Europe

Norwegian research institute SINTEF has said that using liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a fuel could increase the amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emitted into the atmosphere under certain circumstances.

The European Commission (EC) has announced on Wednesday the inclusion of shipping in the European Green Deal under which several policy initiatives aim to put Europe on track to reach net-zero global warming emissions by 2050.

SAL Heavy Lift has adopted a new hydrogen/methanol injection technology for its fleet for the reduction of harmful emissions and other particles.

More than 10% of the world’s containership capacity will be fitted with scrubbers by January 2020 when IMO’s global 0.5% fuel sulphur cap comes into effect, according to analyst Alphaliner.

Oslo-listed Belships has penned two letters of intent for the purchase of a pair of ultramax bulk carriers.

A harbour crane Antwerp port collapsed in the afternoon of Monday after being hit by container vessel APL Mexico City.

Iceland will enforce the use of 0.1% sulphur bunker fuels in its territorial waters from 2020, a sulphur cap that is more stringent that IMO 2020.

The port of Rotterdam has shared that sales of its very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) are generating increasing interest ahead of IMO 2020 with half of November sales being the 0.5% sulphur grade.

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is committing to using biofuel blends following trials earlier this year.

A meeting of all the states bordering the Mediterranean Sea, except Syria, has agreed a road map that could see the creation of a Mediterranean Sulphur Emission Control Area (Med SECA) by 2024.