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The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) and global trade association Interferry have agreed a common work programme to promote an environmentally sustainable future for the European ferry business through the provision...

Singapore-based shipping company Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has taken delivery of STL Yangtze, the first of the company’s six new very large ethane carriers (VLECs). Ordered in 2020, the 98,000 cbm newbuilding...

The UK government has announced a multi-million investment that aims to kickstart innovation in the maritime sector and tackle shipping emissions. On 24 May, Maritime Minister Robert Courts confirmed the £12 million...

US-based cruise holding company Royal Caribbean Group and Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping have formalized their collaboration by signing a partnership agreement on 23 May 2022. With the...

Singapore-based marine services and vessel provider Miclyn Express Offshore (MEO) has decided to beef up its fleet by ordering five executive crew boats from Singapore’s Penguin Shipyard International (Penguin). These...

On 23 May, five companies from across Asia, Europe, and North America announced their plan to join the NextGen CDR Facility as founding buyers to scale up carbon removal technologies and catalyze the market for high quality...

MSC Cruises, the cruise division of Swiss MSC Group, says its LNG-fuelled newbuild MSC World Europa is set to become the greenest and most efficient vessel in its fleet when it is delivered in October 2022. On 23 May...

Latvian energy company Virši has signed an agreement with Skulte LNG Terminal to buy 20 per cent of its shares and announced plans to jointly develop an LNG terminal at the port of Skulte. Since 2016, Skulte LNG...

Anglo-Australian mining group Rio Tinto and British energy company BP have agreed to work together on a one-year biofuel trial to help reduce carbon emissions from Rio Tinto’s marine fleet. Under the trial, BP is...