Tag: GHG

During the 2024 GREEN4SEA Singapore Forum, Capt. Satinder Virdi, Principal Consultant, Head of Research and Development, Maritime Advisory, DNV Singapore Pte. Ltd., discussed the role of technical and operational measures in enhancing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions management and emphasized the complexities involved in selecting the appropriate fuel, which depend on factors such as trade routes, fuel availability, vessel type, and stakeholder roles.

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has outlined its latest progress and plans to decarbonize global shipping by or around 2050, in a submission to the Bonn Climate Conference. 

According to the latest ABS research, geopolitical instability, scalability of fuel production and retrofits to existing vessels are key factors impacting the shipping industry’s journey to net zero by 2050.

Two reports co-released by Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California Berkeley and Energy & Environmental Research Associates delve into policy changes and technology to decarbonize ocean going vessels, Pacific Environment highlights. 

Allianz Commercial explains that enhancing shipyard capacity will be essential for facilitating the addition of thousands of environmentally friendly ships to the worldwide fleet over the next twenty-five years.

Shipowners need to prepare in detail for the requirements and compliance of the next phase of environmental regulations, writes Stamatis Fradelos, VP Regulatory Affairs, ABS.

Biofuels could play an important role in decarbonizing the maritime industry, which is under pressure to gradually reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Takuya Koizumi, general manager of NYK’s Decarbonization Group said.

Yara Clean Ammonia and Greenko ZeroC signed a term sheet for supply of renewable ammonia from Phase 1 of AM Green’s ammonia production facility in Kakinada, India.

According to Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), the Shofu Maru coal carrier equipped with the Wind Challenger hard sail wind propulsion system, has confirmed that the vessel achieved daily fuel savings of up to 17% and average voyage savings of 5 to 8%.

NS United Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd. (NS United) announced that, together with Nippon Shipyard Co., Ltd. (NSY), Imabari Shipbuilding Co., and Japan Marine United Corporation, have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the construction of Cape-size bulk carriers using dual methanol fuel, which are next-generation fuel vessels, jointly studied by NSY and NS United.