Singapore's public-private trade data partnership, SGTraDex, has launched an industry-backed initiative to digitalize bunkering transactions. The new trade platform went live on June 1 after a month of "soft-launch" testing. The initiative's objective is to use digitalization to head off any further oil-trading fraud scandals, like...
French carbon emissions verification company Verifavia has sold a majority stake to Normec, a Dutch testing, inspection and certification organisation. The post Emissions verification company...
Maritime battery system manufacturer Corvus Energy announced Tuesday that it will open a new factory in Washington State, significantly expanding its U.S. footprint to meet growing demand from industry. The new manufacturing plant in the Port of Bellingham will have an annual output of 200 MWh...
Towage operator Svitzer, part of Maersk, has unveiled its decarbonisation strategy that will enable the company to become fully carbon neutral by 2040. The post Maersk’s Svitzer zeroes in on...
The world’s first hydrogen-powered push boat (towboat), the Elektra, has been christened in Berlin. The creation of this groundbreaking vessel has taken shipbuilder Hermann Barthel and its partners two years. The vessel is intended to maximize the use of energy carried on board. In addition to...
On 26 May, Japanese tugboat services provider Tokyo Kisen held a naming and launching ceremony of the electric tugboat Taiga, currently under construction at Kanagawa Dockyard. The post Tokyo Kisen...
[By PO3 Kimberly Reaves] Water stretches as far as the eye can see, and the air is chilled. The ocean’s surface is studded with memorial wreaths as the shadow of a fixed-wing plane passes just ahead. This is the sight of the famous sinking of the RMS...
The British-Dutch biofuel producer Argent Energy is expanding its second-generation biodiesel production capacity in the Port of Amsterdam to contribute to sustainable shipping and road...
Having previously run the world’s largest ship registry – Panama – Alfonso Castillero came to the Liberian Registry eight years ago with a single goal in mind: Make it the biggest and best. TME: Tell us about yourself. Where were you born and educated? I am from...
ION Geophysical Corporation announced today that its climate-smart, digital platform, Marlin SmartPort, has fulfilled its role in helping monitor greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the Data-Led...
