CARGO OWNERS UNITE TO DRIVE SHIPPING DECARBONISATION
Cargo Owners for Zero Emission Vessels (coZEV), a multi-national alliance of companies involved in ocean shipping, has added more signatories to its 2040 Ambition Statement. Beiersdorf, Dupont, Electrolux, ETTLI Kaffee, Moose Toys, Ohana Beverage Company, Philips, REI...
SHIPPING FINANCIERS HOPE TO ACCELERATE EMISSIONS BENCHMARKING
The Poseidon Principles, established by 30 shipping banks and 17 marine insurance providers and brokers is to add additional trajectories to report climate alignment with a 1.5C future, a new commitment which aligns with the ambition of the UN and the latest...
SEA-LNG DEBUNKS ANOTHER STUDY
According to LNG industry collective Sea-LNG, the recent study from UCL, ‘Exploring methods for understanding stranded value: case study on LNG capable ships’, is a flawed academic exercise, detached from reality. Sea-LNG’s view is that, in setting...
TWO MORE FKAB-DESIGNED VINGA SERIES TANKERS ORDERED BY FURETANK
Furetank has signed a contract for two more eco-friendly dual-fuel tankers, meaning that six sister ships have been ordered this year alone in the Vinga series which has now reached 15 vessels altogether. The 17,999 dwt tankers are the latest contribution to the...
METHANOL HYBRID TUG PROPOSAL WILL CUT CO2 AND COSTS
US Naval architecture and marine engineering company Glosten has joined forces with ABB in the development of a methanol-hybrid ship-assist tug design intended to provide operators with a path to decarbonisation at lower operating cost. The SA-100 ASD harbour tug is...
SEVEN BIO-LNG FUELLED BOXSHIPS ORDERED BY CMA-CGM
French ship operator CMA-CGM has ordered a total of seven new container vessels, three of 7900 TEU capacity and four of 7,300 TEU capacity, all intended to be fuelled by biogas, to serve the French West Indies. The vessels will apply technology that aims to protect...
USCG APPROVAL FOR LANGH BWMS
Langh Tech’s one-way ballast water management system (BWMS) has become the first UV-based system to receive US Coast Guard type approval for one-way treatment. Four months after successfully completing IMO type approval, the Finnish marine technology...
MAN 175D CHOSEN FOR ITALIAN HYBRID SUPERYACHT
Italian yacht builder Wider has selected a pair of MAN 12V175D-MEV marine variable-speed genset engines for its new hybrid superyacht, the Moonflower 72. T he Wider serial hybrid propulsion system is made up of two 1,860 kW-rated variable speed engines and 1 a MWh...