Environment & sustainability

CMB.TECH and Boeckmans have agreed to build 4 future-proof hydrogen-powered 5000 DWT general cargo vessels.

Vale, in partnership with Oldendorff Carriers, has commenced its first biofuel voyage with the Hinrich Oldendorff fuelled by residual cooking oil and fuel oil.

The Panama Canal Port Authority has been working on solutions to the issue of low water levels with a focus on saving water.

INTERCARGO stated at its ‘Solutions for Sustainable Dry Bulk Shipping’ event how the design of dry bulk vessels presented a challenge to decarbonisation efforts.

Gibdock has applied shipping’s first antifouling coating to successfully integrate highly durable graphene and assisting in making maritime trade more sustainable.

NBP has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with OSHIMA and SUMITOMO to construct a handymax bulk carrier that will reduce CO2 emissions.

Aspo Plc has announced its partnership with OP Finland Infrastructure LP to accelerate the green transition of ESL Shipping.

Mining company Vale has signed a contract with Omani shipowner Asyad to install rotor sails on the world’s largest ore carrier, a valemax.

Boomsma Shipping has announced it is collaborating with Leonhardt & Blumberg for a joint order of a series of low-emission dry cargo vessels.

APM Terminals and DP World provided port industry stakeholders with a roadmap for electrifying port operations within 2 – 8 years through conclusive research into battery-electric container handling equipment (CHE).

Berge Olympus, a Newcastlemax bulker, is equipped with four BARTech WindWings by Yara Marine Technologies that use wind power to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. is pleased to announce that marine biofuel was supplied by Peninsula, the leading global independent marine energy supplier, to the capesize bulker CAPE AMAL with charterer BHP, a globally renowned resources company and a long-term partner with shared goals to abate shipping carbon emissions.

AntwerpXL is once again looking for the top forty breakbulk, project cargo and heavy lift professionals under the age of 40.

NORDEN has acquired a minority stake in MASH Makes, a Danish-Indian biofuel scale-up, which researches, develops and produces renewable fuels from biomass waste.

Himalaya Shipping Ltd has successfully taken delivery of the fifth of twelve Newcastlemax dual fuel newbuildings the company has on order from New Times Shipyard.