DANISH SHIPOWNERS DEMONSTRATE SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING
A new ESG-network launched by Danske Rederier (Danish Shipping) addresses the pressing need for collaboration and knowledge sharing within the shipping industry regarding sustainability reporting. At the inaugural meeting of the network, Danish Shipping members Maersk...
ROTTERDAM INVESTS IN MARINE ELECTRIFICATION
Maritime battery system developer EST-Floattech has received an investment of €4m from the Energy Transition Fund Rotterdam and existing shareholders Rotterdam Port Fund, PDENH, Ponooc, and Yard Energy. The ‘Energietransitiefonds Rotterdam’ is the investment fund of...
WIND ASSISTED PROPULSION FITTED TO CHEMICAL TANKER
Dutch chemical tanker operator Chemship has commissioned its first ship with wind assisted ship propulsion, which the company believes will make the ‘Chemical Challenger’ the first such tanker to be equipped with sustainable wind technology. The ship will...
AUSTAL SIGNS GAS TURBINE-POWERED FERRY MoU WITH GOTLANDSBOLAGET
Western Australia shipbuilder Austal and Gotlandsbolaget of Sweden have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a construction contract for the ‘Gotland Horizon X’ catamaran project. Gotland Horizon X is a high-speed aluminium catamaran that will utilise...
WIND ASSISTANCE SOFTWARE RECEIVES AiP
Dutch company Blue Wasp Marine’s Pelican performance prediction software for wind-assisted ships has been awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) from classification society RINA. Pelican is thus believed to be the first software of its kind to have received class...
LANDMARK LNG BUNKERING IN SINGAPORE PORT
The Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) owned bunker ship ‘Brassavola’, which is chartered to Pavilion LNG Bunker, a subsidiary of Pavilion Energy, has performed its first bunkering service for an LNG-fuelled bulk carrier at the Port of Singapore. Brassavola was...
EC GIVES GO-AHEAD TO EUROPEAN H2 FUEL NETWORK
The European Commission (EC) has approved state aid of up to €6.9bn from seven member states for the third major project of common European interest in the hydrogen value chain. This includes the Hamburg Green Hydrogen Hub (HGHH), which Hamburger Energiewerke is...
ESVAGT AND METIS CO-OPERATE ON SOV PERFORMANCE SOLUTION
Metis Cyberspace Technology of Greece is expanding its portfolio of data acquisition, real-time performance monitoring and intelligent analytics solutions to include the needs of service operation vessels (SOVs), following a collaborative project covering fleet...