In China, Xinde Marine News reports Jiangsu Andefu Energy Development has converted the Shenghang Yongle into what the company describes as the world’s first operating vessel classed for ship to ship liquid ammonia bunkering, with China Classification Society issuing its first ammonia bunkering class certificate. The vessel has not yet carried out a commercial ammonia […]
In Norway, DNV’s new Gas Bunker Vessels white paper says the global LNG bunker fleet will need to grow from about 70 vessels today reaching between 165 and 208 by 2030 to keep pace with rising marine fuel demand. About 900 LNG fueled ships are already operating worldwide, excluding LNG carriers, and another 650 are […]
In Lithuania, KN Energies loaded 11,000 cubic meters of LNG from the Klaipėda LNG terminal onto the Titan Vision for delivery to smaller terminals and for ship bunkering across the Baltic Sea region. The vessel is operated by Titan Clean Fuels, part of Molgas Energy, which supplies LNG and bioLNG to shipping across Europe. Molgas […]
In Singapore, Nanyang Technological University researchers and Pacific Environment released a study September 8 recommending physical testing and digital tracking of low carbon marine fuels as the International Maritime Organization develops global fuel certification standards. The study examined certification systems including ISCC, RSB, Brazil’s RenovaBio, California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard and the U.S. Renewable Fuel […]
In the United Kingdom, Lloyd’s Register, Maersk, the UK port of Felixstowe and the US port of Charleston launched the Pink Corridor project to determine what rules and safeguards would be needed for a nuclear powered container ship to operate between Britain and the United States. Using a conceptual container ship, the study will examine […]
In the UK, International Maritime Organization negotiators ended four days of talks in London on September 4 with concerns over the proposed Net-Zero Framework still unresolved, leaving one more working group meeting before the agency takes up the shipping climate rules in December. Governments will return November 23-27 to continue negotiating changes to the draft […]
In Germany, eCap Marine has won contracts to supply hydrogen propulsion systems for four vessels due in 2027: two Samskip container ships under construction at Cochin Shipyard in India and two Møre Sjø bulk carriers ordered from Gelibolu Shipyard in Türkiye. The systems will use PEM fuel cells to power the ships without emissions during […]
In China, China Merchants Heavy Industry’s Haimen shipyard sent the 9,800 vehicle Grande Egitto down the Yangtze from Nantong for sea trials on August 30, with the Nantong Maritime Safety Administration escorting the vessel and managing traffic along the route. The ship is the seventh of 10 pure car and truck carriers being built for […]
In the United Kingdom, Anemoi Marine Technologies announced it will install a 35-meter rotor sail on an 8,700-TEU Maersk container ship in mid-2027, marking what the company says will be the first use of the wind propulsion technology on a container vessel. The system will be piloted during regular operations expected to include North and […]
In Singapore on August 28, Singapore and Brazil agreed to establish a green and digital shipping corridor aimed at developing alternative marine fuel supply chains and improving maritime operations between the two countries. Brazil brings large renewable energy resources and production capacity that could support zero and near zero greenhouse gas marine fuels. Singapore is […]
