LR TO ASSESS SHIPS FOR ZERO-CARBON READINESS
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has launched a five-level framework for assessing the actual readiness of a vessel for the transition to zero carbon fuels. Published by LR’s Maritime Decarbonisation Hub, ‘Zero Ready Framework – helping to ensure shipping can deliver our...
SUCTION SAILS CHOSEN FOR PANAMAX BULKER RETROFIT
Spanish wind-assisted propulsion company bound4blue and ship operator MMSL, a Singapore-based wholly owned subsidiary of Marubeni Corporation, have signed an agreement to install four suction sails on the ‘Crimson Kingdom’, making this the first...
PLAN NOW FOR UP TO US$ 14BN EXTRA COSTS OF DECARBONISATION, WARNS DREWRY
Shipping consultant Drewry says that the need for the industry to decarbonise is clear and present, however, many of the world’s largest importers and exporters are insufficiently informed about the full implications of the forthcoming new emissions regulations and...
ABS SUPPORTS CHINA’S AMMONIA FUEL PROJECTS
ABS has awarded two approvals in principle (AiPs) to COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry and COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Technology for their ammonia-fuelled vessel and the associated ammonia supply system designs, which are being trialled on a tugboat. Given the...
CMA CGM COMMITS TO A DECARBONISED FUTURE
Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and CEO, CMA CGM Group, has announced several measures to support the French shipping sector through which the CMA CGM Group reaffirms its commitment to the development of a decarbonised and competitive French maritime industry. Speaking at...
PARTNERSHIP TO PRODUCE BIO-LNG AS SUSTAINABLE MARINE FUEL
Attero, Nordsol, and Titan, three companies from different sectors, have joined forces to achieve a decentralised production of bio-LNG designated for use in the maritime industry. The three partners met at the site for the plant – located at the facility of waste...
SEAFARERS NEED TRAINING TO ACHIEVE DECARBONISATION
A new Action Plan, launched at COP 27 by UN organizations, shipowners and unions, sets out recommendations to upskill seafarers to meet shipping’s decarbonisation goals, prompted by findings from new research, the modelling of which cautions that as many as 800,000...
ECOPELLER RETROFIT CUTS FUEL AND EMISSIONS BY 25%
Norwegian ferry operator Torghatten Trafikkselskap recently upgraded one of its ferries’ propulsion systems, which involved the installation of two Schottel EcoPellers (SRE), a move which allowed the vessel’s energy consumption, and thus its environmental...