ERMA FIRST brings on board N-KOM expertise through strategic partnership Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM), a joint venture between Qatar’s premier shipping and maritime company, Nakilat, and leading offshore rig…
The Danish Board of Business Development (Danmarks Erhvervsfremmebestyrelse) is granting up to DKK 88,8 million to a partnership between Topsoe, Denmark’s Technical University (DTU) and Aarhus University (AU). Topsoe is…
The MANTA sailboat has been developed by The SeaCleaners to help address the issue of marine plastic pollution, with minimal environmental footprint. Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – June 23, 2022: Bureau Veritas, a world…
Brussels, 23 June, 2022 – The World Shipping Council (WSC) acknowledges the important milestone that has been reached following the adoption of the European Parliament’s position on the EU ETS…
Piraeus, 22.6.2022 – The Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) welcomes the proposed revisions of the EU ETS Directive regarding the shipping sector. The introduced improvements in the text of the…
Deree students together with shipowners and maritime leaders (all HELMEPA members) work together to identify best practices that foster smooth decarbonization, protection of marine environment and sustainable development. In the…
Today, the European Commission presented its legislative proposal on nature restoration, a new law with binding targets to restore degraded land and marine ecosystems across the EU. This is a major milestone…
Part of wider group’s sustainability commitment GAC Norway has signed up to play a vital role in a major Norwegian hydrogen energy project as part of the GAC Group’s commitment…
International shipping plays a central role in global trade, carrying 70% of that trade by value and more than 80% by volume. However, it is also a significant source of…
New product empowers charterers to make more informed decisions when fixing vessels for charter, resulting in reduced fuel consumption and emissions, better contracts, and fewer claims Copenhagen, Denmark; 22 June 2022: Technology company…
Union of Greek Shipowners targets decarbonisation across value chain Following a meeting during the 2022 Posidonia trade fair in Athens, MAN Energy Solutions and the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS)…
Inaugural World Ocean Council BlueFIN (19 October, Barcelona) to Convene the Growing Blue Economy Investment Community The World Ocean Council (WOC) is set to launch its Global Blue Finance Summit as the…
Topsoe’s technologies are set to reduce its customers’ greenhouse gas emissions by 12 million tonnes in 2022 alone. These reductions will not be one-offs but ongoing for the years to…
How the new geopolitical reality affects ESG By Marcus Pratsch The war in Ukraine has a massive impact on all four dimensions of sustainability: economic, environmental, social and governance. Given the…
It was a huge victory for the environment today when the Belgian Federal Parliament voted for the implementation of the “International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection…
Swedish Echandia, a leading developer of heavy-duty energy solutions for maritime electrification, has received a second order from Green City Ferries AB. Green City Ferries is expanding its waterborne public transport in…
ESG mindset, funding, collaboration and “filotimo” HELMEPA’s game changer event on Sustainable Shipping brought together over 420 shipping stakeholders who attended a lively debate between top leading shipowners and cross-industry…
by Frances Baskerville* The 2022 POSIDONIA event at the Metropolitan Expo, off Athens’ Eleftherios Venizelos Airport, felt as if the world had come back to life again. There was no…
Brussels, Belgium – 14 June, 2022 Yesterday at an EU Ocean Week event, six NGOs published their assessment of the EU’s progress to secure a healthy ocean by 2030 –…
Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) – 78th session, 6-10 June 2022 IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee progresses work on GHG reduction; approves Mediterranean Sea emission control area. Highlights: 1. GHG – The MEPC…
IMO Secretary-General opens MEPC meeting IMO: Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 78) 6-10 June 2022 One of the main topics during this virtual meeting will be the further discussion on…
MSC CALEDONIA II PROVIDES MAJOR REFERENCE FOR TURNKEY BIO-SEA BWTS INSTALLATION MSC Caledonia II, formerly named Caledonia has been retrofitted with a BIO-SEA ballast water treatment system in a scope of supply…
Join us for today’s webinar: Rising temperatures, rising seas – IPCC’s 6th assessment reports, climate vulnerable communities and shipping action London June 6th, 2022:- As a meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s…
Relevant for ship owners and managers, design offices, shipyards, suppliers as well as flag states. The IMO Resolution MEPC.325(75) incorporates amendments to the BWM Convention that enter into force on 1…
ECSA and the green group Transport & Environment (T&E) have joined forces to call on EU countries and the members of the European Parliament to introduce necessary amendments to the…