Shipping is the lifeblood of global commerce — more than 80 percent of world trade goes by water. But the industry is also an environmental menace, producing as much carbon dioxide annually as Germany. The International Maritime Organization has helpfully called for ships to produce about 85...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/how-cargo-ships-can-go-green/
Decarbonisation is in focus for the shipping industry and as a firm advocate of more environmentally responsible shipping, NORDEN has been investigating alternatives to the current fuel types. In September 2018, NORDEN made a breakthrough, when the company successfully completed a first: a test...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/setting-sail-on-co2-neutral-biofuel/
The CMA CGM Group, a worldwide leading shipping group, is pleased to announce its subsidiary Containerships, an expert in Intra-Europe which it acquired in October, took delivery on December 12th of its first container ship powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), the CONTAINERSHIPS NORD. With...
From the start of 2019, the Port of Rotterdam Authority will widen and facilitate the Green Award discount for sea-going shipping. The discount will encourage safe and green shipping in the liquid bulk segment. From 2019 onwards, certified chemical tankers and sea-going vessels with a cargo...
Since the early 2010s, sales of pure electric and hybrid vessels have grown steadily, mainly driven by the need to reduce local pollution of NOx, SOx and particulate matter in a handful of emission control areas (ECA) that are local to coastlines. Vessel operators have chiefly turned to low-sulphur...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/the-silent-transition-to-electric-and-hybrid-vessels/
On December 12, 2018, a dissemination event was held within the framework of the Poseidon Med II (PMII) programme to the Port Authority of Igoumenitsa (OLG SA), which was addressed to the authorities of the Igoumenitsa Port Authority, as well as to representatives from the Chamber of Thesprotia....
This past week sees the conclusion of the 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP24) in the Polish city of Katowice — a meeting held over a number of days that aims to finalise the practical implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement. Given that the International Council on Clean...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/cutting-shippings-carbon/
On Saturday, December 15, the company Thun Tankers names the new, environmentally adapted tanker “Thun Evolve” in Groningen, Holland. The tanker will be long-term leased by Preem for deliveries to the company’s depots and customers in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. The ship will be delivered to Preem...
Former Laurin Maritime CEO Mikael Laurin has been appointed as the new CEO of Lean Marine Sweden AB, effective from December 2018. Lean Marine’s FuelOpt technology offers ship owners the ability to automate propulsion performance optimization. The innovative control system technology is installed...
The performance of the EcoFlettner, which has been tested on the MV Fehn Pollux since July, clearly exceeds the expectations of the scientists. “The data we have evaluated so far signifcantly outmatch those of our model calculations,” says Professor Michael Vahs, who has been researching the topic...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/investment-into-flettner-rotor-pays-off/