ZIM JOINS GAS-FUELLED SHIPPING CONSORTIUM
Container liner shipping company ZIM has become a member of the Sea-LNG industry coalition established to demonstrate LNG’s benefits as a viable marine fuel. A member of the Clean Cargo Working Group (CCWG) since 2013, ZIM has long worked at improving the environmental...
INTERNATIONAL DECARBONISATION PLATFORM TO BE ESTABLISHED
A summit of more than 100 CEOs and government representatives unanimously agreed to establish an international cross-sectoral collaboration platform to help decarbonise the shipping industry. The Shaping the Future of Shipping Summit held in London convened the...
15TH AND FINAL BW LPG CARRIER COMPLETES DUAL-FUEL RETROFITS
Owner and operator of LPG vessels BW LPG has now converted the main engine of the ‘BW Malacca’ to dual-fuel running; the last such conversion for a series of 15 LPG carriers. The ship’s MAN B&W 6G60ME-C9.2 type engine was retrofitted to an MAN B&W...
AiP FOR HYDROGEN-FUELLED AUTONOMOUS VESSEL
Acua Ocean, a UK-based developer of maritime autonomous surface ships, has been granted Approval in Principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register for its hydrogen system, control engineering system and electrical power distribution systems on what is believed to be the...
SECOND ENABLER VESSEL DELIVERED TO WALLENIUS SOL
Chinese shipyard CIMC Raffles has handed over the second of two multi-fuel ice-rated con-ro vessels, ‘Baltic Enabler’, to the Wallenius SOL shipping line. , Ragnar Johansson, MD Wallenius SOL, said: “It’s fantastic that we can soon put both sister ships in...
CARBON CAPTURE RETROFIT FOR TWO FEEDER SHIPS
Container carrier X-Press Feeders has signed with Value Maritime for the provision of a Carbon Capture feature and Clean-Loop system onboard two feeder vessels, ‘Atlantis A’ and ‘X-Press Elbe’. Value Maritime was awarded the contract for the...
MOL AND MITSUI COLLABORATE ON AMMONIA-FUELLED TANKER
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), Tsuneishi Shipbuilding and Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding have launched a joint project aimed at developing and building an ocean-going liquefied gas carrier that will use ammonia as its main fuel. The vessel is envisioned as a mid-size...
CMA CGM COLLABORATES WITH SINGAPORE FOR DECARBONISATION
The CMA CGM Group and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) have concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to initiate a collaboration on the development of capabilities and solutions across maritime decarbonisation, digitalisation and innovation. The...