MTF REPORT IDENTIFIES GAPS IN DECARBONISATION SAFETY AND TRAINING
The Maritime Technologies Forum (MTF), in association with Lloyd’s Register (LR), has released a new report on current gaps in operational management practices and crew training requirements and issued recommendations on how to close those gaps to accelerate...
ULSTEIN TO DESIGN LOW-EMISSIONS WIND FOUNDATION INSTALLER SERIES
Singapore-headquartered Cyan Renewables has contracted Ulstein Design & Solutions as the designer of a series of new floating foundation installation vessels (FFIV) dedicated to offshore wind. With an increasing lack of heavy lift installation vessels, these new...
LIMITING ENGINE POWER FOR EEXI CAN BE CHALLENGING – METIS
According to Andreas Symeonidis, Marketing and Partner Relations Manager, METIS Cyberspace Technology, engine or shaft power limitation is a practical means of achieving fuel oil consumption optimisation within the framework of the IMO’s recently introduced EEXI...
SECOND ALL-ELECTRIC BUNKER TANKER BEGINS SERVICE
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and Asahi Tanker have announced that the ‘Akari’, the world’s second pure battery tanker, owned and operated by Asahi Tanker, has completed its first bunkering operation in Kawasaki, supplying the MOL-operated iron ore career ‘Unta’. Akari...
HMM TO CONDUCT CARBON CAPTURE SEA TRIALS
Korean shipping company HMM plans to conduct field tests of an onboard carbon capture system (OCCS) for containerships along with SHI (Samsung Heavy Industries) and Panasia in the second half of 2023. OCCS is an advanced technology to capture CO2 from greenhouse gas...
DNV TO INTRODUCE EMISSIONS DATA PLATFORM
DNV has launched Emissions Connect, an emissions data verification engine and data management platform, designed to help the maritime industry accurately assess and work with emissions data. The solution is intended to provide a trusted, verified source of emissions...
ECSA HAILS TURNING POINT FOR EUROPEAN DECARBONISATION
European shipowners have welcomed the formal approval of the new EU ETS law by the plenary of the European Parliament, which earmarks around €2bn of the revenues of the Innovation Fund for the maritime sector. The Association of European Community Shipowners (ECSA)...
FIRST GRIMALDI G5 CLASS RO-RO DELIVERED
The Grimaldi Group has taken delivery from the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in Ulsan, South Korea, of the vessel ‘Great Antwerp’ which is the first of six multipurpose ro-ro units commissioned just over two years ago. The vessel inaugurates a new class called G5,...