New LR report highlights both progress and persistent challenges in equipping existing vessels to meet ambitious emissions reduction targets.
Lloyd’s Register’s (LR) latest Engine Retrofit Report reveals that while the maritime industry has made strides in its ability to execute ship engine retrofits for alternative fuels, a critical lack of supply-side incentives threatens to delay progress.
Since LR’s initial report in 2023, the industry has seen the completion of the first methanol fuel...
VIETNAM (March 4, 2025) — According to The Maritime Executive, CMA CGM plans to operate and develop a 100% electric barge for Nike goods in Vietnam. The group said that the barge is part of its long-term commitment and decarbonization plans. However, CMA also told Loadstar this week that it ordered 12 new liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels last year.
Ship It Zero strongly opposes LNG, a fossil fuel that is primarily methane, a greenhouse gas that is more than 80 times more potent than carbon...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/05/cma-cgm-group-orders-electric-barge-for-nike-goods/
‘Fortescue Green Pioneer successfully demonstrates what a future of cleaner shipping could look like’
The UK has welcomed the world’s first dual-fuelled ammonia-powered vessel to its shores, marking an important step forward in maritime decarbonisation.
The Singapore-flagged vessel Fortescue Green Pioneer has arrived in the UK to demonstrate the viability of ammonia as a sustainable marine fuel. The vessel is the first of its kind, powered by a four-stroke engine, two...
Evaluation and financing is provided to Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha based on ‘Zero-Emission Accelerating Ship Finance’
— Supporting efforts to realize low-/zero-emission ships —
Under Zero-Emission Accelerating Ship Finance (the Program), which is jointly operated by Development Bank of Japan Inc. (DBJ) and ClassNK, ClassNK evaluated the LNG-fueled car carrier ‘OCEANUS HIGHWAY’ (IMO No. 1046049), owned by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE). DBJ provided financing to “K” LINE.
In...
London, 26th February 2025: With the number of ships using direct wind energy for propulsion increasing at a rate of knots, perceptions of wind propulsion technology are seemingly changing in the shipping industry, a sector which, until the middle of the 19th Century, relied solely on sail.
The potential of wind energy to rapidly decarbonise the shipping industry by enabling the realisation of low or zero emission vessels is well-known. However, barriers to the large-scale adoption of wind...
New paper proposes framework to support UK development of advanced, safe, small nuclear reactors as a reliable and scalable zero-emission maritime power source.
The UK is well positioned to lead the safe development and deployment of new nuclear power systems for commercial ships and Floating Nuclear Power Plants (FNPPs), according to a new report from CORE POWER, NorthStandard and Lloyd’s Register (LR).
Technology company CORE POWER, global marine insurer NorthStandard and maritime professional...
| Countries expressed their willingness continue exploring common ground in negotiations for new binding measures to cut greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping. |
| International efforts to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from shipping took a step forward as the IMO’s Intersessional Working Group on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships (ISWG-GHG 18) concluded its latest round of discussions today. |
The IMO’s 2023 GHG Reduction Strategy commits Member States to adopting...
Dual-Fuel methanol MAN L21/31DF-M engine passes milestone in China
Copenhagen, 18.02.2025
MAN Energy Solutions reports that its MAN 7L21/31DF-M (Dual Fuel-Methanol) GenSet has successfully passed its Type Approval Test (TAT) in China. The TAT was carried out in close cooperation with CSSC Marine Power (CMP) – the MAN Energy Solutions licensee – at CMP’s production facility in Zhenjiang and received approval from all major classification societies present at the event.
The basis for the new...
Bergen, Norway: Since going into service in 2015, the MF Ampere has now sailed an astonishing distance equivalent to 17 times around the equator on batteries alone, solidifying its place as a groundbreaking achievement in sustainable maritime transport.
A decade on and the Ampere continues to showcase the transformative potential of...
IBIA recognises that 2025 is a very significant year for the regulation of GHG emissions from international shipping. Respecting fully the views of all IMO Member States, IBIA wishes to reiterate its support for the adoption of a maritime GHG emissions pricing mechanism that establishes an IMO GHG fund to facilitate a just transition, including supporting the development of alternative fuel infrastructure for production and supply to international shipping. Such an IMO GHG fund would complement...