Europe

The Bank of Greece has confirmed the decision by Chinese lenders’ Bank of China and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) to establish branches in Athens.

Norway’s Havyard Group is taking the next step towards a hydrogen system pilot for large ships as the project enters the approval phase and agreements have been signed with providers of hydrogen tanks and fuel cells.

Terntank has ordered two new 15,000 dwt liquid biogas (LBG)/LNG powered chemical/product/biofuels tankers with hybrid battery system and on-shore power from Chinese shipbuilder AVIC Dingheng Shipbuilding.

Germany’s Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has taken delivery of three new container gantry cranes for its Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB) in Hamburg, providing additional capacities for handling ultra large containerships with cargo...

Maersk has announced Wednesday that it will trial a containerised battery system onboard a containership to seek improvement in vessel performance and reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

Tighter regulations from the EU on ship recycling could lead to bottleneck in capacity of compliant yards for EU-flagged owners to dispose of their older vessels.

As IMO 2020 fast approaches Clean Marine, which is merging with FMSI, is offering scrubbers for delivery in January with next year, according to ceo Nils Chr. Hoy-Petersen.

Finland’s refiner Neste Corporation has made 0.5% sulphur marine fuel available in Bremerhaven, Germany in response to the upcoming IMO 2020 global regulation.

Pirates have hit a second vessel within days in West Africa kidnapping four seafarers from the Greek tanker Elka Aristotle off Lome, Togo.

The Port of Gdansk is to undergo a huge expansion programme as an outcome of successful high-level meetings between Polish government, port and industry representatives and their Singaporean counterparts last week.