ZERO EMISSION FERRY BUILD NEARS COMPLETION
Construction of Scadlines’ freight ferry ‘Futura’ at the Cemre shipyard is entering its final phase, following bottom cleaning and painting among other things in the floating dock, the vessel has headed back out to sea. In addition to the...
ACCELLERON ENHANCES DIGITAL OFFERING WITH TRUE NORTH ACQUISITION
Accelleron, the former ABB turbocharging company, has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire True North Marine (TNM), established in 2013 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada. TNM provides weather routing guidance and voyage optimisation,...
EMISSIONS CAPTURE DEAL SIGNED FOR TANKERS IN LA PORT
Stax Engineering has entered into a five-year agreement with Equilon Enterprises, a US subsidiary of Shell Oil, under which STAX will implement its emissions capture services at Shell’s Mormon Island Terminal in the Port of Los Angeles. The agreement starts in 2025,...
PENINSULA SUPPLIES BIOFUEL IN BARCELONA AND EXPANDS IN NORTH EUROPE
Marine energy company Peninsula has recently completed a successful biofuel bunkering of the containership ‘Yantian Express’ from the IMO II chemical tanker, ‘Aalborg’ for Hapag-Lloyd in the Port of Barcelona. The 88,500gt vessel received...
ØRSTED PULLS OUT OF eMETHANOL FUEL PROJECT
Energy company Ørsted has announced its decision to pull out of the FlagshipONE project, under which it was building a large plant intended to produce methanol for ship fuel using renewable energy The plant, in Northern Sweden, was expected to produce about 50,000t/yr...
PROJECT TO PRODUCE GREEN H2 BY VESSELS AT SEA GAINS FINANCE
Drift Energy, a UK startup set to make green energy at sea using sailing vessels, has obtained project funding, led by capital investor Octopus Ventures, with support from Blue Action Accelerator. The company has secured a total of £4.65m, enabling it to scale and...
FERRY OPERATOR TO OPERATE WEEK-LONG GREEN CORRIDOR
Finnish ferry company Viking Line’s vessels serving the Turku route will reduce their emissions by 90% when the company runs those vessels for the first time for a week solely on biogas. During the week, which kicks off with Baltic Sea Day, Viking Glory and Viking...
BRUNVOLL THRUSTERS FOR FOUR HYBRID FERRIES
Brunvoll has been chosen to supply azimuth propulsion thrusters and thruster control systems for Norled’s four next hybrid ferries, which will service the routes between Stokkvågen, Lovund, and Træna in Norway. The vessels are designed by LMG Marin and will be built...