OLDENDORFF NAMES LATEST GREEN BULKER
Oldendorff Carriers has recently celebrated the namegiving of its latest Japanese Capesize newbuilding, the ‘Gina Oldendorff’ at Namura Shipbuilding. This follows sister vessel Alice Oldendorff, also delivered from Namura in November 2022. Both Capesize...
KOREAN YARD WINS DUAL-FUEL SUEZMAX CONTRACT
Daehan Shipbuilding of Korea has won a contract for three Suezmaxes tankers from shipping company Swiss Advantage Tankers (Advantage). This order follows shortly after Advantage took delivery of the fourth in a series of 299,600dwt tankers from DSME. The Suezmaxes...
MSC JOINS WITH DB SCHENKER FOR BIOFUEL PARTNERSHIP
Freight forwarding company DB Schenker is expanding its green ocean freight services and has secured an arrangement to use 12,000t of biofuel component for all of its own consolidated cargo, less-than-container load (LCL), full-container-load (FCL) and refrigerated...
ABS WILL CLASS HYDROGEN FUEL RESEARCH VESSEL
A hydrogen-fuelled research vessel commissioned by the University of California San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography is to be built to ABS Class. Designed by Glosten, the vessel will feature a new hydrogen-hybrid propulsion system that integrates hydrogen...
UK GOVERNMENT ADDS MORE FUNDS FOR GREEN SHIPPING INNOVATION
The UK government’s support for decarbonising the maritime sector has been given another boost, with £60 million in funding distributed to innovative companies nationwide developing futuristic green technology. For the first time, the government is funding the...
MAKE FUEL SUPPLIERS RESPONSIBLE FOR DELIVERY OF SUSTAINABLE FUELS – ECSA
The Shipowners’ Associations of the European Community (ECSA) says that it supports the objectives of the European Green Deal, EU Climate Law and the Paris Agreement; as an important part of the European economy, shipping has a key role to play to achieve the EU’s...
EPS INSTALS VALUE MARITIME CCS SYSTEM ON MR TANKER
Singapore headquartered Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has announced the successful installation of Value Maritime’s (VM) Filtree system onboard its managed vessel ‘Pacific Cobalt’. The installation was carried out in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The Filtree system,...
VIKING FERRY RETURNS AFTER GREENING UPGRADE
Finnish company Viking Line’s 10-year-old LNG-fuelled ‘Viking Grace’ has returned to operations between Turku and Stockholm as a better and climate-smarter version of its old self. During a three-week docking in Odense, Denmark, new technology to...