German liner major Hapag-Lloyd has signed a 5-year global partnership with Portchain, a Danish startup focusing on digitizing operations in the container shipping sector. Under the contract, Hapag-Lloyd will deploy Portchain Connect platform across its global operations and digitize the berth alignm
Chinese shipbuilding company Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) has delivered a new 109,000-dwt Aframax dual-fuel tanker to Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co (BoComm).
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has released its final 2022 Scoping Plan, the state’s five-year roadmap for achieving its climate goals, which mandates, among other things, that at least 25% of ships in California waters will need to use green hydrogen fuel cell electric propulsion by 2045
UAE’s ADNOC L&S has completed the acquisition of Zakher Marine International (ZMI) and expanded its fleet to over 300 vessels.
BIMCO, the world’s largest international shipping association, has adopted a CII Operations Clause for Time Charter Parties which aims to help the industry implement new carbon intensity requirements from the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The regulations on the carbon intensity of inter
Van Oord’s cable-laying vessel Nexus has rescued 49 refugees offshore Malta in the Mediterranean Sea. Nexus was contacted on the night of 16-17 November by the Malta Rescue Coordination Centre to give support in the worsening weather conditions. The 123-meter-long cable-laying vessel, with 27 crew m
A prototype ship named ZEUS (Zero Emission Ultimate Ship) with hybrid propulsion has been classed by the Italian classification society RINA, becoming its first ship capable of running on hydrogen. The vessel was developed as part of the research project named Technologies with Low Environmental Imp
Swedish energy systems provider Echandia has received an order to supply energy storage solutions for two new fully electrified vessels for Danish ferry operator Molslinjen.
Maran Dry Management Inc., a dry bulk shipping unit of the Angelicoussis Group, has signed a joint development project (JDP) agreement with the Italian classification society RINA and Shanghai Ship Research and Design Institute (SDARI) for an LNG and hydrogen-powered bulk carrier. The project will b
The world’s first bulker equipped with Wind Challenger, a hard sail wind power propulsion system, has completed its maiden voyage round trip back in Japan, Port of Noshiro.
U.S.-based cruise shipping company Disney Cruise Line has decided to acquire cruise ship Global Dream, currently under construction at German shipyard Meyer Werft
Repurposing existing vessels as an answer to rising prices and a changing climate The maritime industry has a lot to consider right now. We live in a time of challenging economic circumstances, frequently changing regulations, and all the complexities of a climate crisis. Collectively, these factors
Circular Maritime Technologies (CMT), a Dutch startup targeting to automate shipbreaking processes, has secured an EU subsidy that would help the company take the project to the next stage of development. CMT said that it won a subsidy as part of the Kansen voor West III, a program largely financed
Following a drone attack on an oil tanker off the coast of Oman, the U.S. Central Command has put the blame on Iran.
