The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation announced it will join the Clean Energy Marine Hubs (CEM Hubs) initiative.

Offshore wind is attracting considerable interest and last week saw the announcement of the merger between NYSE-listed Eneti and Copenhagen-headquartered Cadeler, however, in the US there is growing political pressure on the sector’s development.

Bureau Veritas has issued Approval in Principle (AiP) to Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion (WASP) technologies for use on LNG carriers and VLCCs.

The Sea Cargo Charter has highlighted issues with measurements of emissions and efficiency of ships at the same time as calling from the IMO to adopt ambitious decarbonisation targets next month at the MEPC80 meeting.

The long-awaited approval by Bangladesh of the IMO’s Hong Kong Convention (HKC) has been welcomed by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) as the major ship recycling nation joins India in ratifying the regulation.

A union has demanded that ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac) be taken into public ownership after a tendering deadline passed.

Classification society DNV and UAE-based owner and operator of jack-up barges and offshore support vessels (OSVs), Zakher Marine International (ZMI), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to reduce offshore greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Precious Shipping boss Khalid Hashim has called on the IMO to put a hard stop on building fuel oil burning ships from 2030 and a scrapping of all vessels over 20-years old by 2035.