Pure-play Capesize vessel owner Seanergy Maritime Holdings has completed the installation of ballast water treatment systems on its entire fleet. The company’s operating fleet consists of 17 Capesize vessels with an average age of approximately 12.1 years. “We have now successfully completed install
Naval architecture and marine engineering company Glosten has been selected to design a new coastal research vessel with a hydrogen-hybrid propulsion system for the University of California San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. For this project, Glosten will provide the preliminary design
Meeting the IMO 2023 regulations will have quite a significant impact on the supply of vessels in the container shipping market in the long term, Søren Skou, CEO of A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S, estimates. As of 2023, the shipping industry will need to meet a new round of vessel efficiency and carbon int
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has decided to suspend Glencore’s bunkering licence for two months following an investigation into a recent bunker fuel contamination in Singapore port. The move comes following the completion of an investigation into bunker fuel contamination in th
Technomar Shipping has signed a contract with Italian certification and engineering company RINA for software licenses to employ the RINACube MRV-DCS-CII Data Collection and Reporting platform across 105 of its vessels. RINACube MRV-DCS-CII web application will be used on board each ship to collect
Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corporation is participating in the Blue Visby Consortium to support the development of an integrated system that notifies ships of the optimal date and time for arriving at their destination. The recently launched consortium is aimed at helping the shipping industry e
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and the country’s National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) have launched a joint study on ship fuel to contribute to the safe operation of machinery on vessels. For this study, MOL and NIES will collaborate to conduct fuel quality analysis
Australia’s Port of Newcastle, the world’s largest coal export port, has welcomed two Liebherr mobile harbour cranes intended for the port’s container handling operations. The German-built LHM 550 cranes sailed into Newcastle Harbour on Tuesday morning, August 2, onboard the general cargo ship UHL F
Norway-based shuttle tankers owner and operator Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers AS (KNOT), an affiliate of NYK, has taken delivery of its first dual-fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG) shuttle tanker to be chartered to Italian energy giant Eni. The vessel, named Frida Knutsen, was delivered on 2 August at
The first-ever, high-capacity, electric, shore power station for vessels using the tidal Thames is due to come on stream in 2023 in a deal engineered by the Port of London Authority (PLA). The charging point is scheduled to be installed at West India Pier by Net Zero Marine Services (NZMS), with ano
CMA CGM’s Zephyr containership has become the vessel with the largest cargo capacity to ever transit the Panama Canal. The 16,285 TEU boxship completed its return trip through the Expanded Canal’s Neopanamax Locks on July 1, after calling at the U.S. ports of New York and Savannah. The Zephyr sailed
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish the world’s longest Green and Digital Corridor. The MoU, signed on the sidelines of the biennial World Cities Summit, will bring together stakeholders a
Swedish sustainable solutions provider Alfa Laval has completed the acquisition of Belgium-based Desmet, a supplier of processing plants and technologies for edible oils and biofuel sectors. Announced in March this year, the acquisition is expected to strengthen Alfa Laval’s position in the renewabl
Liner companies are redesigning their operating loops with lower speeds to meet environmental regulations, particularly the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) requirements, Danaos’ CEO John Coustas says. Specifically, ships would need to measure and document their actual annual operational CII against
