Environment & sustainability

A leading maritime training expert with a long career at the front line as Head of Safety and Training has said that the safety culture in many companies operating vessels is sorely lacking, citing time pressures and outdated training contributing to an alarming number of deaths in enclosed spaces.

The agreement between Nippon Paint Marine and RightShip will include the sharing and validation of data covering coating and operational performance areas, such as hull roughness and emissions reduction.

The agreement will see Avikus’ HiNAS Control, SVM and HiNAS Cloud systems deployed on two EPS-managed vessels – a bulk carrier and a suezmax tanker.

JR Shipping Group has announced the expansion of its fleet with the order of two diesel electric driven, high cubic 8500 dwt ECO short sea dry cargo vessels with long year yard partner Chowgule Shipbuilding in India.

The product was formulated by Petrobras Singapore (PSPL) itself in its locally leased tanks, by blending 76% fossil fuel oil from the refineries of the Petrobras System and 24% UCOME, a biofuel originating from the processing of used cooking oil (UCO), purchased in the region.

Technology group Wärtsilä will upgrade the Wärtsilä RT-flex main engines on two bulk carrier vessels owned by Turkey-based Ulusoy Sealines. The planned engine retrofits and upgrades will extend the vessels’ operational life and improve performance and fuel efficiency, thereby reducing emissions. The orders were booked by Wärtsilä in 4Q24 and 1Q25.