General News

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK engineering company TWI is one of 14 partners that has received EU funding to develop a 160,000cbm liquified hydrogen (LH2) containment system for ships

21st August 2023

Consortium to develop 16,000cbm LH2 containment system

21st August 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Dutch group Damen has been compelled to give up management and operational control of the Mangalia shipyard, Romania’s largest shipbuilder and the biggest in Damen’s international network. The move has been precipitated…

21st August 2023

Strain On Damen’s Romanian Links

21st August 2023

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

The Porthos carbon capture use and storage project at the Port of Rotterdam is set to advance, following the dismissal of a challenge by Dutch environmentalists to the project. The project’s developers…

17th August 2023

Port of Rotterdam CCUS project set to proceed

17th August 2023

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

A bulk carrier vessel equipped with Anemoi Marine Technologies’ rotor sails has concluded its first voyage from China to Western Australia, following the successful installation of the rotor sails in Chengxi Shipyard, China, in…

17th August 2023

Initial rotor sail results suggest Kamsarmax will achieve 10% fuel efficiencies

17th August 2023

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Odfjell has announced that it has signed a deal to retrofit fixed suction sails on board a chemical tanker.

17th August 2023

Odfjell to retrofit suction sails on board chemical tanker

17th August 2023

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

Wallenius Wilhelmsen has ordered four 9,350 car equivalent unit (ceu) vessels from Jinling Shipyard in Jiangsu province, China. The vessels will be capable of operating on methanol as a fuel, and will be ammonia-ready. The order…

15th August 2023

Wallenius Wilhelmsen orders 4+8 methanol-fuelled PCTCs

15th August 2023

BIOFUELS

BIOFUELS

Hapag-Lloyd and DB Schenker have signed an agreement to use reduce container transport emissions through the use of a waste and residue-based biofuel. The move follows the launch of Hapag-Lloyd’s ‘Ship Green’ in…

14th August 2023

Hapag-Lloyd inks bio-fuel partnership agreement

14th August 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Russia’s official news agency, Tass, confirmed that the full ownership of the Russian shipbuilding monopoly, United Shipbuilding Corporation, had been transferred to VTB Bank at a meeting in Moscow between President Putin and…

11th August 2023

Russia transfers USC ownership to VTB Bank

11th August 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The global methanol fleet is set to grow with shipowners Hafnia and Socatra announcing an order for four dual-fuel vessels capable of operating on methanol. The order for four 49,800 dwt Chemical IMOII Medium-Range (MR)…

9th August 2023

Hafnia places maiden dual-fuel methanol newbuilding order

9th August 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Replenishment at sea (RAS) operations were recently completed between a UK-owned handysized tanker and a unit of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). The trials saw fuel exchanged in both directions with the…

9th August 2023

UK Naval/Commercial Tanker Interaction

9th August 2023