SAFE BULKERS ORDERS ADDITIONAL SCRUBBER RETROFITS
According to Alfa Laval, in recent years Greek shipowner Safe Bulkers has retrofitted PureSOx exhaust gas cleaning systems on 20 of its bulk carriers, and has just installed its 21st PureSOx scrubber, with four more retrofits scheduled through the first half of 2023....
STRATEGIC MARINE LAUNCHES GREENER OSV DESIGNS
In line with its own sustainability efforts, Strategic Marine has revealed what it calls its ‘offshore support vessels of the future’, including the Generation 4 Fast Crew Boat (FCB), which is being constructed at the group’s Singapore yard, the StratCat...
MAERSK ENTERS GREEN METHANOL PARTNERSHIP WITH CARBON SINK
As part of its strategy to decarbonise customers’ supply chains, A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) has entered a green methanol partnership with US-based project developer Carbon Sink. This is Maersk’s eighth such agreement in the efforts to accelerate global...
EXXON MOBIL PROVIDES BIOFUEL TO MOL LNG CARRIER
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) group company, Aquarius LNG Shipping has conducted sea trials of its owned LNG carrier, ‘Papua’, with about 1,500t of biofuel supplied by ExxonMobil Marine to the vessel at Singapore. The biofuel is expected to reduce GHG emissions, and is a...
GREEN CORRIDORS PROVIDE KEY TO ZERO-EMISSION SHIPPING ROUTES
An event held as part of COP27 at the Danish Pavilion by the Zero-Emission Shipping Mission launched the Green Shipping Corridor Hub – an interactive platform and toolkit to support the development of green shipping corridors. The Zero-Emission Shipping Mission is an...
‘YAWNING GAP’ BETWEEN SUPPLY AND DEMAND FOR LOW-CARBON FUELS
A report published by the Tyndall Centre at the UK’s University of Manchester has highlighted the major role the shipping sector will play in transporting the green fuels necessary to meet global climate goals, but it found a yawning gap between announced...
PAINT COMPANY’S TECHNOLOGY DAY UNDERLINES GREEN CREDENTIALS
Nippon Paint Marine’s innovative approach to marine coatings technology was the primary focus of a recent event held by the company in Korea, with a number of delegates praising the company’s range of antifouling and anticorrosion systems in meeting the shipping...
BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE SHOWN TO SAVE FUEL AND EMISSIONS
Signol, a software company using behavioural science to cut fuel demand and operating costs, has announced the results of a four-month pilot that sought to reduce carbon emission on board Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement Deutschland (BSMD) managed ships through...