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British carbon capture specialist Seabound has completed its maiden voyage, capturing 78% of a containership’s carbon emissions and more than 90% of its sulphur output. The pilot, which was made possible with the support of Hapag Lloyd and Lomar, and approved by ABS, saw data collected at sea for over two months. The pilot saw …
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https://splash247.com/british-carbon-capture-device-in-successful-pilot/French shipowner Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) will install Norsepower Rotor Sails on a new low-emission roro fleet to be chartered to Airbus. The Norsepower Rotor Sail is a modernised version of the old Flettner rotor concept that uses electric power to actively rotate the cylinder-shaped rotors on the deck. The new low-emission vessels, which will …
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https://splash247.com/norsepower-seals-largest-wind-assist-contract-to-date/New York-listed Greek owner Costamare has reaffirmed its dry bulk fleet renewal and focus on larger tonnage in the sector. The Konstantinos Konstantakopoulos-led company has revealed the sale of nine ships ranging between 32,400 dwt and 56,670 dwt and built between 2006 and 2012. Five bulkers have already switched hands, resulting in net proceeds after …
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https://splash247.com/costamare-continues-clearout-of-smaller-bulkers/US supermajor ExxonMobil has reserved up to four slots for shuttle tanker newbuilds in South Korea. Shipbuilding sources report Samsung Heavy Industries winning a tender for a pair of 150,000 dwt units with delivery in June and December 2027 and options attached for two more newbuilds. Samsung is the biggest builder of these vessels that …
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https://splash247.com/exxonmobil-lines-up-shuttle-tanker-newbuilds/AP Moller-Maersk has achieved another industry first, having validated its decarbonisation targets to be in line with the Paris Agreement’s goal to hold the global average temperature increase at 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. The Danish shipping and logistics group has seen its goals verified by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) – a group that …
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https://splash247.com/maersk-sets-new-bar-with-shippings-first-climate-target-validation/French liner CMA CGM has fallen foul of competition authorities in Polynesia in its bid to take over Bolloré Logistics. The Polynesian Competition Authority said this week it will block the takeover deal unless CMA CGM cancels one of its liner services, the Panama Direct Line, or sells Bolloré’s subsidiary in the region. The body …
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https://splash247.com/cma-cgm-faces-polynesian-hurdle-in-its-pursuit-of-bollore-logistics/The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took its second price cap enforcement action of 2024 yesterday, imposing sanctions on four entities and identifying one Gabon-flagged vessel as blocked property, the latest in a series of measures designed to hamper Russian oil exports. The US is part of an international …
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https://splash247.com/washington-unveils-further-sanctions-against-russian-linked-tanker-operators/Swedish shipowner Furetank has ordered two dual-fuel product tankers from China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Yangzhou with delivery expected at the end of 2026. The 17,999 dwt product tankers, like the ten tankers ordered by Furetank’s alliance with the Algoma Central Corporation, will be entered into the Gothia Tanker Alliance. The two Vinga vessels will …
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https://splash247.com/furetank-orders-dual-fuel-product-tanker-pair/New York-listed Greek bulker owner Diana Shipping has entered into a time charter contract with Ming Wah International Shipping for one of its vessels. Ming Wah chartered the 2011-built, 82,165 dwt kamsarmax bulker The gross charter rate is $17,000, minus a 5% commission paid to third parties, for a period until a minimum of August …
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https://splash247.com/diana-shipping-charters-out-bulker-to-ming-wah/Qatari gas shipping giant Nakilat has been selected by QatarEnergy to own and operate up to 25 vessels as part of the Middle Eastern country’s second phase of a massive LNG shipbuilding program. The Doha-based outfit will take ownership of 174,000 cu m units set for construction in South Korea and charter them to affiliates …
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