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Liquid Carbon Dioxide Transport Project to Start in Sweden

Gothenburg and Sweden could be the first in the world to create a joint infrastructure for the transport of liquefied. The project called CinfraCap is a collaborative venture between Göteborg Energi, Nordion Energi, Preem, St1, Renova, and Gothenburg Port Authority. CCS is widely regarded as a key component in the transition of the global energy system, and several research and…



Japanese Consortium Working on World’s First CO2 Capture at Sea

A Japanese consortium is working to conduct test operations and measurements for a small-scale ship-based CO2 capture demonstration plant. Under the name “Carbon Capture on the Ocean” (CC-Ocean), the project seeks to achieve CO2 capture at sea in a world’s first. The Japanese companies, including Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, K Line and…


Six New Energy Efficient Container Vessels

We continue to fulfill our commitment to create a positive impact on the environment with the addition of 6 new energy efficient reefer container vessels to our fleet. The addition of the new vessels named – Del Monte Gold, Del Monte Rose, Del Monte Harvester, Del Monte Spirit, Del Monte Valiant and Del Monte Pride – marks a new chapter…


Sailing on Sustainability: The Comeback of Wind Power?

As the shipping industry ramps up efforts to decarbonize, initial sea trials onboard a Maersk tanker fitted with Norsepower Rotor Sails indicate that wind power has the potential to play a significant role in a low carbon ocean transport system. Early results from a sea trial onboard the 109,647 DWT Maersk Pelican fitted with two meters high, five meters in…


Bloom, Samsung Sign Deal to Develop Ships Powered by Fuel Cells Fed by LNG

Bloom Energy and South Korea-based Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) signed a joint development agreement to design and develop fuel cell-powered ships. The two companies will work together to use Bloom fuel cells to cut emissions on ships, a sizable source of pollution. The fuel cells would produce electricity that would power the ships via liquefied natural gas (LNG). Bloom’s main…


Innovative Engineless Sail Cargo Ship Next Step in Maritime Transition

On Friday 24-July-2020 at the Maritiem Museum Rotterdam the half hull model of the EcoClipper500 has been handed over to the founder of the EcoClipper B.V. shipping company: Captain Jorne Langelaan, by the constructor, ship carpenter Leo Boogerd in cooperation with Bert van Baar of the Bootbouwschool and Cadhead’s Marijke de Jong. The building of this half hull model is…


World’s First Full Scale Ammonia Engine Test to Begin

The technology group Wärtsilä, with Knutsen OAS Shipping, Repsol, and Sustainable Energy Catapult Centre, will commence the world’s first long term, full-scale, testing of ammonia as a fuel in a marine four-stroke combustion engine. The testing is made possible by a 20 MNOK grant from the Norwegian Research Council through the DEMO 2000 program, a statement said. “This is a…


Palawan – The Philippines’ Last Frontier

Brief History Palawan’s textured history can be traced back over millions of years. Bone fragments, the skull cap remains and tools of the Tabon Man – one of the oldest remnants of human inhabitants found in the Philippines at 22,000 years old – were discovered in 1962 in the Tabon Caves in Quezon, Palawan. It is believed that these cave…




VICE ADMIRAL GEORGE VILLAREAL URSABIA JR PCG 27th Commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard

Born on 8-September-1965 in Polomok, South Cotabato, the 27th Commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard, VICE ADMIRAL GEORGE VILLAREAL URSABIA JR PCG was raised by his parents – the late George Kiamco Ursabia Sr and Guia Villareal-Ursabia to be a person with discipline, perseverance, and a hard worker in pursuing greater heights. He internalized these values, which lead him to…


The New PCG Commandant Charts the Future Strategic Direction of The Philippine Coast Guard

The recently installed Commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard, VICE ADMIRAL GEORGE URSABIA PCG is leading the charge towards the future direction of the organization. He is revitalizing the formulation of strategic plans that ensures PCG operations, organizational and capability development are in support of the ends of higher-level national policies, fulfill its five (5) primary mandates, and provide an…


LNG as Marine Fuel: ABS Issues Guidance

The adoption of the ‘Initial International Maritime Organization (IMO) Strategy on Reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions from Ships’ by IMO Resolution MEPC.304(72) in April 2018 demonstrates IMO’s commitment to support the Paris Agreement. The IMO strategy includes initial targets to reduce as compared to 2008 levels the average CO2 emissions per ‘transport work’ by at least 40% by 2030,…


From Gale to Green Shipping

ShippingLab has announced its support for a new project that will convert power from the Wind turbines at the Port of Hvide Sande to hydrogen for use in a fuel cell intended to power a vessel. The vessel powered by the fuel cell will be used to keep the Danish port entrance free of sand. The companies involved in the…


Futuristic Ports: Pilot Schemes Explore use of 5G and Hydrogen Fuel to Develop Ports of Tomorrow

The ports of tomorrow could be connected through 5G networks and fuelled by hydrogen if two new pilot schemes in Europe fulfill their promise. Research into the potential uses of 5G for connecting ports with transport and logistics industries is underway in Antwerp. At the same time, a new EU-funded “H2ports” project –which increases a terminal’s energy efficiency by using…







NYK establishes Electronic Payment Platform for Seafarers

Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) in collaboration with Accenture and CITI, and a joint venture with Transnational Diversified Group (TDG) developed MarcoPay for seafarers. Software, Big Data & IoT reports in Digital Ship: “NYK has formed a joint venture with Philippines-based TDG to launch electronic money platform MarCoPay for seafarers. MarCoPay is an electronic money platform designed mainly for seafarers hired…




MacGregor Builds First Fiber Rope Offshore Crane

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has completed the construction of the first fiber-rope offshore crane on the market. The company says that its new FibreTrac crane is able to exploit its full lifting capacity because fiber rope weighs virtually nothing in water, so no additional load is experienced by the crane, regardless of the length of rope used during load handling…