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The new P4G-Getting to Zero Coalition report “Shipping’s energy transition: strategic opportunities in Indonesia” explores the potential for Indonesia to accelerate and benefit from international maritime decarbonisation.  The report finds that Indonesia has several opportunities to leverage the global transition to zero-emission marine fuels toward key national objectives. However, achieving this will require targeted action in order to unlock these opportunities. Inter...

The development plan features the installation of a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel in offshore Brazil. This FPSO will have oil and gas processing capacities of 225,000 barrels per day and 12MMcm/d, respectively. SBM Offshore has been awarded for the lease and operation contract in July/2021. The platform will be deployed approximately 180 kilometres offshore Rio de Janeiro and the delivery of the FPSO is expected in the second half of 2024. Variable frequency drives...

Astrup Fearnley, Veracity by DNV, and Microsoft Norway joined forces at this year’s Nor-Shipping to demonstrate how digital innovation can empower industry change, while connecting with tomorrow’s talent today. Lars-Henrik Folke Ossum, Chief Digital Officer at Astrup Fearnley, reveals all. “This was partnership in action – showing how different organisations, industry professionals, students, and a key ocean business arena can work together to address the maritime challe...

Through a new partnership with Hapag-Lloyd, a global liner shipping company, Forto has launched a biofuel program for ocean shipping customers who seek to reduce their transport emissions. Customers booking full container load (FCL) sea freight shipments with Forto can now add the use of advanced biofuel to their bookings, effectively reducing 100% of their transport’s greenhouse gas emissions. As Hapag-Lloyd has extended their biofuel strategy to work with selected key partners, Forto ha...

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) is empowering port users to make better, more timely business decisions with the launch of the ICTSI App, a tool that gives port users access to the Company’s newest digital services. ICTSI’s latest innovation grants port users real-time access to critical logistics data across ICTSI’s global operations. Using the app, port stakeholders can monitor trucks, containers, and vessels, as well as view payment estimates from co...

Global service provider - Goltens Worldwide has been appointed by UK-based maritime technology specialist - Emsys Maritime Ltd as an authorised sales, installation, commissioning, and after-sales service partner for its Emsys-iS Marine Emissions Monitor and Emsys-PM Smoke Density Monitor products. The agreement applies globally except for the country of South Korea. Robust CEMS solution Roy Strand, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Goltens, said “In order to satisfy increasing in...

Crowley has chosen international business sustainability ratings provider EcoVadis to assess its value chain for its suppliers’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacts. A global provider of supply chain solutions, Crowley is the first U.S.-based company in maritime and logistics to partner with EcoVadis on its value chain solutions. Leveraging EcoVadis’ unparalleled technology capabilities, Crowley and its supplier-contractor base will be able to receive assessments of th...

NYK Group company MTI Co., Ltd., Japan Marine United Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Furuno Electric Co., Ltd., Japan Radio Co., Ltd., BEMAC Corporation, ClassNK, and NAPA Ltd., have come together to establish the ‘Maritime and Ocean Digital Engineering’ (MODE) cooperation programme at the University of Tokyo from October 1. The programme aims to promote and enhance digital engineering technology and skills for the mari...

To implement the company's environmental protection policy and carbon reduction goals, Evergreen Marine Corp. has completed a systematic inspection and calculation of greenhouse gas emission inventories for its business operations, including its global operating fleet, office buildings, and container terminals in Taiwan. The methodology and results of the survey were recently certified by BSI (British Standards Institution) in compliance with ISO14064-1:2018 and the GHG Protocol in late July....

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. (Yang Ming) will add one more new 11,000 TEU container vessel, ‘YM Throne’. The vessel is chartered from Shoei Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. and built by Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. The naming ceremony of the YM Throne took place at Imabari Hiroshima Shipyard. Yang Ming’s attendees joined the ceremony remotely at their Taipei office. Mr. Hsieh-Lung Yeh, Director-General of the Maritime and Port Bureau, MOTC was invited to officially name the ship, and...

