Will LEO be shipping’s new green fuel?

A papermaking byproduct often burned in pulp mills as fuel could be shipping’s green new fuel. Called lignin, it’s an organic copolymer found in wood — and it’s what makes newsprint turn

Viking Line newbuild is packed with climate smarts

Finland’s Viking Line says that its newbuild cruise ferry, the 63,000 gt M/S Viking Glory, will be one of the most climate-smart passenger ships in the world. It estimates that the ship,

Gas Entec wins cargo handling EPC contract for Asia’s largest LNG bunkering vessel

Busan, Korea, headquartered Gas Entec Co. Ltd. (Gas Entec) has won a contract from Sembcorp Marine under which it will provide the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the cargo handling system

Sovcomflot tankers complete Northern Sea Route voyages burning only LNG

Russia’s Sovcomflot reports that two of its 113,000 tankers, Mendeleev Prospect and Lomonosov Prospect, have successfully completed voyages eastbound along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) using LNG as their primary fuel.. Lomonosov

Golden Ray: Responders report white smoke coming from ship

White smoke was yesterday reported coming from the capsized car carrier Golden Ray, which remains on its side in St.Stephen’s Sound, Georgia. By afternoon the Unified Command responding to the situation (USCG,

Shanghai shipyard launches Total LNG bunkering vessel

Total reports that its first large liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker vessel has been launched. This follows the signing of a long-term charter contract between Total and Mitsui O.S.K Lines (MOL) in

Capsized car carrier to be disassembled

The capsized car carrier Golden Ray will not be righted and refloated in a fully intact condition. Salvage experts engaged in the response have determined that this cannot be done safely. Consequently,

LNG exports pause challenged

Reefer owner, manager to pay $1.8 million in pollution plea deal

Two Athens, Greece, based companies are to pay a $1.8 million criminal penalty under a plea agreement in relation to various charges involving the 13,049 gt, 1991-built, Bahamas-flagged refrigerated cargo containership Nederland

MOL to study installation of a hard sail on a coal carrier

File this one under “why bother?” Or under “every little helps.” Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. are moving ahead with a joint study on installation of

AIDA Cruises to trial fuel cells on AIDAnova

By early 2021, Carnival Corporation’s German market brand, AIDA Cruises, aims to be the world’s first cruise company to test the use of fuel cells on a large passenger ship on board

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