A new report from the Getting to Zero Coalition and the UCL Energy Institute says that policy uncertainty is hampering shipping’s energy transition and it describes the failure to adopt the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Net Zero Framework (NZF) last year as ‘the single most transition-regressive event’ in the five years that the report has been running. This year’s edition of the report, ‘Climate action in shipping: Progress towards shipping’s 2030 breakthrough’, was launched yesterday (22 September) during New York Climate Week. Each year since its inception, the study has reported back on the international shipping industry’s progress in reaching […]

Multimodal logistics provider CLdN has placed an order with HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD Hyundai HI) for two new LNG dual-fuel RoRo vessels. Construction of the new vessels is set to begin towards the beginning of 2028, with delivery scheduled for mid-2029, CLdN said in a statement issued yesterday (22 September). The vessels will be built with space reserved for the future addition of larger electric shaft generators and batteries as the technology matures. CLdN highlighted that while fuel consumption per vessel is expected to be similar to that of CLdN’s existing 5,000 lane-metre class ships, the increased cargo capacity […]

The Sadie Ann, a battery hybrid research vessel custom-designed by Incat Crowther for the University of Wisconsin-Superior’s Lake Superior Research Institute (LSRI), has been delivered and is set to enter service. In a statement issued yesterday (22 September), Incat Crowther said the new vessel, built at the Midship Marine shipyard in Louisiana, ‘can operate independently on battery power, via diesel engines, or through a combination of technologies’. It has two John Deere diesel engines paired with twin Esco Power electric motors and an 86kWh battery pack. Described by LSRI as ‘a floating classroom’, the new vessel will provide students of […]