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Three months after starting to divert all its vessels from a passage through the Red Sea, Maersk told customers today that it is too soon in its assessment to resume its normal routes.

While interest in methanol-fueled ships is growing rapidly as a means of addressing emissions, a new fire safety study reports that existing fire-fighting methods and regulations are not ready for methanol ships.

The applications for methanol-fueled vessels meeting the future requirements for zero emissions continue to grow with offshore construction and services company Rem Offshore joining the expanding list of shipowners ordering dual-fuel methanol vessels.

MAN Energy Solutions has announced that its MAN 51/60DF engine has passed the milestone of 10 million operational hours.

SC Ports which operates the Port of Charleston, South Carolina announced plans for a major expansion that will more than double capacity at its North Charleston Terminal.

Norway’s Green Ships Invest is moving forward with plans to develop ammonia-powered dual-fuel electric Platform Supply Vessels, using ammonia technology being developed by U.S.-based startup Amogy.

MAN Energy Solutions has announced the production of a massive Cluster 5 Double Layer Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) converter to MITSUI E&S.

Port Authority of A Coruña looks to develop into a wind port to support floating offshore wind projects.

A new study looking at port readiness and the challenges of handling CO2 captured from ships at sea finds that few ports are ready to handle liquified CO2 coming from ships and preparations are lacking in key areas such as infrastructure and safety training.

Efforts to restore the Chinese cruise market are continuing to move forward with the country reopening its mainland ports for the first time since the pandemic for homeporting of international cruise ships.

A Chinese shipyard completed the first retrofit of a fully functioning carbon capture system aboard a large containership.

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has entered into a collaboration agreement with U.S.-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) to further develop its Clean Harbor Alternative Mobile Power (CHAMP) Barge design.

The Port of Liverpool is embarking on a program to enhance the sustainability of the operations of Peel Ports and continue to advance the efforts to reduce emissions around the port.

Chilean tour operator, Antarctica21, chooses MAN engines once more for diesel-electric set-up for new 94 metre newbuild; follows similar ship from 2019 with same engine type

The Netherlands-based maritime start-up accelerator PortXL has signed a partnership agreement with MINDbase Rotterdam, one of the ‘hubs’ of the Dutch Ministry of Defence’s innovation organisation. Since its founding in 2015, PortXL has facilitated the growth of more than 100 start-up and scale-up companies

The UK Royal Navy is investigating the cause of a fire that broke out aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth when the vessel was moored at a naval base on the coast of Scotland.

Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a Lifecycle Agreement with UK-based P&O Ferries for two of its vessels – the M/V Pioneer and the M/V Liberté.

In an environmentally conscious world, water treatment technologies are doing their part.

Twelve major Japanese energy firms including J-Power and NTT Anode Energy Corporation have teamed up to establish an association for floating offshore wind energy.

In what may be a pivotal moment in the future of alternative marine fuels, the world’s first bunkering of ammonia and tests of adapted engines took place in Singapore aboard an offshore supply vessel retrofitted by Australia’s Fortescue Group.