The Basque energy agency Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE) has launched a call for marine renewable energy demonstration projects that will be funded under the state aid program for renewable energy development.
Diginex Solutions, a sustainability-focused impact technology company, has partnered with tanker owner and operator Hafnia to create a new environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting tool for the shipping industry.
The European Commission has approved Polish offshore wind Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, through which the country plans to support the realisation of offshore wind projects with € 22.5 billion and reach its renewable energy targets without unduly distorting competition. The CfD scheme, whic
Development Bank of Japan Inc. (DBJ) has become a signatory to the Poseidon Principles, a regulatory framework for responsible financing of the shipping industry. DBJ joins a number of Asian financial institutions to ink the framework over the recent period, including Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corpora
Norwegian offshore safety watchdog has given Equinor a notice of an order after two cases of exposure to carcinogenic asbestos fibres.
BC Ferries’ third Island-class hybrid-electric ferry is now on its way to British Columbia after it departed Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania on 19 May.
On May 18, Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative (SRTI) hosted by the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) published its annual progress report compiling data from twelve major shipowners which operate a total of 3439 vessels.
The Polish government has allocated more than € 4 billion for offshore wind, port development, and hydrogen production and distribution in its National Reconstruction Plan (KPO). The KPO has been adopted by the Council of Ministers and submitted to the European Commission through which Poland will t
Shipping is one of the few transport modes that does not achieve zero emissions in the Net‐Zero Emissions by 2050 Scenario, released by the International Energy Agency (IEA). The agency ascribed this to a lack of available low‐carbon options on the market and the long lifetime of vessels (typically
The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has agreed to initiate new measures to detect and report containers lost at sea, which may enhance their positioning, tracking and recovery.
After more than 95% of sea kidnappings happened in the Gulf of Guinea in 2020, almost 100 shipping companies, organizations, and flag states have signed a new declaration calling for and to piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. The violence, scope, and sophistication of the attacks on shipping have continue
German renewable energy company BayWa r.e. has informed that the initial studies carried out on a floating solar farm in Zwolle in the Netherlands showed no adverse effects to the surrounding environment.
Swedish company Lean Marine has been contracted to install its propulsion optimization technology across the tanker fleet of Ardmore Shipping Corporation.
Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has issued an approval in principle (AiP) to Spanish engineering company Seaplace, for an active ballast control system designed specifically for the company’s floating offshore wind platform concept, CROWN.
