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16th August 2019
Shipowner backs LNG “until zero emission solution is found”
Arista Shipping founder Alexander Panagopulos has defended
LNG’s environmental credentials in the wake of a challenge by Norwegian
research institute SINTEF Ocean.
As reported last week, SINTEF has disputed greenhouse gas emission (GHG) figures published in a study commissioned by LNG lobby groups. The challenge contends that, because of methane slip, LNG only improves GHG emissions when...
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18th August 2019
Is methanation the future of ship fuel?
An increasing number of shipowners and shipyards are
investigating the potential of synthetic methane or methanol to reduce
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is the latest maritime company to
turn its attention to fuels that can be produced by methanation. The Japanese
shipowner aims to develop synthetic methane for use on ships and establish a
supply chain....
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16th August 2019
Ship finance and GHG: Strengthening the Poseidon Principles
In June 2019, 11 banks announced the launch of the Poseidon Principles, a framework to help them determine climate risk of shipping portfolios. In this article, Samantha Fisk looks at the Principles and asks how effective they will be.
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9th August 2019
Reports highlight positive impacts of port digitalisation
In the last few weeks a number of key announcement shave been made that highlight how digitalisation has been sweeping across the port sector
Port of Rotterdam, in conjunction with the British Ports Association issued a glossy 8 page white paper, Navis, a port digitalisation software provider announced further automation developments in the Peruvian...
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6th August 2019
LNG study dispute puts methane slip in the spotlight
A respected scientist has challenged the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions achievable by using LNG as a marine fuel. The challenge focuses on claims made in a recent report commissioned by lobby group SEALNG and the Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel (SGMF).
In the original study, consultant Thinkstep concluded that LNG can reduce...
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1st August 2019
The cost of not going green
The cost of complying with environmental regulations looks painful for most, but what is the cost for shipowners that do not want to comply?
Norwegian bank Nordea has conducted a study in to the cost factors that look set to hit shipowners through regulations coming in to play.
“What we are seeing now in questions for...
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30th July 2019
The future of listed maritime cleantech
Shipping may be cyclical in nature, and anyone with a long-time vested (financial) interest in it will know that these cycles can be shocking and sudden. But there is a new type of stock-listed company that is having something of a good run - maritime cleantech.
In the last two years early investors in...
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20th June 2019
Port efficiency relies on trust: IPCDMC
Ports and terminals wishing to be part of the push to improve transport chain efficiency need to engage with all businesses involved in vessel port calls and find the best ways to share data, according to the International PortCDM Council in its latest Implementation Note.
IPCDMC is pushing a particular form of communication that aims...
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18th June 2019
Leading banks join battle to green shipping
After months of speculation a group of 11 major banks engaged in ship finance have launched a set of principles outlining the climate -focused considerations they will make with their future investments.
The 11 banks, which includes Citi, Societe Generale, DNB say ina press release they represent $100bn in loans and will align their portfolios...
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13th June 2019
Harnessing big ocean data: The philanthropic way
Kjell Inge Rokke's ocean foundation has recruited the man credited with building the DNV GL Veracity platform to do wonders with ocean data.
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12th June 2019
e-Trade: Technology improves for seamless door-to-door trade flows
Communication technology to help ports, terminals, shippers and shipping lines communicate, or at least help their internal digital systems communicate exists and should be used more frequently according to the latest note from the International Port CDM Council.
Port Collaborative Decision Making seeks to create a common standard that will reduce one of the main...
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30th April 2019
Shipowners send open letter to IMO in support of mandatory speed cuts
ShIpowners send joint letter to IMO in support of mandatory speed reductions to meet immediate emission cut goals
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29th April 2019
Dynamic clusters reshaping the shipping and ocean spaces
Industry defining, changing, entrepreneurial and driven: Is a new breed of industry player emerging as clusters, incubators and start-up accelerators make their mark?
Clusters are an important part of bringing any industry to life. Innovation loves company and the ability to share experiences, ideas and find common goals are critical parts of...
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28th April 2019
The need for shipowners to better integrate into supply chains
Shipowners and operators need to move beyond using vessel specific digital solutions and grasp the transformational benefits of cross-transport chain collaboration
EXPERTS are warning that shipping is likely to become more integrated into supply chains, and the old fashioned models of looking at shipping as asset plays, where they are chartered out for hopeful profit...
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11th April 2019
Is LNG really part of a low carbon shipping future?
While a new study highlights the benefits of LNG as solid move towards a low carbon future for shipping, other experts reassert their claims it is a dead-end.
A study has been published by Sea/LNG and the Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel to demonstrate the emissions reductions of liquid natural gas...
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8th April 2019
Briefing: IMO makes port single window mandatory
Briefing: 06 08/04/2019
The Facilitation Convention encourages use of a "single window" for data, to enable all the information required by public authorities in connection with the arrival, stay and departure of ships, persons and cargo, to be submitted via a single portal, without duplication.
