In Korea, the Korean Register launched a working group with HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, HD Hyundai Samho, Samsung Heavy Industries, Hanwha Ocean, and the Korea Testing & Research Institute to draft international discharge standards for toxic ammonia wastewater from ammonia-fueled ships. Ammonia is gaining attention as a zero-carbon marine […]
As of June 2025, the Mission Possible Partnership is tracking 658 industrial decarbonization projects worth $230 billion across shipping, aviation, steel, cement and concrete, chemicals, and aluminum, with a small percentage having reached final investment decision, according to its latest Global Project Tracker update. For shipping decarbonization projects, just 5% have reached FID, 17 are […]
In the UK, at Core Power’s first Academic Resource Program conference online on June 25, students from Europe and North America presented eight research projects exploring how advanced nuclear technologies could power the future of shipping. Three researchers were awarded prizes: for emergency shutdown, energy storage, and ship-reactor integration. Etienne Vaquier of the University of […]
In New York City, a 336,000-gallon delivery of renewable diesel this month marked the beginning of the Staten Island Ferry’s full transition from petroleum fuel, part of a citywide push to cut emissions by 50 percent by 2030. The ferry, which carries over 45,000 riders each weekday between St. George Terminal in Staten Island and […]
In New York, Marine Insight reports In early June at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal, maritime service firm Vane Brothers and Shell completed a bio-blended marine fuel delivery to the cruise ship Silver Shadow, marking their first such operation in New York and a step toward expanded biofuel access in U.S. ports. The bunkering was supported […]
In Canada, Oilprice dot com reports LNG Canada may begin producing liquefied natural gas for export as early as this weekend, with cooldown operations on the facility’s first processing train scheduled to finish between June 16 and 19, according to industry sources cited by Reuters. The $40 billion project would become Canada’s first operational LNG […]
On June 11 in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Trigon Pacific Terminals announced a $750 million final investment decision to build a 2.5 million metric ton per year open-access LPG export facility, with operations expected to begin by late 2029 pending regulatory approvals. The facility will expand Canada’s energy export infrastructure at the Port of Prince […]
In Australia, on June 17, Pilbara Ports released a strategy to establish the country’s first clean fuel bunkering hub, aiming to cut emissions from the region’s 7,700 annual bulk carrier visits by up to 94%, from over nine million tonnes of CO₂ to less than 560,000 tonnes, by transitioning to low-carbon ammonia fuel. The plan […]
In Sweden, on June 16, AtoB@C Shipping took delivery of Biomar, the seventh in a twelve-vessel series of 5,400 dwt plug-in hybrid ships ordered from Indian shipbuilder Chowgule & Company, and began construction of the final vessel, Luxomar, the next day. “We are thrilled to welcome Biomar into our fleet. With each new vessel, we […]
On June 18 in Ulsan, South Korea, Maersk named Berlin Mærsk, the first in a new class of six 17,480 TEU dual-fuel methanol container vessels being built by Hyundai Heavy Industries and set for delivery in 2025 as part of its fleet renewal strategy aimed at reaching net-zero emissions by 2040. The Berlin Mærsk, the […]
