XENETA HIGHLIGHTS BEST/WORST CARRIERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
The shipping industry is working to come to grips with the IMO’s Carbon Intensity Index (CII) and its potential impact on the operation of individual ships in the future as shippers seek to understand...
SUMMARY OF THE 9TH SESSION OF THE IMO SUB-COMMITTEE ON SHIP DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION...
The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction (SDC) held its ninth session in-person and remotely from IMO headquarters in London, United Kingdom, from January 23 to 27, 2023. Captain Daniel...
TGS SCORES NEW OBN CONTRACTS
Norwegian seismic player TGS has teamed up with CGG, the French geophysical services company, to carry out the acquisition and imaging of a dense ocean bottom node (OBN) multi-client seismic survey in the Balder...
VOPAK BUYS TANK TERMINAL IN PORT OF ANTWERP TO SUPPLY RENEWABLE ENERGY
Tank farm operator Vopak has reached a deal with energy trading firm Gunvor to take over a storage facility at the Port of Antwerp and turn it into a renewable-energy hub, the two companies...
ONSHORE CABLE INSTALLATION DONE FOR VIKING LINK
Prysmian has completed the installation of the UK land cable section for the 1.4 GW Viking Link interconnector between the UK and Denmark.
The team completed the installation of the 135-kilometer cable section between the...
FIRST INLINE SHAFT GENERATOR RETROFIT DONE BY WÄRTSILÄ AND BERGE BULK
Ship operators are increasingly looking for new means of improving the operating efficiency for in-service vessels as new regulations such as the IMO’s EEXI and CII going into effect and the EU’s carbon emission...
NEW MILESTONE FOR NORTHERN LIGHTS’ LNG-FUELED CO2 CARRIERS
Northern Lights, a joint venture (JV) of energy majors Shell, Equinor and TotalEnergies, has reached a new milestone for its LNG-powered, wind-assisted CO2 transportation ships.
According to the project’s update on social media, the steel...
GERMANY EXPLORES HYDROGEN BUNKERING FROM ITS NORTH SEA ISLAND
Germany is exploring a unique situation to develop a potential hydrogen bunkering operation serving the shipping industry from islands in the North Sea. A conceptual study is underway exploring linking the supply of green...
URGENT NEED FOR CHANGE IN SHIP RECYCLING SECTOR: 80% OF SHIPS SCRAPPED ON SOUTH...
A total of 443 ocean-going commercial ships and offshore units were sold for scrapping in 2022, data from NGO Shipbreaking Platform shows.
Of these, 292 large tankers, bulkers, floating platforms, cargo- and passenger ships ended...
DENMARK AWARDS FIRST CO2 STORAGE LICENSES SEEKING TO BUILD INDUSTRY
Denmark selected projects from Total Energies, INEOS E&P, and Wintershall DEA to receive the country’s first full-scale CO2 storage permits for projects in the North Sea. The recommendation from the Ministry of Climate, Energy...