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Kuwait Oil Company has taken delivery of a new oil spill response vessel designed by Robert Allan Ltd.

GTT has announced that it recently received orders from Korean shipyards Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for the tank design of two new LNG carriers (LNGC).

The Air District Board responsible for the San Francisco Bay Area has passed new amendments that will further reduce particulate matter (PM) emissions from the region’s refineries.

MSC Cruises, which yesterday (22 July) published its 2020 Sustainability Report, has confirmed that it ‘remains on track to meet, or likely exceed, the target for 40% improvement in emissions intensity by 2030 compared to 2008’.

Dry bulk owner Berge Bulk has announced it has recently launched a pilot test on its vessel, Berge K2, to trial the maritime application of solar technology.

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has announced that a new volumetric fee will be imposed on LNG cargo operations in order to ‘support LNG bunkering and breakbulk activities at the port’.

Wärtsilä will supply the steerable and tunnel thrusters for two new wind farm turbine installation vessels being built for the Chinese state-owned power company China Three Gorges Corporation (CTGC).

Kathrin Brost, DHL Global Forwarding’s Vice President, Global Head of GoGreen Program, wants to make the case for carbon insetting in shipping. As she explains to Bunkerspot: ‘What this world actually needs is a process which is as easy as offsetting but which helps to reduce CO2 emissions within the transport industry.’

Eni and Kenya’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mining have signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on promoting decarbonisation under which they will look at ways of providing feedstocks for Eni’s bio-refineries.

Rolls Royce has announced that the generator that will be at the heart of ‘the most powerful hybrid-electric aero power and propulsion system in aerospace’ has arrived for installation at the newly-renovated Testbed 108 in Bristol – adding that the generator ‘could also be used as part of a “more-electric” system for larger aircraft or within future ground or marine applications’.