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Denmark-headquartered shipping giant Maersk has described 2025 as ‘a pivotal year’ for the energy transition of its fleet, which is set to include at least 19 dual-fuel methanol vessels by the end of the year.

The world’s first ship with a full-scale onboard carbon capture and storage (OCCS) system, the Solvang-owned Clipper Eris, is ready for pilot testing.

Container shipping giant CMA CGM has announced it has taken delivery of the LNG-powered CMA CGM Saint Anne.

The Maritime Emissions Reduction Centre (MERC) – the Athens-based non-profit set up by Lloyd’s Register’s Maritime Decarbonisation Hub and a group of prominent Greek shipowners – has launched its first publication, in which it emphasises the importance of applying efficiency measures to the existing fleet to meet IMO Mid-Term GHG reduction measures.

Trafigura, in collaboration with CF Industries, has today (16 January) announced the completion of the first co-loaded ammonia and propane shipment operation of its kind. 

Jacob Armstrong, who was previously Shipping Policy Manager at the NGO Transport & Environment (T&E), has joined the Brussels-based WWF European Policy Office as Oceans Policy Manager.

The long-term future of the marine biofuel market ‘hinges on the availability of sustainable biomass at an affordable level, as well as competition with other sectors,’ DNV’s CEO Maritime Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen said as the classification society publishes a white paper on the potential of biofuels in shipping.

Italy’s Environment and Energy Security Minister Gilberto Pichetto has inked two international agreements – a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Saudi Arabia and a strategy partnership with the United Arab Emirates (UA) and Albania – which both have a strong focus on developing renewables and supporting the energy transition.

In its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, the US Energy Information Administration said that it expects ‘downward oil price pressures over much of the next two years’, as it believes that ‘global oil production will grow more than global oil demand’.

The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has published a new recommendation aimed at supporting the effective adoption of onshore power supply (OPS) systems.