ZEUS BECOMES RINA’S 1ST SHIP CAPABLE OF RUNNING ON HYDROGEN
A prototype ship named ZEUS (Zero Emission Ultimate Ship) with hybrid propulsion has been classed by the Italian classification society RINA, becoming its first ship capable of running on hydrogen.
The vessel was developed as...
ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM SEIZE FIVE PERCENT OF GLOBAL COCAINE PRODUCTION
The Port of Antwerp is the preferred European destination for cocaine smugglers, thanks to its thriving trade links with Latin America and its ideal location for EU distribution. Cocaine seizures have risen at the...
KSOE AND PARTNERS TO WORK ON HYDROGEN AND FUEL CELLS
Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering (KSOE), a research-oriented intermediate holding company of the Hyundai Heavy Industry (HHI) Group, Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (IKTS), and European solid oxide systems (SOC) producer...
DOE BACKS PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI’S HYDROGEN HUB ADVANCEMENT
The Port of Corpus Christi has been encouraged by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstration to submit a full application for its Horizons Clean Hydrogen Hub (HCH2) through the...
JAPANESE DESTROYER DISABLED AND LEAKING OIL AFTER HITTING ROCK
One of Japan’s Murasame-class destroyers, the JS Inazuma, hit a rock while on sea trials off the coast of Japan disabling the ship and causing an oil spill. Reports are that the vessel is...
SOLSTAD PSV HITS ‘INCREDIBLE’ EMISSION REDUCTION AND FUEL SAVING MILESTONE
Solstad Offshore’s platform supply vessel (PSV) Normand Leader has saved 29 per cent of emissions and fuel consumption compared to a normal transit and only minor vessel speed alternations.
Solstad said it had worked with...
ROYAL NAVY RESCUES TUG IN DISTRESS OFF ANGUILLA
On Friday afternoon, a Royal Navy patrol vessel rescued five crewmembers from a sinking tug off the coast of Sint Maarten, braving high winds to bring the survivors to safety.
Patrol vessel HMS Medway was...
SHIPPING’S DECARBONIZATION OUTLOOK FOR 2023
As we begin 2023, maritime experts are looking into their crystal balls for the trends that might define the year. Of course, decarbonization will remain at the center of the debate, with shipping stakeholders...
WIND HUNTER: MOL TO START BUILDING WIND-SAIL-FITTED HYDROGEN-PRODUCING SHIP IN 2024
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) plans to launch the construction of Wind Hunter, a hydrogen-producing vessel outfitted with multiple rigid sails, in 2024.
The construction forms part of the company’s Wind Hunter project,...
STUDY: URBAN LIGHT POLLUTION IS A DANGER FOR MARINE ECOSYSTEMS
Cities are artificially lit to allow humans to make use of the night. This light pollution means that stars are often barely visible in urban skies. But reduced stargazing is not the only impact...