METHANE SLIP FROM GAS-FUELLED RO-PAX LESS THAN EU BENCHMARK
Maritime LNG industry collective Sea-LNG has reported on a year-long independent study that has found methane emissions from LNG-powered ferries are less than half of EU default values. The message comes after publication of an independent study carried out by...
ANTHONY VEDER AND GASUM EXTEND BIO-LNG PARTNERSHIP
Gas shipping company Anthony Veder is expanding its partnership with Nordic energy company Gasum to meet upcoming FuelEU Maritime requirements and drive emission reductions at sea. Two Anthony Veder LNG carriers that are chartered by Gasum, Coral Energy and Coral...
ABS REGARDS NUCLEAR AS VIABLE FOR MARITIME APPLICATIONS
ABS Chairman and CEO Christopher J Wiernicki has endorsed nuclear energy as a legitimate, practical, and scalable solution for a wide range of strategic uses in maritime applications. Wiernicki, speaking at the Core Power Argo Conference in Athens, Greece, said:...
P&O FERRY SWITCHES TO B30 BIOFUEL FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL TRIAL
DP World subsidiary P&O Ferries’ vessel, ‘Pride of Hull’, which operates on the Hull-Rotterdam route, has become the first ferry on the North Sea to run permanently on B30 biofuel with the aim of cutting GHG emissions. The 215m ferry has caacity...
OCCS AND SCRUBBER COMPANY APPOINTS SOUTH KOREA REPRESESNTATIVE
The Dutch Value Group has signed a commercial representation agreement with Korean company Union Tech, appointing the company as the technical consultant and agent for Value Maritime’s solutions in South Korea. As Value Maritime’s representative in South Korea, Union...
LARGE ORDER FOR B&W METHANOL ENGINES
Qingdao Beihai shipyard has ordered 10 Everllence B&W 7G80ME-LGIM (Liquid Gas Injection Methanol) Mk 10.5 engines in connection with the construction of 10 VLOC (Very Large Ore Carriers), each of 325,000 dwt, for Chinese shipping companies Shandong Shipping and...
STEERPROP PROVIDES PROPULSION FOR SUSTAINABLE SHIPPING RESEARCH VESSEL
Finnish propulsion specialist Steerprop has been selected to deliver its next generation contra-rotating propeller (CRP) azimuth propulsions to Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven, which is building a research vessel designed to study, test, and operate on different maritime...
A SHARED OBLIGATION TO PROTECT OUR OCEANS
This year’s World Maritime Day theme – ‘Our Ocean, Our Obligation, Our Opportunity’ – reminds us of our responsibility to safeguard the ocean and highlights the importance of inclusion in supporting a sustainable maritime future, says WISTA International....