MSC Cruises sets date for MSC Euribia naming ceremony
The naming ceremony for MSC Cruises’ newest flagship, MSC Euribia, will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on June 8, 2023, the company announced today. As a sister ship to MSC Grandiosa, she
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Titan acquires two Seapeak gas carriers for conversion to bunkering vessels
Amsterdam-headquartered low and zero emission fuel supplier Titan has acquired two 12,000 cu.m gas carriers from Seapeak. Both built in 2011, they are listed on the Seapeak fleet list as LPG carriers
Op-Ed: Fuels, emissions and sustainability
By Nathan D. Wood, Carbon Reduction Scientist Nathan Wood is a carbon reduction scientist at U.K.-based Tunley Engineering and is responsible for processing, analyzing, and presenting carbon assessment data. He combines this with
DNV: LNG still leading the way in alternative fuel ship ordering
DNV has issued a round up of 2022 orders for ships with alternative fuels using figures from its Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) platform. The total number of ships with alternative fuels ordered
Fjord Line is to convert two LNG-fueled ships to dual fuel
Norwegian cruise ferry operator Fjord Line AS is to convert sister ships MS Stavangerfjord and MS Bergensfjord from single-fuel LNG-engines to dual-fuel LNG/MGO-engines. “The energy crisis, caused by the Russian invasion of
Algoma Central and Furetank to double their FureBear fleet
St. Catharines, Ontario, headquartered Algoma Central Corporation (TSX: ALC) reports that it has doubled its investment in its FureBear 50/50 joint venture with Donsö, Sweden, based Furetank, which will be boosted by
Op-Ed: Marine industry embraces sustainability with minimal impacts to capital budgets
Alternative-fuel vessels and innovative finance solutions enable change By Brandon Hannaman, senior vice president of equipment finance for Key Equipment Finance Operating with fleets that meet current workloads are imperative for marine-industry
Mayorkas approves a second Puerto Rico Jones Act waiver
Despite the outrage expressed by U.S. maritime interests over his earlier issue of a “temporary and targeted” Jones Act waiver for Puerto Rico, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas approved another such
World’s largest bio-LNG plant to be built in Amsterdam
Bio-LNG (or liquefied biomethane) is widely seen as key to “extending the runway” for existing LNG-fueled tonnage to meet tightening GHG-reduction targets. To help meet the growing demand for the fuel, Amsterdam-headquartered
TTB 2023 to focus on making the green transition work
The U.S. tugboat, towboat and barge industry may already be the safest, most environmentally friendly, and most economical mode of freight transportation, but it is faced with the challenge of making a