Month: January 2026

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Finland-listed Wärtsilä will supply the engines for a new purpose-built semi-submersible Heavy Transport Vessel (HTV) which is designed to minimise exhaust emissions and maximise fuel efficiency.

22nd January 2026

Wärtsilä wins Allseas contract for HTV engines

22nd January 2026

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Indian shipbuilding’s competitiveness on the global market for smaller but more sophisticated types of cargo vessel is expressed in an emergent flotilla of diesel-electric coasters for Norwegian owners.

22nd January 2026

Nordic Eco Class from ascendant Indian yard

22nd January 2026

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Norway-based Hydroniq Coolers has secured a contract with Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company Limited (ZPMC) to supply its hull-integrated marine cooling system for two newbuild service operation vessels (SOVs) under construction for…

21st January 2026

Hydroniq Coolers wins LDA contract for its new SOVs

21st January 2026

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Stena Line’s new RoRo vessel Stena Connecta has arrived in Belfast Harbour, deploying wind propulsion technology to cut shipping emissions on Irish Sea freight services.

20th January 2026

Stena’s wind hybrid ferry arrives in Belfast

20th January 2026

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

America’s position on lower-carbon marine fuels is not so much contradictory as revealing.

19th January 2026

The reality of the US’ position on lower-carbon marine fuels

19th January 2026

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

CF Industries, Trafigura and TFG Marine have signed a memorandum of understanding to support the adoption of low-carbon ammonia as a marine fuel, as interest grows in ammonia’s potential role in shipping…

19th January 2026

Industry partnership aims to move ammonia closer to commercial bunkering

19th January 2026

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

The UK has taken a decisive step towards leading the global drive to decarbonise shipping with the launch of the Maritime Nuclear Consortium, a new alliance aimed at accelerating the safe adoption…

19th January 2026

UK launches maritime nuclear consortium

19th January 2026

NEWS

NEWS

Baseblue is to change its name to KPI OceanConnect, completing its integration into a single organisation under the KPI OceanConnect brand.

16th January 2026

KPI OceanConnect completes its takeover of Baseblue

16th January 2026

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Shipping company Reederei F. Laeisz (RFL) has teamed up with maritime technology company Sealenic to deploy Sealenic’s operational intelligence platform across its fleet and shore-based operations.

15th January 2026

RFL partners with Sealenic on AI

15th January 2026

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Coach Solutions, a Kongsberg company, has partnered with classification society ClassNK to deliver an automated emissions data verification process for their mutual clients.

15th January 2026

Coach and ClassNK automate emissions verification

15th January 2026