NYK NAMES NEW DUAL-FUEL VLGC
NYK of Japan has held a naming ceremony at the Sakaide Works of Kawasaki Heavy Industries for ‘Lantana Planet’ a new VLGC that NYK will charter to LPG company Astomos Energy Corporation. The 229.9m vessel is a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dual-fuel VLGC of 86,500m3...
GONDAN LAUNCHES ANOTHER ZERO-EMISSION CSOV
Spanish shipyard Gondan has launched a further Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) for the Norwegian shipowner Edda Wind at its yard in Figueras. This new vessel, designed by Salt Ship Design, also with a length of 88.3m and a beam of 19.7m, has a power...
‘BOOK & CLAIM’ SHIPPING DECARBONISATION PROJECT LAUNCHED
The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping along with Rocky Mountain Institute, Danish Shipping, and Maersk Oil Trading have initiated a project designing a maritime specific Book & Claim. Shipping companies want to decarbonise but cannot always...
SUSTAINABLE DREDGER FOR DUTCH COMPANY
Dutch contractor Gebr van der Lee has ordered a sustainable Beagle 4 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) from IHC Dredging. The customer was looking for a sustainable trailing suction hopper dredger with this hopper volume available at short delivery. The...
DFDS RO-RO TERMINAL TO CONNECT TO SHORE POWER
Rotterdam Shore Power, a joint venture of Eneco and the Port of Rotterdam Authority, is to supply shore power from Rotterdam for the DFDS terminal in Vlaardingen. For now, Jinling ro-ro vessels for scheduled service to and from Immingham will use the shore power...
ZERO-EMISSION SHIP PROJECT RECEIVES GOVERNMENT BACKING
The Hurtigruten-led Sea Zero project is to receive funding worth NOK 67m from The Green Platform Initiative to develop zero-emission coastal express vessels. The Green Platform Initiative provides funding for enterprises and research institutes engaged in green...
BIMCO ANSWERS QUESTIONS ON COMPLEXITIES OF CII CLAUSE
BIMCO published its CII Operations Clause for Time Charter Parties in November, following adoption of the clause by its Documentary Committee. As a result, BIMCO members and industry stakeholders have been providing feedback on application of the clause. The BIMCO CII...
MEPC79 MAKES PROGRESS ON GHGs AND ADOPTS MEDITERRANEAN SECA
The 79th meeting of IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 79) reports progress towards revising the Initial IMO GHG Strategy, working towards adopting a strengthened revised Strategy in mid-2023 at MEPC 80. IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim said:...