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Zero Emission Shipping Accelerated with Launch of Carbon Insetting Program
In a significant development during the Connecting Europe Days, a leading consortium of maritime organizations introduced the world’s first Carbon Insetting Program for Zero Emission Shipping. This pioneering initiative, unveiled at the RH2INE CE Days session by Future Proof Shipping (FPS), Zero Emission Services (ZES), and 123Carbon, operates within the decarbonization framework of the Smart…
Evergreen Marine And X-Press Feeders Sign MOA For Launch of Green Shipping Routes in Europe
Global container shipping line Evergreen Marine Corporation (Evergreen) has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with X-Press Feeders, the world’s largest independent common carrier, to place its containers on X-Press Feeders’ new dual fuel green methanol vessels. X-Press Feeders is planning to run these vessels on green methanol and operate them within Europe. As one…
Thordon Bearings And Wärtsilä Launch Blue Ocean Alliance To Promote Sterntube-Less Ship Concept
In an initiative set to be transformational for ship design while protecting the oceans from pollution, Thordon Bearings and Wärtsilä have announced the formation of the Blue Ocean Alliance to develop and promote the revolutionary sterntube-less ship concept. The Blue Ocean Alliance brings together unrivalled maritime industry expertise, with seawater-lubricated bearings pioneer Thordon Bearings, systems…
ABS Partners with Seatrium to Launch World’s First Offshore Structural Health Monitoring Notation
Latest Stage in the Smart Journey to Transform Operability and Efficiency for Offshore and Marine Assets (SINGAPORE) ABS and Seatrium Limited (Seatrium) have taken the next step on a pioneering journey to advance the use of smart functions with the assignment of a structural health monitoring notation to a self-elevating…
Norsepower, IINO Lines, and Mizuho Leasing combine to launch groundbreaking rotor sail leasing initiative
Norsepower Oy Ltd., the leading global provider of mechanical sails for large ships, IINO Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd. (IINO Lines), and Mizuho Leasing Company, Limited (Mizuho Leasing) have jointly and exclusively signed a co-operation agreement to launch a ground-breaking mechanical sail leasing initiative for the Norsepower Rotor Sail™. This aims to increase shipping companies’ access to…
Crowley Moves to Launch First-Ever LNG Bunkering at Panama Canal’s Pacific Side
Global shipping and sustainable energy logistics leader Crowley is proceeding with plans to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering services on the Pacific side of the Panama Canal, under the first permit issued by the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) for the provision of such services. Crowley’s advanced energy group will operate the innovative service to…
ProMarine AG: Launch of industry-first methanol powered sustainable shipping fund
ProMarine AG, the Investment Advisor leading the financing of the maritime energy transition, is pleased to announce the launch of an industry-first sustainable shipping fund with an initial portfolio of four methanol-fuelled MR tankers led by Proman, one of the world’s largest methanol producers, and Stena Bulk AB, an internationally recognised and leading European shipping…
IMPA and GenPro to launch an industry first sustainability standard for the global maritime supply chain
IMPA, the International Marine Purchasing Association, together with the maritime & commercial company GP General Procurement Company Limited (GenPro) have joined in partnership to create an industry first maritime sustainability standard which will be named MSCSS (Marine Supply Chain Sustainability Standard) and launched at IMPA London 2023 on the 12th September as part of LISW,…
Amazon, IKEA, Patagonia and 20+ major brands launch initiative to accelerate the transition to zero-emission fuels
The Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA) announced a Request for Proposals (RfP) for 600,000 20-foot containers (TEUs) over a 3-year period on ocean vessels powered by zero-emission fuels. The mission of ZEMBA is to accelerate commercial deployment of zero-emission shipping, by leveraging companies’ collective buying power to accelerate the zero-emission vessel market and realize…
FSRU Bauhinia Spirit berths in preparation for launch of Hong Kong’s first offshore LNG terminal project
Hong Kong utility firms CLP Power and HK Electric announced recently that the much anticipated floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) vessel has berthed at the new offshore LNG terminal in Hong Kong waters, following the completion of checks and clearance procedures. Final preparations are being made for the terminal to go into operation in…
