From the outside, it looked like a normal ship, docked in London’s Canary Wharf on a sunny March morning. But the Green Pioneer was showcasing a significant innovation, one that its owners hope will catalyse regulators and port operators to make changes needed to secure a role for the new fuel in the sector’s transition to net zero.
Topic: TECHNOLOGY
Clarifying the environmental impacts of ammonia as a shipping fuel: A call for deeper understanding and effective management
Ammonia is under consideration as a near-zero-emission fuel to help the shipping sector transition away from fossil fuels. But because the fuel’s lifecycle emissions profile is complex, its impacts need to be better understood and effectively managed.
Navigating net-zero: Biofuels promise cleaner shipping, but supply is limited
The shipping industry’s target of net-zero carbon emissions has boosted demand for biofuels, which are compatible with existing ship engines and therefore can be adopted relatively easily.
Putting hard GHG numbers to IMO’s pricing mechanism
In the wake of MEPC 83, Singapore think tank GCMD has developed a simple compliance calculator to help shipowners explore how the two-tiered, Greenhouse Gas Fuel Intensity-linked pricing system could impact operational costs
Potential of hydrogen as fuel for shipping
The maritime industry faces substantive challenges, many of which are driven by increasingly stricter air emissions and climate legislation as its practitioners navigate a course towards decarbonisation
China: DNV, SDST launch Joint Innovation Studio to explore maritime decarbonisation and digitalisation
Classification society DNV and Shandong Shipping Tanker Co., Ltd (SDST) on Monday (18 December) announced the launch of a new Joint Innovation Studio at the recent Marintec China trade fair to explore, develop and promote maritime projects in the digital and sustainability space.
Dutch students launch hydrogen boat to ‘inspire shipping industry’
Dutch scientists on Wednesday unveiled a boat powered by liquid hydrogen that they hope will offer lessons to the shipping industry as it eyes new fuel sources to reduce its significant greenhouse gas emissions.
Cashew nut shell biofuel: ‘just don’t do it’
Experts advise an abundance of caution when dealing with development biofuel feedstocks in the maritime industry.
Europe’s biggest ‘green’ methanol plant opens in Denmark
Europe’s largest “green” methanol plant opened in Denmark on Tuesday, boosting the continent’s emissions reduction efforts — with customers ranging from shipping giant Maersk to toymaker Lego and pharmaceutical firm Novo Nordisk.
First-ever cruise ship bunkered with LNG at the Port of Vancouver
The first-ever cruise ship has filled up with liquefied natural gas (LNG) in a ship-to-ship (STS) operation at the Port of Vancouver, representing an important step forward for the Canadian port to reduce emissions.