Environment
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Dutch government grants $2.56bn in subsidies to Rotterdam carbon capture project
The Dutch government will be setting aside €2.1bn ($2.56bn) in grant money for Porthos’ four customers, Air Liquide, Air Products,…
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European offshore drillers face emissions reporting from 2023
Offshore drilling rig contractors in the EU will from 2023 be required to report on sustainability performance. While reporting standards…
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Shell boss vows to speed up emission cuts after Dutch court ruling
Shell will seek ways to reduce emissions even further following a landmark judgment issued by the district court in The…
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Dutch partners to supply proton exchange membrane fuel cell system for FPS inland boxship
Dutch companies Koedood Marine and Nedstack have been chosen to supply a complete proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell system…
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Green hydrogen from wind could be affordable by 2030: Siemens Gamesa
Siemens Gamesa has outlined an ambitious plan to deliver cost-competitive green hydrogen by 2030 from onshore wind and by 2035…
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Samsung Heavy partners with the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute to develop nuclear-powered ships
One of the world’s largest shipbuilders is pressing ahead with plans to build nuclear-powered merchant ships. Samsung Heavy Industries said…
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Maritime’s scant R&D spend highlighted ahead of tomorrow’s MEPC gathering
Ahead of tomorrow’s start of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) gathering at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the International…
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McQuilling Partners latest broker to provide carbon offsetting services
Shipbroker McQuilling Partners has entered an agreement with Vertis Environmental Finance to offer carbon offsetting and advisory services to shipowners,…
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Shell to deliver Oman’s first carbon-neutral LNG
Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell and Oman LNG have signed an agreement to deliver the Sultanate’s first carbon-neutral LNG cargo from Oman…
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Talos Energy and Storegga form US carbon capture joint venture
Houston-based Talos Energy and UK-based low-carbon projects firm Storegga Geotechnologies have established an exclusive joint venture to source, evaluate and…
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Namura develops sail system capable of being stored under deck
Japan-based shipbuilder Namura Shipbuilding and compatriot owner NS United Kaiun Kaisha have partnered in a joint research project aimed at…
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Failure is not disaster: IMO’s troubled efforts to finalise GHG measures
Thomas Timlen, a Singapore-based analyst, writer and eyewitness of many debates at the International Maritime Organization, reflects on what the…
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Crowley is first US ship operator to join Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative
Crowley Maritime Corporation has joined the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative (SRTI) as the first US-owned ship owner-operator. It is now…
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Trafigura and Yara collaborate to advance ammonia’s prospects as shipping’s fuel of the future
Commodities trading firm Trafigura and Scandinavian fertiliser giant Yara International have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the…
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MSC boss Soren Toft backs carbon taxes and decarbonisation R&D fund
Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has joined other liners to support the call for global carbon taxation for shipping and an…
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World’s first multimodal hydrogen refuelling station opens in Antwerp
CMB.TECH, the innovation arm of the Saverys shipping empire, yesterday opened the world’s first multimodal green hydrogen refuelling station in…
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Clean energy investment nowhere near net zero goal: IEA
Global investment in energy is set to rebound by nearly 10% in 2021 to $1.9trn, but energy transition spending needs…
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D’Amico gets into biofuels
D’Amico is stepping up its decarbonisation game to test biofuel blends on board its LR1 product tankers. For the purpose…
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Skou sees bunker tax hitting $450 per tonne
Søren Skou, CEO of A.P. Moller – Maersk, has put a dollar figure on what he’d like to see for…
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Inflatable sails to star on new Michelin vessel
French tire manufacturer Michelin has rolled out a new solution designed to boost the decarbonisation of shipping. The Wing Sail…
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