Environmentally Friendly

Concordia Damen Launches First Of 40 Eco-friendly Vessels

The first of 40 inland waterway barges that are being built by Concordia Damen has been launched at the casco yard in Serbia, says a press release published on their website.

About the vessels

Concordia Damen signed the contract for the environmentally friendly vessels late last year. The vessels, known as the Parsifal Tankers, will be chartered by Shell and operated by the VT Group/Marlow.

The vessels will be 110 x 11.45 metres and will feature low emission LNG propulsion and extreme shallow...

https://mfame.guru/concordia-damen-launches-first-of-40-eco-friendly-vessels/

Rosneft Doubles Volume of Low Sulphur Bunker Fuel Sales in 2020

Russian oil major Rosneft on Friday (26 March) said RN-Bunker, the operator of the bunkering business of NK Rosneft, by the end of 2020 supplied up to 1.3 million tons of low sulphur bunker fuel – more than double the amount of low sulphur fuel delivered in 2019, reports Manifold Times.

IMO 2020 Compliant Fuel

In total, last year the company supplied about 1.6 million tons of bunker fuel to domestic and foreign shipowners in the territorial waters of the Russian Federation. Thus, the share of IMO...

https://mfame.guru/rosneft-doubles-volume-of-low-sulphur-bunker-fuel-sales-in-2020/

Gasum To Supply LNG To Wasaline & Wärtsilä’s New Tech Hub

Gasum has inked an agreement with the City of Vaasa, NLC Ferry Oy and Wärtsilä Finland Oy to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Wasaline and for use in Wärtsilä’s new Smart Technology Hub, says a press release published on their website. 

New local LNG customer terminal 

Nordic energy company Gasum is to build a customer terminal in Vaskiluoto in Vaasa, from where the company will flexibly supply LNG to:

  1. Cargo and passenger shipping company Wasaline’s new LNG-fueled ferry M/S Aurora Botnia....

https://mfame.guru/gasum-to-supply-lng-to-wasaline-wartsilas-new-tech-hub/

Samsung Heavy Extends Winning Streak To Book on LNG Power

South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries Co. extends winning streak in the order book on LNG power, landing near $1 billion deals on vessels running low-carbon gas fuel, says an article published in pulse news.

About The Plan

Samsung Heavy Industries said in a disclosure on Thursday that it received a 458.7 billion won ($414 million) order from an unnamed shipping company based on Oceania to build four units of very large crude carriers (VLCC) powered by LNG. The Korean shipbuilder plans to deliver...

https://mfame.guru/samsung-heavy-extends-winning-streak-to-book-on-lng-power/

New Environmental Friendly Initiative

French cleantech company Ecoslops has unveiled a new environmentally-friendly initiative aimed at producing bunker fuel from oily waste in Ghana, says an article published in Offshore Energy.

About The Project

On 8 February 2021, the company announced the signature of the fourth letter of intent for its petroleum residue recycling (P2R) solution called Mini P2R, a containerized mobile unit for ports.

The agreement, signed with Marine Bunkers Ltd. (MBL), a provider of shipping, trading & logistics...

https://mfame.guru/new-environmental-friendly-initiative/

BMW Group joins shipping decarbonization plans

Following the environmental goals set by the shipping industry, BMW Group aims to using zero-emission cargo vessels from 2030, highlighting the importance of making the transportation as environmentally friendly as possible.

Specifically, BMW has already joined the ‘Getting to Zero Coalition‘ in efforts of making shipping greener.

The Group believes that notion towards cutting CO2 emissions and decarbonizing the shipping industry, should include not only the end product but also how the product...

https://safety4sea.com/bmw-group-joins-shipping-decarbonization-plans/

Climate crisis one of top five risks for World Economic Forum

This is the first time in its 15-year history, that the environment is at the top of list of issues likely to have a major impact over the next decade, as a year of extreme weather events and growing evidence of global heating catapulted the climate emergency to the top of the list of issues worrying the world’s elite.

Namely, the Global Risks Report 2020 warns for the severe threats to the climate account for all of the Global Risks Report’s top long-term risks, while “economic confrontations”...

https://safety4sea.com/climate-crisis-one-of-top-five-risks-for-world-economic-forum/

Environmental challenges toward 2020

During the 2019 SAFETY4SEA London Conference, Mr Martin Dorsman, Secretary-General, ECSA, described how the shipping industry will meet the 2020 sulphur cap. Mr. Dorsman explained what the challenges will be and what the industry can do to mitigate them.

Since September 2008 and the collapse of the Lehmann Brothers bank, there is not a real structural recovery in shipping markets, but there are some exceptions. One exception is the cruise industry, which makes huge amounts of money and is...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-environmental-challenges-toward-2020/

Port of St. Petersburg employees volunteer in ‘clean up’ initiative

The employees of the Sea Port of St. Petersburg conducted the traditional environmental campaign ‘Clean Island’ to clean up the coastal territory of Kanonersky Island. The volunteer clean-up day took place on Friday, April 19.

Specifically, the port employees cleaned the Putilovskaya Embankment opposite the berths of the Cargo Area 2 of the Big Port St. Petersburg picking up litter, fallen leaves, etc.

The participants collected about 100 bags of household waste, plastics, plastic bags and other...

https://safety4sea.com/port-of-st-petersburg-employees-volunteer-in-clean-up-initiative/

World’s first hydrogen-powered ship in the port of Amsterdam

The Energy Observer, a former race boat powered with autonomous navigation with hydrogen, was docked in the Port of Amsterdam. The catamaran has been sailing for about six years, with 101 stops in 50 countries. The goal is to test hydrogen under extreme weather conditions. The vessels does not emit GHG and is very quiet.

Specifically, the 30-meter ship runs on electric motors that are charged by solar energy. The 168 m2 solar panels on board provide 28Kw of energy.

The ship also has an...

https://safety4sea.com/worlds-first-hydrogen-powered-ship-in-the-port-of-amsterdam/

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