Scandlines fits second ferry with rotor sail
Norsepower has completed its second rotor sail installation for Scandlines, adding a 30 meter high rotor sail to the hybrid ferry, M/V Berlin in an operation that was completed within a few
Environment
Tidewater issues its second sustainability report
Houston headquartered offshore service vessel giant Tidewater (NYSE:TDW) has released its second formal sustainability report, disclosing its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance in 2021. In his introduction to the report, Tidewater
Corvus Energy to open U.S. battery factory
Underscoring the growing U.S. interest in all-electric and battery-hybrid vessels, Corvus Energy is expanding its U.S. operations by opening a new factory in Washington State. Corvus is the leading international supplier of
Concept ship aims to turn ocean plastic pollution into hydrogen
Could the plastic waste polluting the world’s oceans be scooped up and converted into clean hydrogen at sea? That’s the plan behind an innovative concept ship design being developed by New York
Eastern Pacific to retrofit two tankers with carbon capture solution
In another sign that innovative approaches to decarbonization are starting to get the attention of serious players, Idan Ofer’s Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has signed a definitive agreement with Rotterdam-based Value
Is there no such thing as a zero-emission vessel?
Danish naval architectural consultancy OSK-ShipTech says, that in a cradle-to-grave life cycle analysis over a 20-year life cycle , there’s actually no such thing as a zero-emission vessel. OSK-ShipTech has been involved
Suction sails gain traction
French ship operator Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) is to equip one of its vessels with three of the eSAIL suction sail systems developed by Barcelona, Spain, headquartered bound4Blue. The eSAIL technology is
Pacific Basin in three-way zero-emission vessel initiative
One of the world’s largest bulker operators, Hong Kong headquartered Pacific Basin Shipping Limited, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Japan’s Nihon Shipyard Co., Ltd and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. It
CMA CGM and PSA take just-in-time arrival digital
The CMA CGM Group and PSA Singapore have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on sustainable solutions relating to CMA CGM’s port and terminal handling activities in Singapore. One of the focus
Shipping losses fall, but that’s not the whole story
First the good news, then the bad. That’s the main take away from marine insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE’s Safety & Shipping Review 2022. The good news is that though