ECSA HIGHLIGHTS CLEAN FUEL AVAILABILITY ISSUE
Ahead of the plenary vote on CO2 standards for heavy-duty vehicles, European shipowners have highlighted once more the urgent need to make clean affordable fuels available for shipping. According to European shipowner body ECSA, sufficient quantities of sustainable...
SEATRIUM CONVERTS SUSTAINABLE LNG PRODUCTION VESSEL
Seatrium Oil & Gas (Americas), a member of Singapore’s Seatrium Group, has delivered what it says is the world’s second converted Floating Liquefaction Vessel (FLNGV) to Gimi MS Corporation, a subsidiary of Golar LNG. The Gimi FLNG will be stationed at a...
VARD DELIVERS NORTH STAR BATTERY HYBRID SOV
The ‘Grampian Tees’ wind farm service operation vessel (SOV) for operator North Star, the third of four purpose designed and built SOVs destined to support operations and maintenance (O&M) work at the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm on long-term...
FIRST TRIALS OF WEVA HYDROGEN-POWERED INLAND SHIPPING VESSEL
What is said to be the world’s first newbuild hydrogen-powered inland shipping vessel, owned by Dutch company Lenten Scheepvaart, has successfully undertaken initial sea trials, an event considered as an important step towards zero-emission transport on Dutch...
ABS COUNCIL CONSIDERS FUTURE FUEL UNCERTAINTY
The message for members at the recent annual ABS Advisory Council Meeting was that the maritime industry continues to be shaped by extensive uncertainty, influenced by a changing regulatory framework and evolving boundary conditions of safety, fuel availability and...
SAIL-HYBRID SUPPLY VESSEL LAUNCHED FOR MARSHALL ISLANDS
As part of an international climate protection project with the participation of Emden/Leer University of Applied Sciences, the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) has commissioned the construction of a new island supply vessel with sail propulsion for...
UECC SOLUTION FOR EU ETS OFFERS CLARITY ON EMISSION COSTS
According to ro-ro operator UECC, cargo owners seeking to determine their Scope 3 emission liabilities from the logistics chain must contend with multiple calculation methods from different shipping lines that will affect their costs exposure to the EU ETS for...
DNV-LED OFFSHORE DECARBONISATION PROJECT SEEKS MORE PARTNERS
DNV and 14 partners have concluded phase 1 of the Emission Reduction (EMRED) Joint Industry Project (JIP), developing a monitoring and reporting framework to quantitively assess GHG emissions from the offshore wind segment. Phase 2 of the project will entail testing...