In its 2022 Seastainability Report, Royal Caribbean Group (RCL) said this marked a watershed moment in the company’s advancement of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) efforts. Major events include the 30th anniversary of the company’s first environmental programme - Save the Waves - and the [Read more...]
In what is claimed to be a cruise ship sector first, two ships were connected to shore power simultaneously at Warnemünde recently. AIDA Cruises celebrated the start of this year's cruise season with the double call of ‘AIDAsol’ and ‘AIDAmar’ at Rostock/Warnemünde. The company said [Read more...]
TotalEnergies Marine Fuels has completed the first bio-fuel bunkering operation in the Mediterranean from a French port. During a trial carried out in Toulon, 100 tonnes of bio-fuel, consisting of diesel fuel (MGO) and 30% of biomolecules (FAME - fatty acid methylester) produced from used [Read more...]
On 7th April 2023, Tallink Grupp’s shuttle ropax ‘Megastar’ started using high voltage shore connection facilities at the Port of Helsinki’s West Harbour, while the vessel was berthed overnight in between departures. Shore power is now used by Tallink’s vessels at Stockholm, Tallinn and Helsinki, which means fewer [Read more...]
The British Columbia Government is to invest Can$9 mill towards the cost of delivering clean power to cruise ships berthed at the Ogden Point cruise terminal at Victoria (BC). This funding will help plan, design and deliver clean, renewable energy to cruise ships, British Columbia’s Transportation [Read more...]
Schneider Electric, involved in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, is a technical partner in an eight-month consultancy project to design and deliver the UK’s first green shipping corridor between the Ports of Dover, Calais and Dunkirk. This is part of the UK’s Clean [Read more...]
A cross industry initiative formed to reduce maritime methane emissions revealed seven new members at Lloyd’s Register’s (LR) LNG Forum event held in Doha, Qatar. Led by Safetytech Accelerator, the Methane Abatement in Maritime Innovation Initiative’s (MAMII) current members include Carnival Corp, Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), Shell [Read more...]
Swedish marine tech company, Qtagg is releasing an update to its voyage optimisation system EcoPilot, by adding a CII mode. By using the CII mode, a ship will arrive at her destination with a predetermined CII rating. EcoPilot is already an established solution, that saves [Read more...]
DFDS, the largest ferry operator on the Channel route, in co-operation with the Port of Dover, Port Boulogne Calais, and Dunkerque-Port, is embark upon a joint programme of work that will enable the electrification of maritime traffic on the Channel. This was agreed at the [Read more...]
The ten-year-old Viking Grace returned to operate between Turku and Stockholm on 12 February as a better and climate-smarter version of itself. During its three-week visit to the dock, new technology to reduce fuel consumption was installed and the interior refurbished. We recycled 5,000 square [Read more...]