Amazon is increasing the use of short sea trips to move inventory and customer packages across Europe as part of its effort to provide a more efficient, faster, and lower-emission mode of freight transport. The e-commerce giant operates multiple sea routes to transfer goods between Italy and Spain...
https://splash247.com/amazon-takes-to-the-sea-for-more-sustainable-deliveries-in-europe/
North Sea oil and gas producers BP, Equinor and Ithaca Energy signed an agreement to study electrification possibilities for their offshore production facilities in the West of Shetland area. The deal includes three large fields off the UK – the BP-operated Clair, the Equinor-operated Rosebank and...
France-based wind propulsion specialist Airseas is sharing the first footage of its automated kite system Seawing in use during transatlantic sea trials. The trial took place on board the roll-on/roll-off…
https://gcaptain.com/new-kite-system-for-ships-trialed-on-transatlantic-voyage/
A Singapore-based consortium supporting the decarbonization of the maritime sector is seeking proposals for the development of commercial-scale shipboard carbon capture technology. The consortium, called the Global Centre for Maritime…
https://gcaptain.com/shipboard-carbon-capture-project-seeking-proposals/
The Singapore-based Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) is issuing an invitation-for-proposal (IFP) to evaluate the safety, technical and operational requirements for offloading shipboard captured CO2 during port calls. The outcomes of this study will enable the offloading of...
France-based wind propulsion developer Airseas has issued the first pictures and video footage (see below) of its automated kite system Seawing in flight during ongoing transatlantic sea trials. The company has completed initial trials, which are taking place on the 154 m roro , as it transports...
https://splash247.com/airseas-showcases-kite-system-in-action/
As someone who has always been a proponent of standardisation, the current state of affairs in maritime technology and solutions continues to be a source of weakness argues Frank Coles. You could argue that innovation through multiple start-ups, protocols, different GUIs, etc, should be helpful in...
The U.S. Coast Guard and Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) are continuing to monitor periodic oil discharges from the sunken Liberty Ship Thomas Heyward. The World War II-era vessel…
French energy major TotalEnergies has become the eighth member of the Castor Initiative, a multinational coalition of shipping industry players committed to the development and construction of ammonia-powered tankers. The coalition, founded in 2020 by Malaysia’s top shipping line MISC, South Korean...
https://splash247.com/totalenergies-comes-onboard-ammonia-powered-tanker-project/
Op-Ed By Rear Admiral Nadeau (US Coast Guard, Retired) Efforts to decarbonize the maritime industry are underway. The shipping industry has faced and overcome significant hurdles in the past. Just two years…
https://gcaptain.com/the-maritime-decarbonization-conundrum/