Nuclear power should be taken seriously as a credible and scalable solution for the maritime industry’s decarbonization drive, with the potential to ‘reshape’ the sector’s future energy mix, American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Chairman and CEO Christopher J. Wiernicki has said. As Wiernicki highlighte
LONGi Hydrogen has signed an equipment supply agreement with an undisclosed customer to provide one set of LONGi ALK Hi1 electrolyzer and its Balance of Plant (BoP) for a green hydrogen project in Namibia.
Lithuania’s Port of Klaipėda is entering the final stages of its quay electrification project, with an onshore power station already installed at the Port Authority’s Fleet Base and ready for testing by year’s end. As informed, the power station—which will soon be connected to the grid for the trial
The government of India has approved a package encompassing a whopping ₹697.25 billion (approximately $7.86 billion) aimed at rejuvenating the South Asian nation’s shipbuilding and the overall maritime ecosystem. As disclosed by India’s Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), the financin
APM Terminals’ West African Container Terminal (WACT) in Onne and the Nigerian Ports Authority have joined forces to speed up electrification and decarbonization initiatives across Nigeria’s ports and the country’s transport ecosystem. According to APM Terminals, which is a Netherlands-based arm of
AD Ports Group has laid the foundation stone for the Noatum Ports Luanda Terminal, signaling the beginning of a modernization and expansion effort at the Port of Luanda, Angola.
In a bid to speed up innovation and ramp up decarbonization efforts, the United Kingdom is set to launch a UK Maritime Innovation Hub. As informed, the country plans to launch the hub, which will be hosted by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), in April 2026. The innovation hub was initially u
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has initiated a new phase of collaboration with Henkel, a chemical and consumer goods company, to boost the use of sustainable marine fuel (SMF), aiming for reductions in transport-related greenhouse gas (GHG) em
Italy-headquartered Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has begun seabed surveys along the cable corridor route for the second electrical interconnector between Malta and Italy. The IC2 interconnector will link the Terna substation at Ragusa, Sicily, and the Enemalta terminal station in Maghtab, to be laid
STAX Engineering, a California-based company specializing in maritime emissions capture and control, has decided to scale up its operations in the United Kingdom with an investment of up to £38 million ($50 million) across UK ports. As disclosed, STAX Engineering is currently discussing collaboratio
TURBO-METH, a green methanol production technology project backed by the UK’s port operator Associated British Ports (ABP), has secured funding as part of the UK Department for Transport’s Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC) 6.
A consortium comprising the Scottish Heriot-Watt University’s Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC), IT and business consulting firm CGI, and Maritime UK has clinched over £1 million (roughly $1.3 million) from the United Kingdom government to craft a new digital twin sol
Malaysia’s Yinson Production, a subsidiary of Kuala Lumpur-based energy infrastructure and technology company Yinson, has unveiled a purpose-built floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) hull design, which has secured main scantling approval (MSA) from DNV, a Norwegian classification socie
The Singapore-based Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) has released a new report detailing the effects of continuous utilization of biofuels during ship operations. The project titled LOTUS (Long-term impact of continuous use of biofuels on vessel operations) was carried out in collab
