Danish shipbuilder Tuco Marine and methanol fuel cell maker Blue World Technologies have teamed up to develop methanol fuel cell-powered workboats. The partnership will combine Blue World’s methanol fuel cell technology and Tuco’s ProZero workboats. The methanol fuel cell system can be used for...
In Berlin’s Westhafen yesterday, the mayor of Berlin Franziska Giffey named the push boat Elektra, a landmark vessel construction on shipping’s decarbonisation pathway. The vessel, which which features battery-electric propulsion combined with hydrogen and fuel cell technology, was built at...
https://splash247.com/delivery-and-naming-ceremony-first-emission-free-pusher-tug/
Clean Air Engineering – Maritime (CAE-M), based in San Pedro, California, will operate a barge with an exhaust aftertreatment system, the Marine Exhaust Treatment System (METS-3), at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. CAE-M systems remove diesel emissions from the auxiliary engines and...
https://splash247.com/scrubber-barge-will-capture-treat-exhaust-from-ships-in-la-long-beach-ports/
Singapore’s Kuok Group is participating in a new project to develop shipboard post-combustion carbon capture technologies. PaxOcean, one of Kuok Singapore Limited’s maritime group businesses, will be working with Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU) on a 30-month project led by...
https://splash247.com/kuok-joins-singapores-onboard-carbon-capture-push/
The Port of Virginia expects to meet all of its operational electricity needs from clean-energy resources by 2024, moving it forward with its goal of becoming completely carbon-neutral by 2040. “This decision helps reduce our contribution to global climate change, protects our ocean and marine...
The intra-Asia trades, container shipping’s pipelines, are set to get the green corridor treatment.Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub announced today it is working with 11 cross-supply chain stakeholders to develop a fleet fuel transition strategy that can enable the establishment of a...
The 2022 edition of Posidonia, due to get underway early next month, will be Greece’s first ever sustainable event, as well as becoming the first maritime exhibition to receive an ISO 20121 certification. ISO 20121 is an international standard that provides guidance and best practice to help manage...
Empire Bulkers Limited and Joanna Maritime Limited, related companies based in Greece, pleaded guilty today to knowing violations of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships and the Ports and Waterways Safety Act involving the Marshall Islands registered bulk carrier M/V Joanna.
As we reported earlier, the two companies, along with chief engineer Warlito Tan, were indicted on charges related to the vessel in September last year.
The guilty pleas took place today in federal court in New Orleans,...
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy released on Tuesday a climate strategy that aims to make the force more resilient to changes like sea level rise and coastal erosion…
https://gcaptain.com/u-s-navy-climate-plan-aims-to-cut-emissions-and-move-to-low-carbon-fuels/
Forecasters at NOAA’s National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center are again predicting above-average hurricane season this year, in part due to ongoing La Niña that is likely to last through…