The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has achieved key progress in negotiations towards a set of binding global regulations on the IMO net-zero framework, aimed at achieving the greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction objectives set out in the 2023 IMO Strategy on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships. At the conclusion of the 82nd session of IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee held 30 September to 4 October 2024, Member States had identified further areas of convergence in their positions. They produced a draft legal text to use as a basis for ongoing ...

Achieving targets for maritime decarbonization relies on a complex mix of regulation, technological advances and economics. DNV’s latest Maritime Forecast to 2050 contains new research into the impact of drivers including FuelEU Maritime’s pooling mechanism on compliance strategies and conditions influencing the future fuel mix. Progressive goal-oriented regulation is vital to drive ship decarbonization beyond its current slow progress, and must be well-designed to achieve its aims,” Eirik Ovrum, DNV Principal Consultant and lead author of Maritime Forecast to 2050, says. “This eighth annual Forecast provides a timely study of ...

Industry coalition SEA-LNG reports that active LNG-fuelled vessels now account for more than 2% of the global shipping fleet. Once the order book is taken into account, this number increases to 4% by vessel numbers or 6% by deadweight tonnage (DWT). Almost every day brings new announcements of fleet owner investments in LNG-fuelled vessels. Numbers have grown from 21 LNG-fuelled vessels in operation in 2010, many of them smaller ships operating regionally, to 590 in operation globally today, including the world’s largest container ships twice the size of any operating ...

Container ships supply people all over the world with goods, while cruises attract millions of passengers every year. But ships also cause around three percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. This is despite the fact that emission-free maritime trade has been possible for thousands of years – thanks to the wind. “We need to get back to sailing ships,” says Captain Andreas Lackner. Fifteen years ago, the Austrian and two friends put a sailing cargo ship into operation. The “Tres Hombres” has been working since 2010, transporting up to 40 ...

KPI OceanConnect, a leading global provider of marine energy solutions, has announced the successful delivery of B24 biofuel to WAN HAI Lines’ container vessel, WAN HAI 510, on the 7th of October in Singapore, with SK Energy International as the physical supplier of the fuel. Building on the long-standing partnership with KPI OceanConnect, the deal marks the first biofuel delivery of WAN HAI Lines. The ISCC certified biofuel will support WAN HAI Lines to meet its sustainable development goals by providing GHG emissions reductions of up to 20%, when compared ...

BERG Propulsion has unveiled the OpWind® software system to help crews combine the operation of sails and propellers in the most efficient way in all sea conditions. OpWind automatically ensures that engine efficiency can be optimized with respect to propeller rpm and blade pitch angle when wind propulsion is also used to propel a vessel. The approach saves even more fuel than would otherwise be the case. The system automatically senses any sail contribution to propulsion based on a vessel’s operation data and measured parameters, continuously and automatically adjusting propeller ...

Wan Hai Lines is committed to environmental protection, has been upgrading vessel equipment in recent years to minimize the impact on the environment. In response to the 2030 and 2050 emission reduction targets set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Wan Hai Lines today announced the official adoption of biofuel in the global fleet, marking a significant milestone in journey toward carbon reduction goal. The WAN HAI 510 (also known as “Tai Chun”), a 4,333 TEU container ship, is the first vessel to adopt biofuel in Wan Hai Lines, which ...

Glander International Bunkering, a subsidiary of Bunker Holding, and Cepsa are now jointly facilitating the supply of second-generation HVO to cruise line vessels in the Mediterranean. Cepsa has completed four deliveries of HVO via Glander International Bunkering to a cruise ship at the Port of Barcelona since late June of this year. The second-generation biofuel is made from ISCC EU certified raw materials and can reduce CO2 emissions by up to 90% compared to conventional fuels throughout their life cycle. “We are thrilled to partner with Glander International Bunkering in ...

The 82nd session of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 82) continued its negotiation of GHG fuel intensity requirements, potentially in combination with a GHG pricing mechanism, as part of a new net-zero framework addressing GHG emissions. Other important decisions include the adoption of regulations to designate the Canadian Arctic and the Norwegian Sea as NOx, SOx and PM ECAs. Meeting highlights • Adopted amendments designating the Norwegian Sea and the Canadian Arctic as Emission Control Areas (ECAs) • Continued development of an IMO net-zero framework in MARPOL Annex ...

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) welcomes further progress achieved on developing a base text for amendments to the MARPOL Convention, to help ensure delivery of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) goal for international shipping to deliver net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by or close to 2050. However, much more work still needs to be undertaken by governments before this ‘Net-Zero Framework’ is ready to be approved at next year’s critical MEPC meeting in April. A universal GHG contribution system is the best chance the shipping industry has to meet ...

As this week’s International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting (IMO, MEPC 82) comes to a close, the Clean Shipping Coalition urged the national delegations of countries that support ambitious climate action to properly resource and pick up the pace of negotiations to ensure that shipping’s climate pollution peaks and reduces in line with the IMO’s 2023 GHG strategy, thus curbing the sector’s contribution to the worst impacts of climate breakdown. “The Clean Shipping Coalition is particularly concerned that the revision of the IMO’s Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) ship ...

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. Friday announced that effective April 1, 2025, it will merge three group subsidiaries responsible for maritime technology and engineering: MOL Marine & Engineering Co., Ltd. (MOLMEC; President and CEO: Kazuhiko Kikuchi; Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo), MOL Ocean Expert Co., Ltd. (MOLOX; President: Shingo Takiguchi, Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo), and MOL Ship　Tech Inc. (MOLST; President: Yuji Anada; Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo). The proposal is an absorption merger, with MOLMEC as the surviving company. The official name of the new company will be announced in March 2025. The ...

Yesterday (3 October), a new report released by the Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA) and Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub found that e-fuel-powered shipping services are projected to be available for ZEMBA’s next tender. Specifically, the report – which summarises the findings from a request for information (RFI) that the two organizations co-ran earlier in 2024 – found sufficient predicted supply of both e-methanol and e-methanol-capable vessels in the container segment to support ZEMBA’s focus on e-fuel deployment. ZEMBA’s next tender is expected to launch in early 2025, with ...

Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV), a global leader in testing, inspection, and certification (TIC), has announced the integration of its advanced emissions compliance platform, VeriSTAR Green, with OrbitMI’s own maritime intelligence platform, to simplify emissions reporting for shipping stakeholders and enhance environmental performance. The integration, successfully piloted with Unitized Ocean Transport Limited as an agent only, marks a significant milestone in harnessing the power of cutting-edge technology to support regulatory compliance. The integration of VeriSTAR Green with OrbitMI aims to support shipping stakeholders by streamlining reporting processes and ensuring ...

ABS issued an approval in principle (AIP) to leading Japanese companies at Gastech 2024 for two liquid carbon dioxide (LCO2) carrier designs with Type-C cargo tanks that do not require performing post-weld-heat-treatment based on the demonstration of an engineering critical assessment (ECA). ABS reviewed the drawings based on class and statutory requirements for the two designs, a 50K cubic meter carrier and a 23K cubic meter carrier, featuring Type-C cylindrical tanks made of carbon manganese steel that stows the liquefied CO2 with low-temperature and low-pressure. This AIP is the result ...