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Piraeus-headquartered Capital Ship Management Corp. has announced it has taken delivery of a new ammonia- and LNG-ready, scrubber-equipped very large crude carrier, the M/T Amore Mio.

A keel laying ceremony has been held at Chowgule Shipyard, India, for AtoB@C Shipping’s second 5,350 DWT electric hybrid vessel.

UK-based maritime technology specialist Emsys Maritime has appointed Goltens Worldwide as an authorised sales, installation, commissioning, and after-sales service partner for its Emsys-iS Marine Emissions Monitor and Emsys-PM Smoke Density Monitor products.

In new analysis published today (9 August), the SEA-LNG cross-industry coalition says that, based on a 10-year payback term, there are ‘signficant benefits’ in going for LNG retrofits over using very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) or operating a vessel on high sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) in combination with scrubbers.

Taiwanese shipping company Evergreen Marine has announced it has received double certification for its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission inventories for its business operations from the BSI (British Standards Institution).

The Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators (SIGTTO) has published two new reports on emissions from LNG carriers.

Technomar Shipping will use the RINACube plattorm to collect the CII ratings data required by the European Union’s Monitor, Reporting and Verification (MRV) and the International Maritime Organization’s Data Collection System (DCS) regulations for 105 of its vessels.

Switzerland-based logistics company Kuehne+Nagel says it has secured the equivalent volumes of a waste-based next generation biofuel to save the CO2e emissions of 40,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).

Ecochlor Inc. is expanding its ‘green marine’ offering with an agreement to provide Armada Technologies with technical and sales support for its new hull air lubrication system which is expected to be brought to market by the end of the year.

Eagle Bulk Shipping CEO, Gary Vogel, has said current economics make scrubbers a more viable option for larger size vessels.