Internacional

Progress, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker barge chartered by energy major Shell, has completed its first bunkering operation with containership Zim Mount Vinson, owned by Israeli international cargo shipping company ZIM. Designed by Crowley’s engineering services group, the 126-meter-long barge Progress has a capacity of 12,000 cbm (3.17 million gallons). The barge, which was recently handed over to the ...

After winning the first tender by Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA), Germany’s container shipping major Hapag-Lloyd has selected Nordic energy company Gasum to deliver waste-based liquefied biomethane (bio-LNG) to its vessels during the two-year tender period. On April 16, 2024, ZEMBA, a first-of-its-kind buyers’ group within the maritime sector with the mission to accelerate commercial deployment of zero-emission (ZE) shipping solutions, revealed ...

OceanOpt, a provider of emissions management solutions, has partnered up with DNV Veracity, the data platform from independent assurance and risk management company, DNV, to ‘simplify’ emissions reporting and compliance with the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) for shipping companies. As informed, the partnership seeks to offer ‘enhanced visibility and certainty’ for corporations navigating the EU’s carbon regulations by combining ...

Dutch logistics company Samskip has been formally approved by the European Union as partner in the HyEkoTank project. Launched in 2023, the HyEkoTank project is ‘the world’s largest’ ongoing fuel cell retrofit project, aiming to demonstrate zero-emission fuel cell and hydrogen technology contributing to decarbonization of the world’s existing fleet of more than 100,000 ships. As informed by the HyEkoTank ...

AtoB@C Shipping, a Swedish subsidiary of Finland-based shipping company ESL Shipping, christened its second plug-in hybrid vessel Stellamar in Ystad on August 30, 2024. Flying the flag of Cyprus, Stellamar is designed to carry a wide range of bulk and breakbulk products, such as steel, forest products, fertilizers and project cargoes. The vessel, delivered in April this year, has a long unobstructed deck, which ...

Italian shipping company Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of the fifth energy-efficient multipurpose roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) ship from South Korean yard HD Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD). The vessel Great Casablanca, which belongs to the “innovative G5 series”, features a length of 250 meters, a beam of 38 meters and a deadweight of 45,684 tonnes. The ship is able to transport 4,700 linear ...

LNG-fueled car carrier Cerulean Ace operated by Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has received Additional Fire-Fighting Measures for Vehicle Carrier (AFVC) certification from classification society ClassNK for its voluntary measures to prevent onboard fires during the transport of electric vehicles (EVs). According to MOL and ClassNK, this is the first case in the world in which an ocean ...

Chinese majors COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry and COSCO Shipping Container Lines have signed a contract for the construction of twelve 14,000 TEU containerships with dual-fuel methanol propulsion. As disclosed, the new ships belong to a new generation of ship types developed jointly by COSCO Shipping Lines, COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry, and the China Shipbuilding and Ocean Engineering Design and Research ...

Swedish-Swiss equipment provider ABB and Swedish ship design and management company, Wallenius Marine, have joined forces with Danish tanker operator, Terntank, to monitor the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) performance aboard six tankers owned by Terntank. As reported, the trial aims to ‘lower emissions and reduce the environmental footprint’ of the shipping industry. ABB revealed that the trial revolves around the company’s OVERSEA ...

A cargo vessel featuring a wind assisted propulsion system (WAPS) will dock at the Port of Hamburg on September 3-4, 2024, showcasing its 17-meter-high suction sails from Spanish company bound4blue. The ship, Eems Traveller, will arrive on the occasion of SMM, an important maritime industry event to be held from September 3 to 6. This year’s SMM is said to ...