MAERSK LOOKS TO STEP UP GREEN FUEL PRODUCTION IN SUEZ ZONE
Maersk, the General Authority for Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone), the Egyptian New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA), the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC), and the Sovereign Fund of Egypt for Investment and Development (TSFE), have signed a...
NYK TAKES DELIVERY OF SECOND ECO-PCTC
NYK of Japan has taken delivery of ‘Plumeria Leader’, a pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) capable of navigating oceans with only LNG as the ship’s main fuel. The vessel was built at Shin Kurushima Toyohashi Shipbuilding, and is NYK’s second...
EMSA CONTRACTS SATCOMS IN SUPPORT OF EMISSIONS MONITORING DRONES
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has awarded six contracts for satellite communication (satcom) services to support the maritime surveillance operations of the Agency’s remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS). The contracts are intended to provide fast and...
TWO DUTCH FEEDER VESSELS TO RECEIVE CO2 CAPTURE MODULES
Dutch company Value Maritime has signed contracts with Netherlands-based short sea operator JR Shipping to fit two of its vessels with a combined filter and carbon capture unit. Following an order received in early March to equip JR Shipping’s container feeder...
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT NEEDED TO MANAGE CHANGE, SAYS WIERNICKI
Christopher J Wiernicki, ABS Chairman, President and CEO, spoke to an audience of shipowners, financiers, charterers and global business leaders at a recent Global Summit in Lausanne, Switzerland. Wiernicki said: “We are in the early innings of a decade, maybe several...
PORT OF ZEEBRUGGE JOINS SEA-LNG COALITION
Sea-LNG, the multi-sector industry coalition established to demonstrate LNG’s benefits as a viable marine fuel, has announced the membership of Port of Zeebrugge, the seaport of Bruges with a long record of LNG bunkering. Zeebrugge is considered to have has pioneered...
ZERO-CARBON PSV RECEIVES FIRST RLNG BUNKERING
US alternative energy company Pivotal LNG recently completed the first delivery of Renewable Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG) to Harvey Gulf International Marine’s Carbon-Neutral Platform Supply Vessel (PSV). The tri-fuel vessel operates exclusively on LNG and battery...
BV APPROVAL FOR CRUISE SHIP SOLID SAIL CONCEPT
Bureau Veritas (BV) has delivered an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Chantiers de l’Atlantique for its sail-assisted propulsion system, Solid Sail, tailored for the large cruise ship market. Solid Sail is a 1,200 m² rigid sail made of composite panels assembled...