MOL eyes cow manure as a source of bio-LNG
Ocean shipping accounts for about 2-3% of world GHG emissions. Meantime, cattle are an even larger source, due to the methane they produce during digestion and through manure. They account for the
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STAX Engineering wins five-year tanker emissions capture contract
From January 2025, California Air Resources Board (CARB) at-berth emissions regulations will apply to tankers calling at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach. That has brought Long
Viking Lines set to slash emissions in Green Corridor demo
Thursday, August 29, will be Baltic Sea Day and Finland’s Viking Line will mark it by starting a week in which its vessels serving the Turku, Finland, to Stockholm, Sweden, route will
Berge Bulk deploys Sofar Ocean voyage optimization fleetwide
Singapore-headquartered Berge Bulk has adopted San Francisco based Sofar Ocean’s Wayfinder voyage optimization platform across its fleet of owned vessels, including new vessels equipped with wind propulsion technology. Berge Bulk uses Wayfinder’s
TotalEnergies Marine Fuels performs its first B100 biofuel bunkering
TotalEnergies Marine Fuels reports that it supplied its first B100 biofuel bunker in Singapore, August 5. The B100 specification means that the fuel is 100% biofuel and not a biofuel blend, marking
Ferry operators continue to embrace greener standards
By Maura Keller, Marine Log correspondent These days, just about everyone in the marine business is facing some kind of environmental challenge—from reducing emissions to understanding the ever-changing alternative fuel options. The
Island Offshore PSV bunkers bio-LNG
The Island Offshore PSV Island Crusader is being bunkered with bio-LNG in a series of operations being carried out in cooperation collaboration with the vessel’s charterer, Equinor. The bio-LNG bunkerings are being
MOL plans to build LNG carrier with Wind Challenger sails
Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) is planning to build a 174,000 cubic meter LNG carrier fitted with Wind Challenger sails and has now received an Approval in Principle (AiP) from ClassNK
MSC Cruises aims to slash emissions using new OptiCruise tool
The world’s third-largest cruise line, MSC Cruises, aims to cut its fleet’s emissions by up to 15% in 2026 by using a new itinerary planning optimization tool called OptiCruise. In cooperation with
Op-Ed: The missing link for decarbonizing maritime shipping
by Dominic McKnight Hardy, managing director, MIS Marine When IMO member States unanimously adopted an updated Green House Gas (GHG) emission reduction strategy last year, the organization had already established its flagship