After two ships caught fire in the wake of a collision between a U.S.-flagged oil tanker and a Portuguese container ship, which occurred in the North Sea, north of England, U.S. officials have reportedly been unable to rule out ‘foul play,’ as a potential cause for the crash that set these vessels a
Spanish ferry operator Baleària and compatriot renewable energy supplier Axpo Iberia have wrapped up the first bioLNG bunkering operations at the two Enagás terminals in Huelva and Barcelona.
Singapore has launched a new standard for methanol bunkering, marking an important step towards enabling methanol bunkering at scale and cementing its position as a sustainable, multi-fuel bunkering hub.
French shipping and logistics major CMA CGM has decided to invest $20 billion over the next four years to strengthen the U.S. maritime transport and logistics, boosting the maritime economy and fostering shipbuilding capabilities.
A consortium led by American asset management giant BlackRock and Switzerland-based Terminal Investment Limited (TiL) have revealed intentions to buy the majority of port holdings belonging to Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison in a deal estimated at $22.8 billion. According to a joint statement by the pa
Singapore-registered conventional bunker ships will be allowed to carry and deliver biofuel blends up to B30 without separate approval, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) revealed.
San Diego-headquartered Flagship Cruises & Events has clinched $15.2 million funding from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to develop a pair of fully electric zero-emission ferries to serve the San Diego to Coronado route. As disclosed, the CARB Advanced Technology Demonstration and Pilot P
The Port of Long Beach is set to unpack two new incentive programs worth $57.4 million to speed up emissions reductions by supporting the purchase of zero-emissions cargo-handling equipment and ‘cleaner’ harbor craft. As disclosed on February 28 this year, the funding for the program is part of Syst
India’s Chidambaranar Port Trust, said to be the ‘third largest’ container terminal in the country, has laid the first stone of India’s inaugural pilot-scale port decarbonization project centered around alternative fuel sources, Italian marine classification society RINA has shared. According to RIN
The Dutch Port of Rotterdam and Belgian Port of Antwerp-Bruges have welcomed the Clean Industrial Deal, through which the European Commission intends to strengthen the competitiveness of European industry, emphasizing that now is the time to concretize the announced measures.
Navantia UK has secured a contract with McDermott for the delivery of subsea structures that will be manufactured at the Arnish facility it recently acquired as part of the purchase of Harland & Wolff. Navantia UK completed the acquisition of the British shipbuilder Harland & Wolff and its operation
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has proposed a measure to charge a fee of up to $1.5 million for Chinese-built vessels entering US ports in an attempt to curb China’s dominance in shipping, shipbuilding and logistics sectors.
The European Union (EU)-backed TREASURE project has selected renewable energy company SolarinBlue, Rotary Wave start-up, as well as wave energy developer Eco Wave Power among the 52 companies to address environmental challenges in Euro-MED ports. The TREASURE initiative (Testing novel environmental
Unibarge, a Dutch-Swiss company specializing in inland tanker shipping, has secured a license to deliver methanol bunkering supplies to the Ports of Rotterdam and Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, Belgium. As disclosed, a bunkering operation has already been wrapped up, inv
