General News

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Classification society, Indian Register of Shipping, is teaming up with Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers to foster innovation and sustainability in the maritime industry.

6th March 2024

Autonomous eco-vessel collaboration launches

6th March 2024

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

At an online ceremony on 27 February 2024, MAN Energy Solutions and China Classification Society (CCS) signed a sub-agreement in line with the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) the two parties previously agreed in…

5th March 2024

Signing Ceremony Expands Dual-Fuel MeOH Agreement with CCS

5th March 2024

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Closely following the award of a four-ship contract in Europe, Canadian operator BC Ferries has launched a project involving up to seven larger vessels. The nomination of hybrid electric power is common…

5th March 2024

CANADIAN FERRY OPERATOR BUILDS ON HYBRID POWER

5th March 2024

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Embarked on a technologically-pragmatic decarbonisation strategy, UK short-sea specialist P&O Ferries has reduced its carbon footprint by almost 50,000t in 2023.

5th March 2024

CARBON CUT ON UK SHORT-SEA LINKS

5th March 2024

BIOFUELS

BIOFUELS

Commodities specialist Trafigura announced on 4 March that it was acquiring the European assets of one of Europe’s largest suppliers of biofuels, Greenergy. The acquisition, which remains subject to regulatory approval, will add physical…

5th March 2024

Trafigura acquires NW European biofuel supplier

5th March 2024

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Seaspan Shipyards has awarded ABB a contract to deliver an integrated propulsion system for the first of the Canadian Coast Guard’s next-generation polar class icebreakers.

5th March 2024

Azipod propulsion for new Canadian Arctic icebreaker

5th March 2024

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Höegh Autoliners ASA has been awarded a NOK146 million (almost US$14m) grant from Enova towards the cost of enabling two of their Aurora class pure car and truck carriers to operate on ammonia as a fuel.

5th March 2024

Enova to provide funding for Hoegh Autoliners NH3-fuelled PCTC pair

5th March 2024

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BIO-UV Group, the manufacturer of the BIO-SEA ballast water management system, has opened a new 1,200m² maritime training, R&D, engineering, and production facility, increasing the footprint of its existing Lunel-based site to…

29th February 2024

BIO-UV GROUP OPENS NEW TRAINING FACILITY

29th February 2024

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Bureau Veritas (BV) has unveiled the results of new modelling research project, which confirmed the potential substantial cumulative impact of operational and technical efficiency measures in keeping shipping within its “carbon budget” to…

29th February 2024

BV research confirms central role of operational and energy efficiency in meeting shipping’s 2050 carbon budget

29th February 2024

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels has announced that it conducted its first digital bunker delivery for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) in Singapore in early February. The introduction of digitalisation is expected to boosting the efficiency…

29th February 2024

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels Completes First Digital Bunker Operation in Singapore

29th February 2024