Future Fuels
The search for shipping’s green tipping point
The rapid development of zero-emission vessels is an entirely feasible ‘moonshot’ for the shipping industry to reach for; but influencing the wider energy system and creating an infrastructure where dependable future fuel production can be relied upon is the challenge where the maritime sector has limited agency
The search for shipping’s green tipping point
Shipping is going to require clean, cheap energy to completely transition to zero-emission fuel options — and much depends on how quickly the cost of renewables can outpace carbon in the global economy
LNG progress offers lessons for future fuels
While LNG has not made Maersk’s shortlist for zero-emission fuels, its proponents have suggested renewable and synthetic production pathways
Fuel change likely to generate insurance claims, say clubs
The wrong kind of bunkers can do serious damage to hull and machinery, thereby leading to insurance claims
Container shipping goes big on transition fuel
Emission control regulations have forced container lines to consider LNG as an alternative to scrubbers and low-sulphur fuel, with several carriers mulling conversions and newbuildings
Shipping stands on cusp of ‘something extraordinary’, says Frank
Shipping ‘endlessly exciting’ as a career, Angeliki Frangou tells engineering graduates and that technology will enable a new era of ‘proactive reliability’
USA boards Iranian tanker as PGSA outlines Hormuz boundaries
The PGSA iterated that transits through the Strait of Hormuz require its approval, holding firm on its demands even as the US and Iran continue negotiating a peace deal
LNG carriers may end up paying to pollute
LNG carriers may end up paying to pollute rather than switching to bio- or e-LNG in coming years because of the lack of a business case for cleaner options, BW LNG chief executive Yngwil Asheim has said
The week in charts: Iran gas shipments to China plow on despite increased scrutiny | Container volumes continue to surprise | Panama blasts ‘misleading’ complicity claims
Tehran’s outflows remain robust, despite Trump administration’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign; While US tariffs weakened North American imports, Asian exports remained strong, especially to Europe; The Panama Maritime Authority has substantially reduced its share of the Iran-trading fleet over the past 18 months, but US pressure group UANI says it is still complicit in facilitating Iran’s oil export
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