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DeepSea Technologies partners with Ardmore Shipping in driving AI adoption, equipping tanker fleet with deep-learning based voyage optimisation tools

DeepSea Technologies, the award-winning maritime AI company and energy efficiency experts, today announced that it is partnering with Ardmore Shipping, a leading owner-operator of chemical and product tankers to implement Pythia, its voyage optimisation tool, across Ardmore’s fleet – enabling AI-driven insights that will help the ship owner to meet the goals of its Energy Transition Plan (ETP) while driving business performance. During the first year of the partnership, which involved a full-scale trial of the technology on Ardmore vessels, DeepSea and Ardmore collaborated to refine a series of algorithms ...

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MOL, Idemitsu, HIF Team up to Develop e-fuel/e-methanol Supply Chain, Including Marine Transport of CO2

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the joint development of a synthetic fuel (e-fuel)/synthetic methanol (e-methanol) supply chain including CO2 marine transport with Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. and HIF USA LLC and HIF Asia Pacific Pty Limited (HIF), subsidiaries of HIF Global, a leading worldwide producer of synthetic fuels/synthetic methanol. Synthetic fuels and synthetic methanol are produced by synthesizing green hydrogen derived from renewable energy sources and CO2. The entire lifecycle of the product, from production to use of the final product, ...

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Venture Global Announces Fleet of State of the Art LNG Vessels. First vessels to be delivered this year

Yesterday, Venture Global LNG announced the acquisition and construction of a new large fleet of LNG-powered vessels. Venture Global’s fleet will include nine vessels, currently under construction in South Korea, that will be delivered starting later this year. Six vessels will have a cargo capacity of 174,000 m3 and three a cargo capacity of 200,000 m3. All nine ships will deploy best-in-class environmental and efficiency technology and will be primarily fueled by Venture Global’s liquefied natural gas. “Venture Global is pleased to announce our new fleet of world-class, next generation ...

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PowerCell Group collaborates on hydrogen fuel cell infrastructure demonstration

Project partners Port of Gothenburg, Skanska, PowerCell Group, Hitachi Energy, Linde Gas, Volvo Group and Skagerak Energy have conducted a joint field test to demonstrate the latest innovation in hydrogen-electric power infrastructure: the containerised Hyflex solution. PowerCell Group, a global leader in hydrogen-electric solutions with unique fuel cell stacks and systems, has partnered with Hitachi Energy, a global technology leader in promoting sustainable energy, to develop a new product called Hyflex. The product is a flexible container solution that can be used in a wide range of applications for emission-free ...

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Sail-powered cargo ship completes global journey and saves up to 15% on fuel

A sail-powered cargo ship has returned from a six-month global journey and saved up to 15 per cent on fuel by utilising innovative green technology. The bulk carrier Pyxis Ocean, left its port in Singapore in August 2023 and crossed the Cape of Good Hope on its way to Brazil, before eventually docking in Amsterdam last week. Over the six-month period since its first journey, the boat glided through the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, North and South Atlantic using two foldable sails. Scientists say the ship’s ability to harness the ...

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Civil society calls on EU to provide leadership at UN on urgent short-term shipping climate action

The Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII), integral to global efforts to enhance energy efficiency in shipping and cut emissions, will be on the table for discussion as the United Nations agency in charge of climate regulation of global shipping convenes in London at the Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC 81). Delegates of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will discuss policies and tactics to move forward with the groundbreaking greenhouse gas strategy, established in July 2023. The strategy, backed by 175 countries, aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030, ...

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IMO Urged to Create New Arctic Areas Free From Shipping Pollution

As a meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO, MEPC 81) gets underway, the Clean Arctic Alliance today urged IMO member states to agree to creation of new areas in the Arctic which will be protected from polluting air emissions from shipping. The two Emission Control Areas (ECAs) proposed by Canada and Norway, will, if agreed upon by the IMO, provide additional protection from air emissions in Canadian Arctic waters and the Norwegian Sea by reducing emissions of sulphur oxides (SOx), particulate matter and nitrogen oxides ...

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“K” LINE Begins Participating in Joint Study on Liquefied CO2 Marine Transportation for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) has reached an agreement with TOKYO GAS CO., LTD. (“Tokyo Gas”) regarding a joint study of liquefied carbon dioxide (CO2) marine transportation with a view towards achieving carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS). The Japanese government believes CCS to be one of the significant methods for achieving carbon neutrality and aims to enable the storage of 120 to 240 million tons of CO2 per year in 2050. The final report of the study group for a long-term CCS roadmap suggests that the use of ...

