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EuroGreen Maritime wins Equinor charter for four new super green product tankers

8 April 2024

Nantes, France, headquartered EuroGreen Maritime SAS (EGM) reports that it has secured a seven-year charter agreement with Equinor ASA for four state-of-the-art MR IMO II product tankers, each fitted with a pair of Ayro OceanWings wing sails and powered by a MAN B&W dual-fuel methanol engine with a shaft generator, complemented by a battery-hybrid power generation system. According to Eurogreen Maritime, compared with conventional MR designs, GHG, SOx, and NOx emissions will be reduced by more...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/shipping/eurogreen-maritime-wins-equinor-charter-for-four-new-super-green-product-tankers/

Containerised fuel cell power generator project presses ahead

8 April 2024

Norway’s TECO 2030 has received an approval in principe (AIP) from DNV for a containerised fuel cell power generator (FCPG) for use onboard oceangoing applications. The power generator system can seamlessly integrate with a ship’s main switchboard, offering power generation while emitting nothing...

https://splash247.com/containerised-fuel-cell-power-generator-project-presses-ahead/

Kotug pens deal with Padmos for construction of electric pusher tugs

5 April 2024

Offshore towage specialist Kotug International has signed a framework agreement with Padmos for the construction of the entire lineup of its fully electric pusher boats. The electric pusher tugs, known as E-Pushers, have three models depending on size – the S, M, and L. The series sizes range from...

https://splash247.com/kotug-pens-deal-with-padmos-for-construction-of-electric-pusher-tugs/

Ship recycling hits 20-year lows

4 April 2024

Ship recycling of bulkers, tankers, and container ships has dropped to the lowest level in 20 years over the past two years, according to the world’s largest international shipping association BIMCO. The organisation claimed that only 2m dwt ship capacity was recycled during the first quarter of...

https://splash247.com/ship-recycling-hits-20-year-lows/

CMA CGM earmarks 100 ships for upgrades

4 April 2024

French liner giant CMA CGM has tapped Damen Shipyards Group to modify around 100 of its ships. The modifications are aimed to deliver fuel efficiencies of more than 10%. The upgrades will take place at Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque (DSDu) and Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam (DSAm), which between them have...

https://splash247.com/cma-cgm-earmarks-100-ships-for-upgrades/

HMM inks deal to bunker methanol and LNG at Shanghai Port

3 April 2024

South Korea’s flagship carrier HMM has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) to cooperate on clean marine fuel. This agreement between the two will focus on bunkering methanol and LNG at Shanghai Port along with supporting carbon reduction goals,...

https://splash247.com/hmm-inks-deal-to-bunker-methanol-and-lng-at-shanghai-port/

Sea Cargo Charter opens up for shipowners

2 April 2024

Four years after its inception, The Sea Cargo Charter initiative to measure shipping emissions against decarbonisation benchmarks is expanding its current membership scope to include shipowners. A global framework, launched in 2020, offers a uniform baseline and allows charterers and now...

https://splash247.com/sea-cargo-charter-opens-up-for-shipowners/

Decarbonising the world: a dead horse flogging itself?

2 April 2024

Pierre Aury questions whether we have our priorities right when it comes to making the world a greener place. The Marine Environment Protection Committee had its 81st meeting last month. In a strange case of perhaps the first documented instance of a dead horse flogging itself, shipping has...

https://splash247.com/decarbonising-the-world-a-dead-horse-flogging-itself/

ABS leads innovative BlueBARGE cold ironing project

1 April 2024

ABS is leading the BlueBARGE Project. Funded by the Horizon Europe program, it involves 14 partners from 10 European countries and is developing and testing a new way for ships docked in port to plug into electrical power, known as cold ironing, rather than using their onboard generators.

Other BlueBARGE consortium members are: Fundación Valenciaport, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige Universitet; Hydrus Advanced Consolidated Engineering Services S.A; Aalborg Universitet; Elkon Elektrik Sanayi...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/abs-leads-innovative-bluebarge-cold-ironing-project/

MOL invests in American marine battery developer

28 March 2024

MOL PLUS, the investment arm of Japan’s largest shipowner, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), is buying into Fleetzero, an American developer of marine battery systems capable of going on much longer voyages than the majority of batteries on the market today. The Japanese shipowner said it intends to get...

https://splash247.com/mol-invests-in-american-marine-battery-developer/

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