Tag: decarbonization

Effective from 1 May 2024, the latest amendment to MARPOL Annex VI, Appendix V “Information to be included in the bunker delivery note”, brings changes to the documentation requirements on bunker delivery notes (BDN), Britannia Club highlights.

The Sea Cargo Charter (SCC) is expanding its scope four years after its inception. With 37 signatories already on board, this expansion aims to increase the initiative’s impact on transparency and shipping decarbonisation across the entire industry by allowing charterers and shipowners to monitor and report their emissions under a common framework.  

Forty four European transport organisations are joining forces in a campaign to call on the EU for a robust transport funding instrument.

The 2024 GREEN4SEA Athens Forum successfully took place on Tuesday 2nd of April 2024 at the Lighthouse of Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), Athens. The event focused on the various alternatives that the maritime industry explores in its ongoing efforts to reduce emissions, planning for a green and sustainable future. 

ABS has joined the BlueBARGE Project, a program funded by the Horizon Europe program and involving 14 partners from 10 European countries to develop a comprehensive solution for offshore electrical power bunkering.

Pick your jaw up off the floor, as NAVTOR’s Bjørn Åge Hjøllo explains how the Green AI for Sustainable Shipping (GASS) initiative promises to transform the ability of shipowners and operators to slash fuel consumption, emissions and OPEX, ushering in a smarter, greener, more connected maritime future.

Apo Belokas, Managing Editor, SAFETY4SEA, delves into the evolving landscape of the shipping industry, emphasizing the imperative of addressing human factors in relation to decarbonization and digitalization as new industry realities.

Vitol Bunkers has completed the first delivery of B30 biofuel blend in Singapore, the first time that biofuel above concentration B25 has been delivered.

Eni, Fincantieri, and RINA have signed an agreement to develop joint initiatives to accelerate the energy transition of the maritime industry.

During the SAFETY4SEA Limassol Forum, Dr. Chara Georgopoulou, Senior Research Engineer II and Head of Maritime DNV R&D and Advisory, Greece, focused on the changes and challenges that increasing decarbonization and its relevant regulation have posed to the maritime industry.