Environment
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Hyundai Heavy pursues fuel cells
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, the holding company of South Korea’s top shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries, has signed a memorandum…
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Shipping of CO2 goes mainstream with MOL investing in Norwegian pioneer
Shipping of CO2 is going mainstream with news Japan’s largest shipping line is moving into the sector. Until now, the…
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Ships born again with ‘smoothie’ fuel
In a 12-month trial, United European Car Carriers (UECC) replaced conventional fuel with biofuel onboard the 20-year-old, 140 m long…
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Number of installed scrubbers has doubled since last year’s global sulphur cap introduction
The price gap between low and high sulphur fuel oil has failed to hit the highs scrubber advocates would have…
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Four more Japanese banks sign up to the Poseidon Principles
Four more Asian financial institutions have signed up to the Poseidon Principles, a framework established in 2019 by leading banks…
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Scrubbers as carbon capture tools: Wärtsilä eyes new revenue stream
Finnish maritime technology firm Wärtsilä has highlighted the potential to upgrade current scrubber systems with carbon capture and storage (CCS)…
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Ardmore signs up to deliver methanol-to-hydrogen technology to shipping
New York-listed product tanker firm Ardmore Shipping is taking greater control of its own path in the future fuels debate,…
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Woodside and Trafigura celebrate first carbon offset condensate cargo traded globally
Woodside and its Pluto LNG joint venture participants Kansai Electric Power and Tokyo Gas have delivered their first cargo of…
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Could wind propulsion fund the full decarbonisation of shipping?
Gavin Allwright, secretary at the International Windship Association, has seen a lot of speculation and discussion around the costs and…
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$100 per tonne emissions levy put forward by the Marshall Islands and Solomon Islands
Upping the stakes ahead of this year’s crunch Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting at the International Maritime Organization (IMO),…
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This ‘moonshot’ isn’t rocket science
Andrew Craig-Bennett is not happy with Wednesday’s $5bn R&D submission to the IMO by shipowning interests. “Da mihi castitatem et…
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Shell charters a total of 10 dual-fuel LNG VLCCs from Advantage, AET and INSW
Energy major Shell has announced the signing of charter agreements for a total of ten new VLCC tankers, powered by…
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Shipping officially submits its $5bn decarbonisation ‘moonshot’ proposal to the IMO
A number of countries are backing the shipping industry’s call for a $5bn R&D fund to help decarbonise the sector…
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TECO 2030 plans hydrogen-based fuel cell factory in Norway
Norway’s TECO 2030 has detailed plans to establish Norway’s first large-scale production of hydrogen-based fuel cells in Narvik in northern…
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Producing electrofuels needs a reliable, cost effective energy source
Producing hydrogen, ammonia and methanol requires an enormous amount of energy – wind and solar just don’t cut it on…
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Japanese carbon neutral LNG buyers alliance formed
Carbon neutral LNG developments are increasing rapidly as key backers of the fuel look to future-proof their investments. A total…
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China looks at adding shipping to the world’s largest emissions trading scheme
The world’s largest emissions trading scheme (ETS) kicked off last month, and shipping has been warned today it could be…
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Shipping’s Paris path detailed in new zero emission fuels study
At what degree of adoption do zero emission fuels become commercially viable for international shipping? Important analysis released today by…
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Stena Bulk unveils hybrid zero-emissions concept design
A Swedish shipowner with a history of launching groundbreaking new ships has given the world a futuristic, eye-catching, hybrid bulk…
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K Line creates carbon neutral division
Japanese shipping major Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) is sharpening its focus on developing green solutions for its operations. K…
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