DEADLINES FOR AMENDMENTS TO SEEMP PART II & COLLECTION AND REPORTING OF FUEL OIL...
Applicability: shipowners, ship operators and ship managers.
Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI Appendix IX enter into force on 1 August 2025 that require ships to collect and report additional fuel oil consumption data in a calendar year.
This...
CIL AND AM GREEN INK RENEWABLE ENERGY SUPPLY DEAL
India’s coal mining company Coal India Limited (CIL) and compatriot green hydrogen and ammonia producer AM Green have signed a formal non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the long-term supply and sourcing of renewable...
UNDERSTANDING THE IMO’S NET-ZERO FRAMEWORK
As the International Maritime Organization (IMO) releases more detail on its forthcoming Net-Zero Framework—set to take effect in 2027 assuming it is adopted in 2025—it’s becoming increasingly clear that complexity will be one of...
YARA BIRKELAND, WORLD’S 1ST FULLY ELECTRIC AUTONOMOUS CONTAINERSHIP, MARKS 3 YEARS IN SERVICE
Yara Birkeland, the world’s first fully electric and autonomous container vessel, is celebrating three years of service.
Three years ago, in the spring of 2022, the 3,200 dwt eco-friendly vessel was put into commercial operation...
HONG KONG SHIP RECYCLING CONVENTION
The IMO Hong Kong Ship Recycling Convention (HKSRC) aims to ensure that the recycling of ships does not pose an unnecessary risk to human health, safety or the environment
Overview
It is known that ships may...
GREEN MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM EXPANDS TO AUSTRALIA, THE BAHAMAS AND MEXICO
Green Marine International has made its voluntary environmental certification program available to the maritime industry in more countries such as Australia, the Bahamas and Mexico, after determining that its performance criteria are sufficiently challenging...
TOTALENERGIES BREAKS GROUND FOR MIDDLE EAST’S FIRST LNG BUNKERING TERMINAL
The Middle East is set to have its first LNG bunkering facility to be located at the Port of Sohar in Oman. The groundbreaking for the Marsa LNG plant, a $1.6 billion investment by...
STILLSTROM COMES ONBOARD MARITIME BATTERY FORUM
The Maritime Battery Forum (MBF), a global community of maritime battery enablers, has welcomed Stillstrom, an offshore power and charging solutions developer owned by the Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, as its newest...
Activist Group Claims Drones Attacked Aid Boat for Gaza Off Malta
A small vessel issued a distress call shortly after midnight local time off Malta on May 2 reporting that it was on fire and claiming it was under attack by drones. The activist group...
No hydrocarbons for TotalEnergies offshore Namibia
An exploration well within a petroleum exploration license (PEL) in Namibia’s Orange Basin operated by France’s energy giant TotalEnergies has come up dry.
As reported by Africa Oil Corporation, one of TotalEnergies’ partners in the...