Artemis Technologies states its commitment to increasing diversity in the maritime sector with landmark signing of the UK’s Women in Maritime pledge. The significant milestone comes as the world pioneer maritime design and applied technologies company welcomes new female engineer as the 70th employee of its Belfast workforce. Gintare Vaiciuvenaite, a former student of the University of Edinburgh, joins Artemis as a Graduate Embedded Software Engineer and will work on the further developme...

Neptune Energy has announced the award of a £10 million three-year vessel services contract to Sentinel Marine, in order to provide offshore support for its operated Cygnus gas field in the UK southern North Sea. The contract, awarded following a competitive tendering process, will see Sentinel Marine continue to deploy its Multi Role, Emergency Response & Rescue (MRERR) vessel, Cygnus Sentinel, on the gas field. The vessel will also support an upcoming drilling campaign on the Cygnus...

Intellian Technologies, Inc., the globally renowned technology and solutions provider for satellite communications, has announced new t-Series and s-Series antennas to enhance the live television (TV) experience for those onboard maritime vessels. With millions of people working at sea every day across commercial maritime markets and even more passengers onboard cruise ships, ferries, and yachts, the demand for live TV onboard is as strong as ever. New t-Series antennas The new t-Series anten...

MetOcean Telematics is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Hiddentec Group of Companies, a long-standing designer and manufacturer of highly advanced tracking equipment based in the Netherlands (NL), United Kingdom (UK) and United States of America (USA). The acquisition includes the complete portfolio of Hiddentec GSM/RF GPS security and tracking equipment. Hiddentec develops, designs, and manufactures completely secure, stand-alone, impenetrable, tracking solutions; including...

Becker Marine Systems is perfectly positioned to present itself at SMM 2018, the international trade fair for the maritime industry. With its versatile high-performance rudders and efficient energy-saving products such as the Becker Mewis Duct, the Hamburg-based company is managing to convince more and more customers of its innovative products. Additionally, with innovative product developments such as the Becker LNG PowerPac, Becker Marine Systems is continuing to down the path of a more susta...

Rolls-Royce presents under the claim ‘Pioneering the journey to net zero’ new MTU marine solutions for propulsion, automation, and service at SMM, the international trade fair for the maritime industry, in Hamburg from 6 to 9 September 2022. NautIQ marine automation Rolls-Royce experts will take visitors on a journey toward climate neutrality from diesel engines with exhaust gas after treatment and gas engines to their use with sustainable fuels and hybrid systems to methanol engin...

International shipping accounts for approximately 3% of global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, and this will increase in a business-as-usual scenario. To decarbonise the maritime industry, there will be a massive need for green fuels and associated technologies. In particular, scalable zero-emission fuels (SZEF) such as green hydrogen and green ammonia are considered the most promising fuels for shipping’s energy transition. Author's quote “In the past years, the global maritime i...

Rolls-Royce announces that Tufan Erginbilgic has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and an executive director of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc. Tufan will take up his new role on 1 January 2023, succeeding Warren East who, on 24 February 2022, announced his intention to step down at the end of this year. Tufan, who has a background in engineering, has built his career in international business including over 20 years with BP, with five years as part of its executive team. In his last role before...

“Carbon Capture on the Ocean” (CC-Ocean) project was conducted in cooperation with Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) and Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) has received the “Marine Engineering of the Year 2021 (Doko Memorial Award)” from the Japan Institute of Marine Engineering (JIME). The award was received in recognition of the world’s first marine-based CO2 capture...

A group of thirty master's students from the Delft University of Technology visits the Ports of Genoa as a model for best practices. Full immersion in Genoa on the part of a group of students in Marine Engineering, Naval Architecture, and Offshore and Dredging Engineering from The Netherlands on a study trip to Italy, organised by the Delft University maritime technology study association, with on-site inspections of Italy's ports and shipyards. Upcoming energy transition Delft University's v...

GoodFuels has successfully completed its first bio-bunkering for a large passenger ship. This was done in partnership with Carnival Corporation’s AIDA Cruises brand, marking an important step forward to achieving sustainability in the cruise industry. AIDAprima, a Hyperion-class cruise ship, was refuelled with GoodFuels’ sustainable biofuels during a visit to the port of Rotterdam. The trial took place while the vessel was on a seven-day cruise, visiting Hamburg, Southampton, Le H...

