Boats from a small island
Sandboxing global energy solutions in the Shetlands
Emissions Trading Schemes
Shipping is expected to join the EU’s Emissions Trading System from 2024. While the draft ETS proposal makes its way through the EU’s legislative process, Kevin O’Reilly suggests that shipping could start improving its green credentials now, by buying Voluntary Carbon Credits
Decarbonisation
The impact of shipping’s decarbonisation will be as challenging for island economies as it is for the large global bunker hubs. Lesley Bankes-Hughes reports from the ship.energy summit 2022, where Graeme MacLean of Ricardo gave an update on a collaborative project which focuses on vessel future fuel demand and the local energy infrastructure in Scotland’s Shetland Islands
At the ship.energy summit 2022, Eva Pérez of Fundación Valenciaport explained how innovation and collaboration are the touchstones for the Spanish port’s journey to zero. Lesley Bankes-Hughes reports on progress so far
Maritime Week Americas 2022
Maritime Week Americas returned to Panama in May – a little later than planned – and in his keynote speech Bunker One’s Peter Zachariassen took stock of the past, present and future
Market Focus: Poland
Poland’s main port Gdansk saw record-breaking cargo throughput in 2021 but uncertainty now hangs over the country
Biofuels
The EU’s proposed ‘Fit for 55’ measures have generated new debate on the role of biofuels in shipping’s energy transition. Lesley Bankes-Hughes speaks to Gaetan Perret of Cargill to gauge the regulatory outlook – and demand signals – for marine biofuels
Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems
Wärtsilä’s Kashif Javaid looks at how innovations in exhaust gas abatement technology can help shipping reach its sustainability goals
LNG
A recent roundtable discussion hosted by industry association SEA-LNG considered some of the messaging that surrounds shipping’s future fuels and their pathways to zero emissions
Voyage Optimisation Technology
Amid rising bunker prices, NAPA’s Pekka Pakkanen explains how voyage optimisation technology can help generate fuel efficiency gains
Electrification
Erno Tenhunen of Danfoss’ Editron Division says that the Ellen E-ferry has set the bar for marine electrification
Marine Lubricants
Chevron Marine Lubricants explains how its 40 BN oil has helped meet the challenges posed by IMO 2020
Market Focus: Egypt
With new players set to enter the market and new ‘green fuels’ in the pipeline, Ian Taylor asks if Egyptian bunkering could be due a renaissance
Portugal Shipping Week
Lesley Bankes-Hughes offers a snapshot of the discussions and conversations that took place at the marine energy transition session during Portugal Shipping Week 2022’s flagship conference
Sanctions and Compliance
Anthony Mollet of the Marine Fuels Alliance finds that the situation in Ukraine has emphasised the importance of sanctions and compliance
Wind Propulsion
TOWT’s Yaël Soubeyran believes that wind technologies are set fair to make a major contribution to shipping’s decarbonisation journey
Market Focus: Tanger Med
The Port of Tanger Med is poised for more growth in both its cargo throughput and bunkering
