survey ship ‘RRS Sir David Attenborough’ has departed on a five-week voyage from the UK to Antarctica, marking the start of the new Antarctic field season. The new season brings a full schedule of ambitious science, deep-field...
FUEL ENHANCEMENT COMPANY BELIEVES LNG IS BEING OVERSOLD
The global shipping industry is being misled by the promise of LNG, which fuel optimisation company Fuelre4m says is being driven by commercial rather than environmental, motives, from shipyards chasing newbuild orders to energy companies offloading gas reserves. This...
US THREATS DISRUPT IMO NET ZERO DECISION-MAKING
Negotiations on what was said to offer the first-ever global climate agreement for an entire industry, at an IMO MEPC extraordinary session, have resulted in failure to endorse the net aero agreement reached by MEPC in April 2025. IMO says that the extraordinary...