A new EU General Court ruling could pave the way for a quantifiable limit for methane slippage emissions within EU Taxonomy regulations, according to Opportunity Green. The EU’s GC has delivered its judgement in a case brought by three environmental NGOs. It found that, while the European Commission (EC) did not need to define the wording ‘state-of-the-art measures and technologies to mitigate methane slippage emissions,’ it was wrong to determine that ‘it was not necessary to fix a threshold or limit for methane slippage emissions in the technical screening criterion’ to verify the compliance of LNG-fuelled ships under the EU […]

The new LNG-powered cruise ship MSC World Atlantic has touched the water for the first time after its float out at Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France. In a statement issued yesterday (30 September), MSC Cruises said that the vessel will soon become the 25th ship in the MSC Cruises fleet, and the fourth LNG-powered vessel in its world-class series. MSC World Atlantic is set to remain at Chantiers de l’Atlantique while work on its interiors, public spaces and final technical elements takes place, with official delivery to MSC Cruises expected in 2027. Once in operation, the ship is […]

Netherlands-based EST-Floattech has announced it has been contracted by Siemens Energy to supply the battery system for a new commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) for Marco Polo Marine. The ‘CSOV Plus’ vessel is being built at Marco Polo Marine’s shipyard in Batam Indonesia, with Siemens Energy acting as system integrator for the vessel’s hybrid power plant. In a statement sent to ship.energy today (1 October), EST-Floattech said it will deliver a package of its Octopus HE modules with a capacity of more than 1 MWh, supporting the vessel’s hybrid and dynamic positioning (DP) operations. Designed by Salt Ship Design (Norway), […]