ABS CERTIFICATION FOR AMMONIA-FUELLED SHIP DESIGN
ABS has awarded an approval in principle (AiP) to Korea Maritime Consultants (Komac) for an innovative design of an ammonia-fuelled 3600 TEU container ship, which addresses a perceived increase in market need for small-scale, ammonia-fuelled vessels. Given the...
VALUE MARITIME LAUNCHES SHORE-BASED CARBON HANDLING SUBSIDIARY
Dutch company Value Maritime, which specialises in emission-reducing technology for ships, has launched a sister company, Value Carbon, to manage shore-based carbon handling, re-use and storage services for shipping companies and industry. With over five years in the...
ICS WELCOMES MEPC EMISSION REDUCTION MOVES
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has joined other industry organisations in welcoming the proposals resulting from IMO’s MEPC 80 meeting to hasten the decarbonisation of shipping. ICS has re-asserted that a global levy on GHG emissions from ships must...
SINGAPORE PORT LOOKS TO NET-ZERO HARBOUR CRAFT
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has issued an Expression of Interest (EoI) to invite interested parties to submit proposals to design and promote adoption of full-electric harbour craft (e-HC) in Singapore. Singapore’s Ministry of Transport...
SHIP WITH LARGEST SUCTION SAILS DEPARTS BILBAO
The Port of Bilbao has been the venue for the installation on a commercial vessel of the largest suction sails in the world, as part of an innovative project by the Spanish company bound4blue, within the framework of the Sails for Cargo Project co-funded by the Ports...
BATTERY PACKS FOR ZERO-EMISSION EVENT VESSEL
A new event vessel, designed for UK events company Smart Group by Amsterdam-based company Oceandiva, which operates similar ships in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium, will be able to operate in true zero-emission mode being powered by a Green Orca energy storage...
SVITZER CONTINUES ITS SWITCH TO LOW-CARBON HVO FUEL
A.P. Moller-Maersk group towage company Svitzer has announced a new EcoTow agreement to fuel a fleet of five tugs dedicated to the South Hook LNG Terminal in Milford Haven, UK, with hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO), a low-carbon fuel. The switch from fuelling tugs...
SECOND METHANOL SOV FOR ØRSTED AND ESVAGT
Ørsted and Esvagt are to expand their partnership on green offshore operations by signing an agreement for a second green service operation vessel (SOV). The new SOV is a sister vessel to the world’s first methanol-powered SOV, which was announced in 2022, further...