Adaptability is the key to meeting the challenges currently facing shipping was a clear message delivered to the Greener Shipping Summit held in Athens last week.

With some 5,000 offshore wind farms forecast to be developed globally in the coming decades the some markets in Asia - Pacific face a shortage of wind turbine installation vessels (WTIV) warns classification society DNV.

The relaunched ONEX Elefsis Shipyards of Greece being selected by the South Korean government as a new maritime innovation and development center with the emphasis on upgrading and transforming standard vessels into ‘eco-friendly’.

A study by the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) has found that conducting ammonia bunkering pilots in Singapore would involve low to mitigable risks, enabling such a pilot project.

The Middle East is one of DNV’s top-performing regions worldwide, as it has classified more than 500 vessels for Middle Eastern owners, representing over 12.6 million gt, one of its top regional officials said.

March was a quiet month for newbuild orders of vessels with alternative fuel capabilities, according to DNV data.