
AET has taken delivery of the first of three Suezmax DP2 shuttle tankers, purpose-built for a charter inked with Shell for ops in Brazil.

Ecochlor, provider of ballast water treatment (BWT) solutions, has received United States Coast Guard (USCG) Type Approval for its filterless ballast water management system (BWMS) EcoOne and EcoOne Hybrid.

South Korean classification society Korean Register (KR) awarded approval in principle (AIP) to two green ammonia-fueled ships at KR’s Seoul branch office on 15 December.

Ports America, North America’s largest marine terminal operator, has revealed plans to enrol its terminals as participants of Green Marine, a voluntary environmental certification program for the maritime industry.

Advent Technologies Holdings’ fuel cell unit for the maritime sector – developed within the frame of the RiverCell Consortium – has passed safety testing, as well as a safety assessment completed by classification society DNV.

Classification society RINA has granted Approval in Principle (AiP) to the first European branch of China Merchant Group, CMIT Europe, for its weather independent shuttle tanker (WIST).

11 out of 23 ship finance portfolios are aligned with the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) decarbonization target. In 2020, only 20% of reporting signatories were aligned with this goal, according to a new Poseidon Principles report.

The classification society ClassNK has selected ForePass, provider of the unified end-to-end platform that accelerates machine learning and analytics projects, to speed up ship inspections and prevent pollution of the marine environment.

Ammonia-fueled Newcastlemax bulker design from the ship management company Anglo-Eastern Technical Services (AETS) has received Approval in Principle (AiP) by the classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS).

South Korea-based K Shipbuilding has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from the classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for its methanol fuel-ready medium range tanker design.

French classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has delivered an approval in principle (AiP) to compatriot shipping company Zéphyr & Borée for its first open-top 1,800 TEU containership, demonstrating the feasibility of using wind-propelled wing-sails on this type of vessel.

Maritime classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has granted Swedish company Alfa Laval the first marine approval for operating boilers on methanol.

ClassNK has added the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier built by Japanese corporation Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) to its register.

DNV has awarded AiP for the ZeroCoaster ammonia-fuelled cargo ship, confirming an independent assessment that the ship’s design is feasible.