CSL puts focus on testing green fuels as Seaway season opens

The official opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway’s 63rd navigation season was marked today when Canada Steamship Lines’Trillium Class self-unloading ship Baie St. Paul was the first vessel to transit the St.

TTB: How has COVID changed salvage response to the tug, towboat and barge industry?

Despite COVID-19, casualties have continued, regulatory changes have persisted, and salvage and marine firefighting providers are expected to meet response standards despite travel restrictions and social distancing requirements. Although the pandemic hasn’t

Wärtsilä sees potential for scrubbers to be used for onboard carbon capture

Could scrubbers do more than remove sulfur from ships’ exhaust emissions? Sigurd Jenssen, Director, Exhaust Treatment at Wärtsilä, thinks so. He sees the potential for exhaust gas abatement systems to directly tackle

VIDEO: Golden Ray responders remove another section of wreck

Before the car carrier Golden Ray capsized in St. Simons Sound, Ga., on September 8, 2019, it was 200 meters (669 feet) long. As responders continue to dismantle it, the remaining portion

Ardmore Shipping, Maritime Partners in JV with hydrogen fuel cell developer

A new joint venture aims to bring fuel cells using advanced methanol-to-hydrogen technology to the marine sector — including the inland waterways market. It has been formed by chemical and product tanker

Halliburton to convert veteran RO/RO for greener operations

A RO/RO combination carrier chartered in by Halliburton subsidiary Halliburton AS is to be retrofitted to operate as an LNG dual fuel vessel and will also get a shore power upgrade. The

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Pacific islands propose hefty levy on ships’ GHG emissions

As we reported yesterday, the shipping community is calling for a $5 billion IMO shipping decarbonization R&D effort to be funded by a $2 per ton tax on marine fuels. Two pacific

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$5 billion “moon shot” proposal for shipping decarbonization

Governments controlling a major share of the world merchant fleet yesterday submitted a “moon shot” proposal to to the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO), calling for the establishment of a $5

Powerful players eye Singapore as green ammonia bunkering hub

Aiming to play a pioneering role in establishing a supply chain for ship-to-ship green ammonia bunkering in the Port of Singapore, a group of leading maritime companies have signed a Memorandum of

Diana Shipping to monitor vessels’ environmental performance

Athens-headquartered dry bulk specialist Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX) reports that its wholly-owned subsidiary Diana Shipping Services S.A. has signed an agreement with ABS to implement the ABS Environmental Monitor digital sustainability

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