LR’s Maritime Decarbonisation Hub has published a framework that ranks vessel readiness for zero carbon fuel operations from 1 (highest level of readiness) to 5 (lowest level of readiness). GENERAL NEWS

LR launches Zero Ready Framework

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DNV strengthens wind propulsion ties

The United States and Canada have announced a Great Lakes/Saint Lawrence Seaway System Green Shipping Corridor Network Initiative at COP 27, with the intention of decarbonising international trade via the St Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes system. GENERAL NEWS

Green corridor for Great Lakes and US-UK

A project to retrofit four suction sails on a Panamax, Crimson Kingdom, envisages the installation of four 26m-high eSAILs. These will be the largest suction sails ever built and installed on a vessel. ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Marubeni opts for wind-assisted propulsion solution

GENKA Shipbuilding has been awarded the contract to build a 2,000dwt methanol bunker supply vessel that will be operated by Stena Oil. METHANOL

Stena and OljOla team up on methanol bunker tanker

Grieg Edge has created a JV with Peak Group to capitalise on the development of new propulsion models in the short-sea segment. AMMONIA

New JV to build multi-fuel bulkers

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Halten Bulk to order two H2-fuelled bulk vessels

Torghatten’s double-ended RoPax ferry was retrofitted with 750kW SRE 340 L propulsors at the end of 2020. REPAIR & CONVERSION

EcoPeller retrofit cuts ferry’s energy consumption

Attero, Nordsol, and Titan plan to begin production in 2024 from a new 2,400 ton/year plant in the Netherlands to supply bio-LNG to shipping. BIOFUELS

FID taken on bio-LNG plant in Netherlands

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