
Germany’s shipping company Rhenus-Arkon-Shipinvest (RHAS) has taken delivery of the first ship in a new Hanse Eco class of coastal ships.

Pacific Basin, a dry bulk shipping company, has decided to utilise the PortLog solution, known as the world’s first port time management platform, to its entire fleet in order to reduce emission and the risk and costs related to time spent in ports.

UK-based company Marine Power Systems (MPS) has been awarded £3.5 million in grant funding from the UK Government to further develop its floating platform technology and wave energy converter.

French start-up HelioRec has installed a floating solar power plant in the Port of Oostende in Belgium as part of the EU-funded DUAL Ports initiative.

2021 saw 704 vessels sold for scrap overall, with a combined deadweight tonnage of 26.4 million and a total scrap value of $2.7 billion, a report released by VesselsValue shows.

Shearwater GeoServices and Equinor are extending their collaboration to include Vår Energi and Lundin Energy Norway to accelerate the development and commercialization of sustainable marine vibratory source technology. The industry project builds on the existing technology cooperation between Shearw

Høglund has been selected to supply hybrid and automation systems to six hybrid bulk vessels, with potential for six more.

Norwegian shipping company Klaveness Combination Carriers (KCC) has entered into an agreement with compatriot shipping equipment provider Yara Marine Technologies to install an add-on propulsion automation system aboard two pilot vessels.

A Japanese consortium including shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has concluded the world’s first sea trial of unmanned ship operation from port to port as part of the unmanned ship project MEGURI2040 led by The Nippon Foundation.

Nikkiso Cryogenic Industries’ Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group, a subsidiary of Japan’s Nikkiso, has appointed a new strategic account manager for its Pumps Unit – Americas.

Earlier this month, the European Parliament’s Rapporteur, MEP Peter Liese, published his draft report on a proposal to revise the Emissions Trading System (ETS) Directive which forms part of the ‘Fit for 55’ package of climate and energy reforms unveiled in July 2021.

Vår Energi is launching a process for an IPO and listing of shares on Oslo Børs in a bid to optimise value creation, seeking future growth.

Harvey Gulf has inked a deal with SailPlan to optimise its fleet with the latter’s emission optimisation platform to reduce emissions.

New Jersey Assemblyman Robert J. Karabinchak has unveiled plans to introduce a new legislation initiative that would include wave energy in New Jersey’s Energy Master Plan.