Elegant Exit Company (EEC), a sustainable ship recycling startup, is on a mission to change the ship recycling industry by converting old ships into green steel. The Drachten-based company was launched in 2020 with plans to own a fleet of end-of-life ships that will be operated until their planned r
The Danish Energy Agency has received two final offers related to Denmark’s first tender for the carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) subsidy pool, with a contract expected in May. The Danish Energy Agency announced in August 2022 that three applicants – I/S Vestforbrænding, Ørsted Bioener
The maritime industry has a better idea of the trade-offs necessary to achieve net zero, although most of the practical work still lies ahead, and regulatory and technology uncertainties remain, a recent survey conducted by the London-based law firm Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) shows. ‘The Sustain
Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, has revealed that energy provider Onyx Power plans to build a low-carbon blue hydrogen production plant at its existing site in the port. With a capacity of 1,200 MW, the plant is expected to produce some 300 kilotonne per annum blue hydrogen, and the Rotterdam po
In a pressing need to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), the shipping sector and offshore vessel services providers are certainly the protagonists in the whole decarbonization story. However, although we are seeing an increasing number of initiatives, we still have a long way to go.
ClassNK certification society has given an A rating to the LNG dual-fueled chemical tanker Fairchem Pioneer jointly developed by Fukuoka Shipbuilding and Fairfield Japan. The tanker is currently under construction at Fukuoka Shipbuilding, and is going to be chartered to FJL. The vessel was evaluated
Inter Terminals Sweden (ITS), part of Inter Terminals, one of the largest independent bulk liquid storage providers in northern Europe, is collaborating with the Port of Gothenburg to introduce methanol bunkering services in the port by the end of 2023. ITS revealed that preparations are ongoing to
A very large crude carrier the Nautica, bought last month by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) from Euronav, as part of UNDP’s coordinated operation to remove oil from decaying FSO Safer, has set sail from Zhoushan, China heading for the Red Sea. The Nautica was in drydock in Zhoushan, China for r
Classification society DNV and Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support their effort to set science-based targets for their net-zero goals.
Ipsos has asked respondents in 28 countries around the world to complete a ranked ballot of eight oil-producing nations.
The global maritime industry faces unprecedented challenges due to rapidly changing market conditions and technological advancements driven considerably by the ever-stricter environmental regulations. The current model of maritime transport operations, which relies heavily on traditional practices,
A new report by University Maritime Advisory Services (UMAS), an independent advisory and research consultancy specializing in maritime and ocean-related sustainability issues, sheds light on the pressing need for a significant improvement in energy efficiency in the global shipping industry by 2030
The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Legal Committee has highlighted the risks and consequences of ship-to-ship transfers in the open ocean and the methods used to obscure ship identities. At its 110th session in London, the committee was informed that a fleet of between 300 to 600 tanker
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