SHIPBUILDING & SHIPREPAIR – IMO

China Wants to Dominate the New Era of Clean Shipbuilding

JSeo@imo.org — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:05:49 +0000

China wants to extend its lead in global shipbuilding to a new generation of vessels that burn clearner fuels.

In safe hands? Onboard the world’s first ammonia-powered ship, billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Green Pioneer

JSeo@imo.org — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:05:49 +0000

Iron-ore billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue brought the world’s first ammonia-powered ship to global attention earlier this month, when it was sailed to Dubai for the COP28 climate summit – with Forrest openly lamenting that it could not actually be fuelled with ammonia.

Port of Antwerp-Bruges & CMB.TECH launch the Hydrotug 1, world’s first hydrogen-powered tugboat

JSeo@imo.org — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:05:40 +0000

The Hydrotug 1 is the first tugboat in the world to be powered by combustion engines that burn hydrogen in combination with traditional fuel.

Europe’s largest rocket travels on a wind-powered cargo ship

JSeo@imo.org — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:05:40 +0000

With its four sails towering 121 feet (37 meters) over its main deck, Canopée is a cargo ship with an unusual design, and a very unusual cargo.

“How realistic is a Wind-assisted propulsion?” – Interview with Christoph Thiem and Martin Köpke

JSeo@imo.org — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:05:30 +0000

Within a dedicated Research and Development study, we are currently evaluating the potential of wind power as a possible decarbonization measure for our future fleet.

The world may be close to getting its first cargo ship that emits almost no carbon dioxide

JSeo@imo.org — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:05:30 +0000

The world’s first cargo ship that produces nearly zero planet-heating pollution is on track to set sail in 2026, according to one of the firms behind the project.

The world’s first clean ammonia-powered container ship

JSeo@imo.org — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:05:20 +0000

With global shipping accounting for 706 million tonnes of CO2 emissions last year, it is iimperative that we cooperate acrosss value chains to reach the 1.5°C goal by 2030.

Japan celebrates delivery of a liquefied CO2 carrier

JSeo@imo.org — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:05:20 +0000

The Shimonoseki Shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries today handed over a new type of ship for Japanese shipbuilders, a liquefied CO2 carrier, which will serve as a demonstration test ship for a seaborne trade many are predicting will bubble up in the years to come.

Seven EU Countries Call for Pause to Shipping’s EU-ETS Inclusion

JSeo@imo.org — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:05:10 +0000

EU member states in the south of the continent are calling for a pause to shipping’s inclusion in the bloc’s emissions trading system, just over a month before the regulation is due to come into effect.

Singapore’s first electric cargo vessel debuts

JSeo@imo.org — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:05:10 +0000

The first fully-electric cargo vessel in Singapore was launched by consortium Goal Zero on Thursday (Nov 23) at Raffles Marina.