SBM Offshore is pleased to announce it has completed the project financing of FPSO ONE GUYANA for a total of US$1.75 billion. The project financing was secured by a consortium of 15 international banks. The Company expects to draw the loan in full, phased over the construction period of the FPSO. Project loan The financing will become non-recourse once the FPSO is completed and the pre-completion guarantee has been released. The project loan is in line with the duration of the...

Ingeteam has started manufacturing the first units of its new INGECON H2 C-lyzer converter in Sesma (Navarre), for the Green H2 sector. The first orders for the green hydrogen converters will be installed in Belgium, California (in the United States of America - USA) and Bizkaia (Spain). INGECON H2 C-lyzer converters Ingeteam’s INGECON H2 C-lyzer converters are responsible for supplying direct current Ingeteam’s INGECON H2 C-lyzer converters are responsible for supplying direct c...

Starting in July 2022, two of PIL’s services, South West Africa Container Services or SWS, and the recently launched West Coast South America 6 or WS6, would be calling at the new Busan Container Terminal (BCT) in Korea. BCT is also known as Pier 6 at Busan New Port. Faster vessel turnarounds Mr. Abhishek Chawla, General Manager, Operations and Procurement, PIL, commented, “Adding Busan to our network, PIL would be providing an expanded coverage to Africa, Latin America, Red Sea/Mi...

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright is advising KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH on the sale of the luxury cruise ship ‘Crystal Endeavor’ to Royal Caribbean Group (RCL), after the ship was arrested in Gibraltar earlier this year following the insolvency of Genting Hong Kong Limited (GHK) and Crystal Cruises, LLC (Crystal Cruises). The firm is also advising on the associated financing to RCL for the ship’s purchase. The financing comprises a 15-year unsecured term loan, guaranteed by the G...

On 13th July 2022, the Chairman & CEO of CULINES Mr. Raymond Chen visited Saigon Newport Corporation (hereinafter referred to as SNP) with team members of Network Planning & Cooperation, Trade, and Operation. President - Mr. Thuan and Vice President - Mr. Quy of SNP, along with Department Directors welcomed CULINES and held a meeting. During the meeting, the two parties exchanged ideas on deepening cooperation in areas such as shipping and value-added logistics services. Both will as al...

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. (Yang Ming) has welcomed its newest 11,000 TEU container vessel, ‘YM Tutorial’. The vessel is chartered from Shoei Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. and built by Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. YM Tutorial was named at a ceremony held at Imabari Hiroshima Shipyard on June 17th, 2022, and has entered into Yang Ming’s transpacific West Coast route PS6 on July 15th, 2022. YM Tutorial vessel To further strengthen Yang Ming’s mid-to-long-term operational ef...

The order income consists of a healthy mix of recurring business with existing customers and new customers that will utilise the HUGIN platform in their operations. The use of AUVs is a vital piece in the technology puzzle that must be solved to enable sustainable oceans. The vehicles can operate autonomously over a long period of time and collect environmental data, performing multiple survey operations for multiple applications in a cost-effective way compared with conventional surveys. Comp...

Pacific International Lines (PIL) is pleased to announce the launch of two new initiatives which would further enhance its operational efficiencies and strengthen the capabilities of its sea crew in navigation safety. 1) PIL Centre for Maritime Efficiency (CME) The first initiative launched is the opening of its new Centre for Maritime Efficiency (CME). The key role of CME is to enable PIL to grow its competencies in managing ship and fleet energy-efficiency performance as part of PIL&rsqu...

DESMI has installed, approximately, 700 OptiSave™ systems which altogether have generated accumulated CO2 reductions corresponding to 1-million-tonnes CO2. This equals what a 16,000-hectare Rain Forest consumes a year. DESMI's Energy Saving Solution, named OptiSave™, offers simple power management for energy efficiency compliance. When installing a pump, the normal procedure is to have it run at full speed; however, with the OptiSave™ system installed, the pump will save fuel...