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Tech
Europe presses ahead with marine battery R&D
Current Direct is a new three-year project which has received grant funding from the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme. The…
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Regulatory
CO2 emission rules should target fleets not individual ships: Danish Shipping
The roadmap for reducing CO2 emissions from shipping could be best achieved by choosing a fleet-based approach to efficiency requirements…
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Ports and Logistics
Port of Antwerp to lead PIONEERS consortium
The Port of Antwerp is the lead body in a new European Union-funded project called PIONEERS (PORTable Innovation Open Network…
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Bunkering
Uni-Tankers details way to slash fuel use by 12%
Uni-Tankers has found way to slash its fuel bill across its fleet. Ten months of test sailing using Frugal Propulsion…
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Ports and Logistics
Carbon neutral project kicks off at Esbjerg
Denmark’s Port of Esbjerg has announced a joint co-innovation project with digital technology company Atos to create a carbon neutral…
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Ports and Logistics
Samskip establishes air freight division
Samskip, best known for its European shortsea box offerings, has launched an air cargo division based at Schiphol Airport in…
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Bunkering
German superyacht contract points the way for fuel cells in shipping
Merchant shipping could get a glimpse of its future propulsion methods from Germany, and specifically the world’s top superyacht builder.…
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Ports and Logistics
Bratislava to develop LNG terminal
Plans for the development of a €40m LNG terminal at Slovakia’s Port of Bratislava on the river Danube have been…
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Europe
Nils Aden takes top job at Harren & Partner
Harren & Partner, the German shipping and logistics group, has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Nils…
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Operations
Simon Grainge appointed as next CEO of ISWAN
The International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN) has announced that Simon Grainge will take over as its next CEO.…
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Environment
Nordic Unmanned and Aeromon form joint venture
Nordic Unmanned has formed a joint venture with the Finnish company Aeromon which will combine their respective businesses utilising advanced…
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Renewables
Gothenburg makes CO2 export hub plans
Gothenburg and Sweden aim to be one of the first locations to create a joint infrastructure for the transportation of…
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Europe
Steffan Bauer gets the thumbs up to lead HGK Shipping
Steffen Bauer will continue to direct the fortunes of HGK Shipping, the largest inland waterway shipping company in Europe, a…
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Gas
Wärtsilä develops CO2 carrier design with cargo capacity twice as big as today’s existing vessels
Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, a subsidiary of the technology group Wärtsilä, has completed a keystage investigation on the systems and solutions…
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Tech
ZIM establishes scanning JV
Haifa-based container liner shipping company ZIM has established a new joint venture company called ZIMARK. The other partner in this…
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Environment
UK government urged to build demonstration ship using retrofitted sails
The UK’s Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) has a new report out containing recommendations for Boris Johnson and the International…
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Dry Cargo
Cesare d’Amico becomes CEO of d’Amico Dry
Cesare d’Amico has been appointed as the CEO of the dry cargo business unit of Rome-based shipping group d’Amico Società…
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Environment
DNV awards first merchant vessel with a SILENT-E notation
Classification society DNV has announced that ONEX Peace, an aframax tanker – built by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries and delivered…
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Environment
Samskip signs up for biofuels
Global multimodal logistics company Samskip has announced a formal agreement with the sustainable cargo initiative GoodShipping to run part of…
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Containers
RUSCON expands operations in Rotterdam
RUSCON Group, one of Russian’s leading container transhipment companies, is expanding its operations in Rotterdam with the opening of Smartcontainer.…
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