Briefing from IMO: A mandatory requirement for national governments to introduce electronic...
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3rd April 2019
Launching a Greek Accelerator
Greek shipping may be one of the oldest, most family-rooted
and influential markets in the maritime industry.
With so many privately-owned shipowners it has garnered reputations, both good and bad, over the years. One of these reputations is of owners reluctant to adapt to change; looking at new technology with even more scepticism than others in...
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2nd April 2019
Port CDM: The story so far
The final report of the STM Validation project into the work identifying how common messaging during port calls can create efficiencies has been released.
Nine ports in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Nordics have been involved in trialing a standard messaging format, which is being finalised at IALA for global use.
They are part of...
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22nd March 2019
PortCDM proves data sharing saves money and time
An industry wide data-sharing initiative known as PortCDM has demonstrated the efficiencies that can be created when sharing data, but also highlighted the persistent issue of companies not wanting to share information, an issue called data protectionism.
The PortCDM Concept, where CDM stands for Collaborative Decision Making, has been tested for three and a half...
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21st March 2019
Market insight: APAX Partners Potential Takeover of Inmarsat
The following opinion/blog is from Valour Consultancy
On 7th of March 2019, Inmarsat PLC announced its unaudited financial results for the year ended 31 December 2018, resulting in its share price rising from £399 to £453 over a four-day period post announcement, equating to 13.5 per cent increased, on the perception of this “excellent” performance....
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12th March 2019
Can Norway lead the way to decarbonisation?
Norwegian businesses want the country to emulate its successful NOx fund when it comes to industrial decarbonisation, particularly in the offshore and shipping sectors.
The Norwegian NOx fund has been seen by many countries as a successful model in getting shipowners to invest in NOx reduction technologies or practices. It was launched by the Industry...
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12th March 2019
Di Gilpin: The woman calling for a gale
Di Gilpin is on the way to seeing one of her dreams come true. For the last decade, and maybe longer, she has been a staunch and vocal supporter of the use of wind power in shipping
This is not the voice of a dreamer, environmental campaigner or of an eco-evangelist believing she can save...
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25th February 2019
Norway looking to expand UNESCO fjord environmental rules around the country
NEW environmental rules in Norway come into force on March 1st. They apply to vessels, mostly cruise ships, sailing into the country’s five protected fjords, but already the Norwegian parliament has told its maritime directorate to assess the impact of rolling out the rules across the country’s other waters.
Five of Norway’s fjords are heritage...
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25th January 2019
Is this the end of the seafarer and the rise of the e-farer?
The shipping industry is changing, there's no question about this. New technological solutions are emerging in an industry that took more than a century to fully switch from sail to coal, then another hundred to move to oil, and is now having to struggle with the next switch to happen in less than half...
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24th January 2019
STEAMING – a Digital way forward to promote port-to-port efficiency
A Cyprus based project has been launched to demonstrate the commercial next steps following the close of the latest part of an EU-funded sea traffic management (STM) validation project.
STEAM, which stands for Sea Traffic Management in the Eastern Mediterranean brings together commercial companies, research institutes and the Cyprus Shipping Association to develop one key...
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15th January 2019
"Stop wringing your hands about the image of the industry and act"
industry announcement: Increased regulatory requirements, public demand for reducing environmental impacts and transparency provided by the internet and social networks.... all these factors are contributing to the necessity of the maritime industry to re-focus its public image. But how?
“Industry members understand the value proposition of the maritime sector, but communicating that to the public has...
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14th December 2018
Hurtigruten to take its first hybrid ship through the Northwest passage
Hurtigruten, the Norwegian cruise ship and ferry operator, is to send one of its newbuildings through the Arctic North West passage over Canada next year.
Roald Amundsen is one of three confirmed hybrid expedition cruise ships currently under construction at Noway’s Kleven Shipyard in Ulsteinvik. The vessel has four Rolls-Royce four stroke engines and two...
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7th December 2018
Shipping IoT: Putting a brain in a container
A shipping start-up with a unique box of tricks wants to turn each and every container smart, not to track the contents of each box, but to give shippers and shipping lines a chance to build up a true picture of their integrated supply chain.
That’s why they are looking for a shipping line where...
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23rd January 2019
The answer is blowin' in the wind
The coming two years could become the key period when wind assist technologies come of age, again.
As climate scientists and political minds continue their chess game around the UNFCCC meetings, technology firms that seek to fuel shipping by another means than from fossilised hydrocarbons are finding they have an societal ear into which they...
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30th November 2018
Singapore joins list of ports banning open loop scrubbers
The Port of Singapore has joined a growing list of ports that are taking a cautionary approach to open loop exhaust gas scrubbers.
In a wide ranging speech, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore chief executive Andrew Tan said that the MPA was working to ensure the waters around Singapore remain clean.
"To protect the marine...
