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Finland-Led Research to Focus on Combining Technologies by Ship & Bunker News Team Monday January 25, 2021 Research quest: low-carbon shipping. File Image / Pixabay. Research into expanding shippings understanding of how technologies can reduce a vessels carbon footprint is being undertaken by Vaasa University in Finland  The project, called CHEK, which stands for decarbonizing shipping by enabling key technology symbiosis on real vessel concept designs, has European Union backing and wi...

Maersk Institute Seeks Economist to Solve Commercial Challenge of Shipping Decarbonisation by Ship & Bunker News Team Thursday January 21, 2021 The marine decarbonisation centre set up by the parent company of logistics giant Maersk is looking to hire an economist to solve the thorny issue of how to make the shift to zero-carbon bunkers commercially viable. The  Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping has posted a job advertisement for a chief economist in Copenhagen. The ...

Navigator Hails First Carbon-Neutral Voyage Using Offsets by Ship & Bunker News Team Wednesday January 20, 2021 Gas carrier operator Navigator Holdings is using carbon offsets to reduce its emissions footprint. The company has announced its first carbon-neutral voyage, buying carbon offsets for the voyage of one its Handysize LPG carriers taking a cargo across the Atlantic. UN-verified renewable energy project in the Philippines, Navigator said in a statement on its website Tuesday. "Offs...

Maersk CEO Søren Skou Expects to Make First Carbon-Neutral Ship Order in 2023 by Ship & Bunker News Team Tuesday January 19, 2021 Logistics giant AP Moller-Maersk, the owner of the largest shipping company in the world, expects to order its first carbon-neutral ship as soon as 2023. The company is likely to order smaller container ships at first while it gets accustomed to the new fuels, CEO  Søren Skou said on a Global Optimism podcast released this week. "Three years from now, we exp...

Suezmax Tanker Wins First Ammonia-Ready Stamp of Approval From ABS by Ship & Bunker News Team Tuesday January 19, 2021 The ABS ammonia-ready label means the ships is designed to be converted to run on ammonia in future. File Image / Pixabay A Suezmax tanker currently under construction has won the worlds first ammonia-ready designation from a classification society. ABS has given the label to a Suezmax under construction at a New Times Shipbuilding yard for Avin International. The ship will...

World Economic Forum: Trade Will Keep Global Economy and Society on Track by Ship & Bunker News Team Tuesday January 19, 2021 WEF: heightened global risks. File Image / Pixabay. The Covi-19 pandemic has hurt global economic growth and prompted a rise in global inequalities which means that future economic growth must be more inclusive, president of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Borge Brende said at the launch of the organisations annual global risk assessment. The reports authors outlined...

Joint Project Claims Ammonia Should be Used in Fuel Cells for Shipping, Not Engines by Ship & Bunker News Team Monday January 18, 2021 Ammonia may prove more effective in fuel cells than in engines. File Image / Pixabay Ammonia will be more effective as a source of energy for the shipping industry if used in fuel cells rather than burned in engines, according to a new industry group seeking to develop the technology. Alfa Laval, Svitzer and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbo...

MSC Joins Hydrogen Council Wednesday January 13, 2021 Leading box carrier Hydrogen Council as part of its wider efforts to explore routes to decarbonisation. The global initiative is focused on the use of hydrogen as a long-term solution for clean energy. “MSC is actively engaging with a wide range of stakeholders to accelerate the development of clean hydrogen fuels for shipping," said Bud Darr, Executive Vice President, Maritime Policy & Government Affairs, MSC Group. "There must be a...

Total Biogas Push is Important Step Towards Bio-LNG Bunkers by Ship & Bunker News Team Wednesday January 13, 2021 French energy company Totals acquisition of a major biogas producer in the country will help boost its ability to supply bio-LNG as a marine fuel, according to the head of its bunkering unit. On Monday Total announced the acquisition of Fonroche Biogaz, the largest producer of renewable gas in France. The company now plans to produce 4-6 TWh/year of biomethane by 2030. "This i...

Mercuria Seeks to Boost Energy Transition Strategy With Alternative Fuels Acquisition by Ship & Bunker News Team Friday January 8, 2021 Global commodity trader Mercuria is planning to boost its role in the energy transition with an acquisition in the renewable fuels space. Mercuria has agreed to buy a 61% stake in US alternative fuels supplier Beyond6 for about $169 million, the company said in a statement on its website last week. "Mercuria is excited to continue to execute on its corpo...