Danfoss Editron picked to power Portuguese e-ferry
The municipality of Aveiro, Portugal, is to put its first fully-electric ferry into service next year. It could be Portugal’s first e-ferry and will replace a diesel powered boat on the one-mile
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Proman Stena Bulk launches first methanol dual-fueled tanker in series
China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI), has just launched the Stena Pro Patria, the first of three 49,900 dwt methanol dual-fuel MR tankers on order for the Proman Stena Bulk joint venture. Construction
Island Offshore operates PSV on biogas
Island Offshore reports that its LNG battery-hybrid PSV Island Crusader has become the first offshore vessel on the Norwegian shelf running on biogas, resulting in immediate and significant net reductions in CO2
Wärtsilä and Solvang to retrofit vessel with carbon capture solution
Wärtsilä Exhaust Treatment and Norwegian ship operator Solvang have agreed to carry out a full-scale pilot of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) system retrofit installation on Solvang’s 21,000-cubic-meter ethylene carrier, Clipper
On-board carbon capture? Deltamarin says it “looks promising”
Turku, Finland, headquartered Deltamarin Group has been looking into on-board carbon capture as a means for ships to reduce their CO2 footprint and it says that “the results look promising.” Post-combustion carbon
International launches new hull coatings management package
AkzoNobel’s International marine coatings brand has launched a new, environmentally sustainable, hull management package. Called Intertrac HullCare, it combines advanced hull coatings, remotely operated ROV inspections, water jet hull cleaning technologies and
VIDEO: Unifeeder short sea ship bunkers with biofuel
Netherlands-based sustainable biofuels pioneer GoodFuels and international feeder and shortsea company Unifeeder recently completed their first bunkering of sustainable marine biofuel in the Port of Rotterdam. Under this new partnership, the shortsea
ICS sets out path to net zero by 2050
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has submitted a proposal to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), detailing urgent measures that governments need to take to help shipping achieve net zero CO2 emissions
World first: Box ship bunkers renewable synthetic natural gas
A containership that first made the headlines when its main engines were converted to dual-fuel operation is in the news again. In a world-first for the maritime sector, the ship, the ElbBLUE
Bulkers: major charterers push for greener tonnage
Recently, the Baltic Dry Freight Index, the main measure of bulk carrier market health, has been hovering around 11-year highs. Demand has been sustained by fundamentals, such as an increase in Chinese