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Ship management company V.Ships Leisure has partnered with Ocean Residences Development for the forthcoming M/Y Njord, a private superyacht which will be powered by e-methanol and bio-methanol.

Lady Monique, the fourth and final dual-fuelled vessel ordered by Dutch shipping company Wijnne Barends, has left Wuhu Shipyard to begin sea trials.

The Netherlands Coastguard has reported a minor oil spill after a collision between a fishing cutter and the chemical tanker Golden Daisy which was at anchor off the coast of Ijmuiden.

Organisations representing the shipping, port and equipment sectors have called on Member States and the European Parliament to direct revenue generated from the inclusion of the shipping sector in the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) into initiatives that will contribute to maritime decarbonisation.

ABS and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME) have formed a joint development project (JDP) to create a decarbonisation strategy for DSME’s LNG carrier designs.

Bureau Veritas (BV) is to class nine hybrid ferries that will transport over 5 million passengers each year on three routes between Hong Kong and outlying islands Lamma Island, Peng Chau, and Hei Ling Chau.

The Singapore Police Force has announced that bunker supplier Sentek Marine & Trading Pte Ltd (Sentek Marine) will be charged in court for offences under the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act (CDSA).

Canada’s EverWind Fuels and Svitzer have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to deploy what they claim will be one of the world’s first green fuel powered commercial tug vessels in the Canso Strait in Nova Scotia.

The US Department of Justice has announced that BP Products North America has agreed to implement an enhanced oil spill response programme at its oil terminals nationwide and also pay a $210,000 penalty for alleged oil spill response violations at its Curtis Bay Terminal in Maryland.

Höegh Autoliners has joined the First Movers Coalition (FMC) and has committed to running at least 5% of its deep sea operations on either green ammonia or green methanol by 2030.