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MEPC81: Carbon Intensity Indicator: Demands for UN Shipping Body To Strengthen Efficiency Rules

Ahead of this week’s meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 81, March 18-22), the Clean Shipping Coalition is calling on the IMO to urgently step up ship climate action by improving its Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII), which would quantify and raise ship efficiency while fostering greater transparency and driving deep and lasting reductions in pollution. “The IMO must revise its Carbon Intensity Indicator and agree on tough new requirements to ensure that ships improve energy efficiency year on year”, said Clean Shipping Coalition President John Maggs. “This is crucial for ...

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Rare Antwerp-Bruges bunker sales release shows it as fourth biggest bunker hub

The Port of Antwerp-Bruges released its bunker sales figures for the first time in years. The port released Antwerp sales data which goes back to 2015, while Zeebrugge sales are from 2016 onwards. The Port of Antwerp-Bruges’ combined sales might have reached their highest ever last year and were at least greater than in any year since 2015-2016. The sales figures also revealed an increase in total bunker fuel sales in every quarter of 2023. Consolidated fuel oil bunker sales in Antwerp-Bruges were up by 31%. While Antwerp provides more ...

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Ahead Of MEPC81, Belgian Shipowners Once Again Make The Case For A Global Maritime Pricing Mechanism

In the coming week, the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 81) will meet to address the complex challenge of decarbonising the maritime industry. Surprisingly, amidst the multitude of proposed measures, the simplest solution may yet hold the key to effective decarbonization: implementing a global price on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, argues the Royal Belgian Shipowners’ Association (KBRV). “A global GHG pricing mechanism offers a straightforward and powerful incentive for the industry to transition towards decarbonization, aligning with the fundamental principle of “polluter pays,’” says KBRV’s Head of Environmental & ...

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Groke Technologies Welcomes Energy Saving And Safety Performance Of First Windwings Ship

Groke Technologies has welcomed the energy saving performance of the world’s first vessel fitted with BAR Technologies’ wind propulsion system WindWings®, which charterer Cargill said has achieved equivalent fuel savings of 3t per day. In a news release issued last week, Cargill Ocean Transportation, one of the world’s foremost freight-trading organisations, chartering around 650 vessels, said the performance of the two 37.5m WindWings fitted to MC Shipping’s bulker Pyxis Ocean “is encouraging”. Juha Rokka, CEO of Groke Technologies, the Finnish company which supplied situational awareness cameras to the vessel, said: ...

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Hanwha Ocean and Bureau Veritas partnership advances safety and performance in new standard 270K LNG Carrier design development

Bureau Veritas (BV), a world leader in testing, inspection, and certification, has announced the successful conclusion of a Joint Development Project (JDP) with Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd. (Hanwha Ocean) for the development of a 270K LNG Carrier. Hanwha Ocean’s proprietary hull design for a 270K LNG carrier was meticulously developed to anticipate and fulfil the future demands of the LNG market. By optimizing the hull’s performance and maximizing cargo capacity, it exceeds the capabilities of the existing 263K LNG and FSRU design. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in the ...

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DFDS intensifies decarbonisation efforts with 100 additional electric trucks

DFDS places order for yet another 100 Volvo electric trucks which will almost double the number of electric trucks in its fleet. The new electric trucks will be deployed in markets across Europe to meet the growing customer demand for e-mobility solutions, consolidating DFDS’s green ambitions and further cementing that DFDS has the largest fleet of heavy-duty electric trucks on the continent. DFDS is placing an order for 100 electric trucks which will bring the total number of electric trucks in DFDS’s fleet to 225 in line with DFDS’ decarbonisation ...

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IMO’s 2030 and 2040 GHG reduction targets now explicitly linked to fuel standard, whilst momentum builds on a universal GHG price (levy), but all options remain on the table

The Sixteenth Meeting of the Intersessional Working Group on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships has just concluded with some progress made on the finalisation of mid-term measures, and without a decisive shift in the landscape of positions and preferences. This meeting was the first convening of the IMO following the adoption of the Revised GHG Strategy in July 2023. Although it was already agreed in that Revised GHG Strategy to work to adopt both a GHG Fuel Standard (a mandate on GHG intensity of fuel/energy), as well as a ...

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