Environment & sustainability

Inland shipping construction yard, Concordia Damen, is set to deliver two ‘CDS Dry Cargo 110’ vessels to Amer Shipping.

Carlo Robiati, Alexandre Claude, Rachna Rana, Giorgos Gerakakis, and Steven Devery, DBX, review the current state of the dry bulk industry, provide some critical supply chain analysis, and emphasise the importance of data to paving the industry’s way forward.

Bothra Shipping Services has ordered three all-electric Generation 6 Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbour Cranes for its bulk terminals at the Port of Kakinada.

CODELCO and NYK Bulk & Project Carriers have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly study the decarbonised transportation of copper products.

PortXchange Products has announced a long-term global partnership with BigMile to provide digital solutions to increase the transparency of shipping emissions in port areas.

Techsol Marine has announced that it is teaming up with Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch to further develop its smart electrical distribution system for ships.

New wood-chip carrier for Marusumi Paper Co. has been delivered additionally contributing to oceanographic research on microplastics.

SAFEEN Marine Services marks 5 million man-hours with zero lost time injuries or environmental incidents.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd has conducted a trial use of marine biofuel supplied by GoodFuels on supramax bulker ‘ALBION BAY’, with the co-operation of JFE Steel Corp.

BHP has partnered with Pan Pacific Copper and Norsepower to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from maritime transportation between BHP’s mines in Chile and PPC’s smelters in Japan.

Berge Bulk will equip its Newcastlemax bulker, Berge Olympus, with BAR Tech WindWings by Yara Marine Technologies.

Bureau Veritas, Wah Kwong, and Shanghai Qiyao Environmental Technology Co. Ltd have signed a cooperation agreement to study the feasibility of installing carbon capture and storage units on existing ships to meet 2030 CII targets.

The algorithm underpinning Signal Ocean's estimates of vessel carbon dioxide emissions has been verified as meeting IMO guidelines by DNV.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd has decided to install ‘Seawing’, an automatic kite system developed by AIRSEAS SAS Ltd, on two of its capesize bulkers, and has now signed the contract for the purchase of three additional ‘Seawing’ units with AIRSEAS.

Berge Bulk has signed agreements with Anemoi Marine Technologies Ltd to supply and fit two vessels in their dry bulk fleet with Anemoi Rotor Sails.