The first quarter of 2023 saw Carbon Emissions Index (CEI) improvements on the majority of top 13 container trades, evaluated by Xeneta, an Oslo-based ocean and air freight rate benchmarking and market analytics platform. The average CO2 emitted per ton of cargo carried fell on ten of the world’s le
The jury is still out on the fuel choice for a series of twenty new vessels the Singapore-based container shipping major Ocean Network Express (ONE) has on order. “We haven’t made a decision yet on which technology to choose. The jury is still out and like the rest of the industry we are very intere
German engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES) has completed the first running of a test engine on ammonia at its Research Centre Copenhagen (RCC).
Japanese shipping heavyweight Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has revealed that its LNG-fueled tugboat Ishin marked 100th LNG bunkering.
Hawaii-based shipping company Pasha Hawaii has taken delivery of the MV Janet Marie, the second of two new ‘Ohana Class’, LNG-powered container ships built at AmFELS, a member of Seatrium Group. The 774-foot (235-meter) vessel joins Pasha Hawaii’s fleet serving the Hawaii/Mainland trade lane, as wel
The first ME-GA engine has completed gas trials aboard an LNG carrier built by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) for Norwegian shipping company, Knutsen OAS Shipping, MAN Energy Solutions announced. The new engine is an Otto-cycle variant of the company’s ME-GI engine, designed for LNG/fuel-oil
US-headquartered LPG shipping company Dorian LPG has taken delivery of the 2023-built dual-fuel LPG carrier Cristobal, the third dual-fuel LPG carrier to join the Dorian LPG fleet on long-term time charter with purchase options. The 86,000 cbm VLGC was built by South Korea’s Hyundai Samho Heavy Indu
Korea Maritime Consultants Co., Ltd. (KOMAC) has secured approval in principle (AiP) from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for its design of an ammonia-fueled containership. The 3,600-TEU vessel design aims to address what KOMAC forecasts will be as an increase in the market need for small-scal
China Classification Society (CCS) has granted the first approval in principle (AiP) for ammonia and methanol valves in South Korea.
Maritime fuel supplier Peninsula has completed its first sustainable biofuel delivery to Norden’s bulk carrier La Luna in Gibraltar.
Dutch energy storage systems provider EST-Floattech has been contracted to provide battery system for world’s first fully electric carbon-neutral event vessel.
Towage provider and part of A.P. Moller-Maersk Svitzer has announced an EcoTow agreement to fuel a fleet of five tugs dedicated to the South Hook LNG Terminal in Milford Haven, with hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO).
Japanese shipping major NYK Line has trialed biodiesel fuel at Kinuura port (Aichi Prefecture) onboard wood-chip carrier Daio Austral, which transports wood chips for Daio Paper Corporation.
IINO Kaiun Kaisha (IINO LINES) and Electric Power Development (J-POWER) have agreed to install the rotor sail (wind propulsion auxiliary device) manufactured by Finnish Norsepower Oy on the dedicated coal carrier Yodohine.
