Denmark-based shipping giant A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) is ready to make pioneering moves in the shipping industry with the retrofit of an existing container ship to a dual-fuel methanol-powered vessel scheduled for 2024. The company revealed that the first engine retrofit in the industry is to b
Seven Japanese companies have completed the trial using liquefied bio-methane (LBM) derived from cattle manure as a marine fuel on the domestic liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueled vessel Ise Mirai in Ise Bay.
Canadian shipping company Algoma Central Corporation (Algoma) has placed an order for two methanol-ready 37,000 dwt product tankers with Hyundai Mipo Shipyard in South Korea. The investment is worth $127 million CAD ($96 million). The new ships will be entered on long-term time charters to Irving Oi
Danish investment company J. Lauritzen is expanding its partnership with Swiss freight trader Cargill by adding a third methanol dual-fuel 81,200 dwt Kamsarmax bulk carrier to their existing order of two vessels. The vessels are capable of trading with zero carbon emissions when powered by green met
A Chinese-flagged bulker fitted with a domestically developed rotor sail took to the water at the No. 2 wharf of CSSC Chengxi Shipbuilding Co., a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, marking a solid step forward in the practical application of wind-assisted rotor technology developed
MISC Berhad (MISC), a provider of energy-related maritime solutions, has signed collaboration agreements with Swiss marine power company WinGD and classification society DNV for the development of ammonia engines for ammonia dual-fueled vessels. Said to mark a historical milestone as the first of it
UK tech provider BAR Technologies (BARTech) has been awarded a full Type Approval Design Certificate (TADC) for its wind propulsion technology – BAR Technologies WindWings by Yara Marine Technologies (WindWings) – from classification society DNV. Since being awarded an Approval In Principle (AIP) fo
Hydrogen fuel cell supplier PowerCell Group and methanol-to-hydrogen technology firm e1 Marine, in partnership with RIX Industries, have conducted a string test of their respective technologies for a 200kW propulsion chain as part of the validation of Maritime Partners LLC’s M/V Hydrogen One inland
Royal Caribbean International’s first LNG-powered cruise vessel, Icon of the Seas, has left the outfitting pier from Meyer Turku shipyard situated in Turku, Finland. Icon of the Seas will be conducting week-long series of sea trials through the picturesque Turku archipelago representing a culminatio
The world’s first feeder vessel powered by green methanol is nearing construction completion and is getting ready to embark on its sea trials later this month. The 172-meter-long feeder was launched on April 4 at South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard and it is being built for Denmark-based industry ma
Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers AS (KNCC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pilot Energy Limited, an Australian oil and gas company that is pursuing to leverage its existing infrastructure to develop clean energy projects, to collaborate on an integrated solution for marine transportat
European short-sea player Wilson ASA has signed a contract for the construction of six 3,800 dwt future-proof bulkers. Under the contract, Wilson has options for eight more diesel-electric cargo vessels, totaling the order to 14 vessels. India’s shipbuilder Cochin Shipbuilding confirmed that it has
Nordic energy company Gasum and Cruise Division of Swiss MSC Group have signed a long-term agreement for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the new flagship of its MSC Cruises brand, MSC Euribia.
Toxic air pollutants from cruise ships around ports are higher than pre-pandemic levels, leading to increased air pollution in Europe’s port cities, a new Transport & Environment study shows. The study indicates that despite introducing the UN shipping body’s sulphur cap in 2020, Europe’s 218 cruise
