HAS SULPHUR CAP HAD OPPOSITE EFFECT ON GLOBAL WARMING?
A paper published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal ‘Communications Earth and Environment’ and reported in the UK newspaper ‘The Guardian’ suggests that the 2020 IMO sulphur reduction measures could be one of the factors behind the significant rise in ocean...
ANTWERP TERMINAL IS FIRST IN BELGIUM WITH GREEN SHORE POWER
Antwerp Euroterminal (AET) is installing the first green shore power connection for seagoing vessels in Belgium in order to provide docked vessels in the port with electricity in an environmentally friendly and quiet way. The installation will be operational in 2026...
WORLD FUEL DIRECTOR APPOINTED TO CIMAC WG7 LEAD
World Fuel Services has announced that John Stirling, the company’s Director, Marine Technical, has accepted a key position at CIMAC, the International Council on Power, Drives and Propulsion. Stirling will take over the vacant position of Secretary of CIMAC’s WG7...
LASKARIDIS, CARES AND METIS JOIN FOCES TO FIND VIABLE LOW-CARBON PATHWAYS
A research project which brings together the Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore (CARES), Laskaridis Shipping Company and Metis is to evaluate the real impacts of the fuels offered to solve shipping’s decarbonisation dilemma. The IMO...
CLdN INVESTIGATING BATTERY POWER FOR SHORT-SEA FLEET
Luxembourg-headquartered logistics company CLdN says it is showing its commitment to decarbonising its short-sea fleet by joining the Maritime Battery Forum (MBF). Founded in 1929, CLdN owns 30 ships and operates more than 200 sailings a week that provide shortsea...
LNG-FUELLED CAPESIZE BULKER DELIVERED TO ‘K’ LINE
Japanese company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (‘K’ Line) has taken delivery of ‘Cape Hayate’, a 210,000-dwt ton capesize bulk carrier fuelled by LNG from the Tsu shipyard of Japan Marine United. This is the first capesize bulk carrier for...
DNV VALIDATES NORSEPOWER’S EEDI/EEXI CALCULATIONS
Classification society DNV has validated wind-assisted propulsion company Norsepower’s new E-Cal calculation methodology, which calculates the effective power of Norsepower’s Rotor Sail (NPRS). This helps ensure the vessel’s compliance with the latest IMO...
LR TO ASSIST REGENT WITH SEAGLIDER CERTIFICATIONS
Lloyd’s Register (LR) will provide certification and advisory services for a 12-passenger all-electric ‘Viceroy’ seaglider manufactured by Regent and designed for sustainable maritime mobility. Seagliders are a novel type of maritime vessel that operate a...