GOODFUELS AND SPAR REPORT ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL BIOFUEL TRIAL
Dry bulk tonnage owner Spar Shipping, ship manager Fleet Management Ltd and biofuels supplier GoodFuels have successfully completed a 10-day trial of 100% sustainable marine biofuel on board the Spar Shipping bulk carrier ‘Spar Lynx’. Spar Lynx was...
SMT RUNS FIRST BATTERY AND FUEL CELLS AWARENESS COURSE FOR Li-ion BATTERY SAFETY
Marine training course provider Stream Marine Training (SMT) has run its first Battery and Fuel Cells Awareness course to arm seafarers with the knowledge on the potentially life-threatening risks of lithium-ion batteries. As a fast-growing new energy storage system,...
MEXICO COULD LEAD THE WAY IN ZERO-EMISSION FUELS
A new P4G report, produced in conjunction with the Getting to Zero Coalition, entitled ‘Shipping’s energy transition: strategic opportunities in Mexico’ suggests that Mexico has potential to accelerate and benefit from international maritime...
TANKER PRICE ASSESSMENTS TO SHOW COST OF CO2 EMISSIONS
S&P Global Commodity Insights is launching daily Platts price assessments for freight emissions under the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), to show the cost of CO2 emissions from fuel combustion to transport crude or fuel oil on an Aframax tanker via an initial...
GCMD CONSORTIUM ADDRESSES INTEGRITY OF GREEN MARINE FUEL SUPPLY
The Singapore-based Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) is leading a consortium of 18 industry partners to launch a drop-in biofuels pilot project worth US$ 18m to establish an assurance framework for ensuring the supply chain integrity of current and...
NYK COMPANY STARTS TRIALS OF 100% BIODIESEL
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) group company Shin-Nippon Kaiyosha have started a trial using Neste Renewable Diesel (hereinafter, NesteRD) supplied by Itochu Enex in tugboats operated by Shin-Nippon Kaiyosha. NYK believes this to be the first case in Japan of a...
CARNIVAL’S COSTA CRUISES DEMONSTRATES DECARBONISATION VIABILITY
Following Carnival subsidiary Aida Cruises bunkering its ‘AIDAprima’ ship with a blend of marine biofuel, made from 100% sustainable raw materials, Costa Group, parent of both Aida Cruises and Costa Cruises, has announced it will start testing biofuel as...
DUAL-FUEL ENGINES IMPRESS AT 36,000 HOURS RUNTIME
CSSC Marine Service Co (CMS), the equipment service subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC), has successfully completed what it says is the first ever 36,000 running hours major maintenance on dual-fuel (DF) marine engines, carried out by CMS Korea at the...