Maersk has celebrated the naming of its latest dual-fuel methanol container vessel “Alexandra Maersk”. UK’s Maritime Minister Mike Kane, representatives of the IMO, customers and Maersk employees joined the festive event at the Port of Felixstowe, UK. Elaine Condon, Director of People & Culture at Primark, is the godmother of the ship, representing the close logistics and sustainability partnership between Maersk and its customer Primark.
Topic: SHIPPING
LNG-fuelled vessels accelerate to 6% of the global fleet
Industry coalition SEA-LNG reports that active LNG-fuelled vessels now account for more than 2% of the global shipping fleet.
DNV launches competence standard and recommended practice for safe use of methanol and ammonia as fuel on ships
DNV has released a competence standard (ST) for methanol and a recommended practice (RP) for ammonia, to enable crew and shipowners to tackle the safety risks and challenges posed by the introduction of new alternative fuels and technologies through shipping’s decarbonization.
Study finds LNG dual-fuel vessels lowest cost compliance solution to decarbonise shipping
Industry coalition SEA-LNG analysis shows that LNG dual-fuelled vessels provide the lowest compliance cost for meeting EU and IMO decarbonisation regulations.
Maritime, clean fuel projects in the spotlight of EU’s STEP initiative
Several maritime and alternative fuels projects are among initiatives that have been awarded the Strategic Technology Platform for Europe (STEP) label in a new initiative of the European Commission to boost investment in critical technologies in Europe and support the local industry.
Global shipping finance portfolio moves closer to alignment with net zero climate goals
ontinued growth of climate transparency from financial institutions show that the global finance portfolio for shipping has moved closer to alignment with ambitious decarbonisation trajectories set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), aiming to remove emissions from international shipping by 2050.
Hybrid propulsion systems: a short-term solution to greener shipping?
Russell Edson, partner and patent attorney and Tim Wilson, trainee patent attorney at Withers & Rogers, explain how hybrid propulsioncan contribute to greener shipping.
International Maritime Organization Inches Closer to Shipping Decarbonization Measures
Member states increasingly support an economic measure to incentivize emissions reductions from the shipping sector.
In conversation with IMO secretary general Arsenio Dominguez ahead of MEPC 82
What is the role of LNG as a transition fuel and how does fit with the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) ambitions and regulations?
Shipping off track to meet 5% zero-emission fuel target by 2030 as new report issues ‘serious wakeup call’
The global shipping industry is not on track to meet its target of having zero-emission fuels account for 5% of all fuels by 2030.