Month: July 2023

LNG

LNG

Hapag-Lloyd’s container vessel Berlin Express has received a bunkering of bonded LNG in China. The delivery was supplied by World Fuel Services Corporation, and marked the first LNG bunkering operation at a Chinese port for a Hapag-Lloyd vessel.

17th July 2023

Hapag-Lloyd in landmark bonded LNG bunkering in China

17th July 2023

BIOFUELS

BIOFUELS

A Maersk container feeder vessel has received the world’s first bunkering of green methanol. The delivery in South Korea marked the first time any vessel has been bunkered with green methanol.

17th July 2023

First green methanol bunkering in Korea

17th July 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

The first low-pressure ME-GA engine to be equipped with a new engine control feature, ‘ME-GA-opti’, has successfully completed LNG gas trials in South Korea, MAN ES has announced.

17th July 2023

First ME-GA engine with individual cylinder control option completes gas trials

17th July 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Makeen, the joint venture formed between HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co., Saudi Arabian Industrial Investments (Dussur) and Saudi Arabian Development Co. (SADCO), has broken ground on the construction of a new engine production and…

17th July 2023

Ground broken on Saudi engine factory

17th July 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Germany’s marine equipment and systems sector achieved a further advance in order volume and a recovery in turnover last year on the back of rising, global fleet investment. While contract intake has…

17th July 2023

German Equipment Makers Sustain Business Growth

17th July 2023

REGULATION

REGULATION

The International Seabed Authority (ISA) has met to discuss allowing deep-sea mining to reconvene following the lapsing of an earlier prohibition.

14th July 2023

ISA discusses deep-sea mining

14th July 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Carbon emissions from the container industry feel during the first quarter of 2023 across ten of the world’s busiest 13 ocean freight lanes, according to analysis by Xeneta.

13th July 2023

Falling container CO2 emissions – dip or trend?

13th July 2023

METHANOL

METHANOL

Maersk has taken delivery of the company’s first container vessel capable of operating on methanol. The 2,100 teu vessel, which has yet to be named, was handed over by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard and…

13th July 2023

Maersk takes delivery of first methanol-fuelled boxship

13th July 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

MAN Energy Solutions has announced the successful first running of a test engine on ammonia at its Research Centre Copenhagen (RCC). The company reports that the successful combustion was performed on a…

13th July 2023

Groundbreaking First AEngine Test Completed

13th July 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mercator Media is launching a new conference, Green Ports & Shipping Congress, to bring together shipowners, suppliers and port operators to encourage and promote collaboration. The conference recognises that many of the problems related to decarbonising…

13th July 2023

Mercator to launch new conference to break down silos between ports and shipowners

13th July 2023