EMISSIONS

In response to the IMO’s implementation of the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII), RINA has launched a Vessel Reporting System (VRS) aimed at boosting decarbonisation efforts through simple reporting.

The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) is pleased to award its concept study on offloading liquefied CO2 (LCO2) captured onboard ships to Lloyd’s Register, supported by their partner Arup.

Leading maritime sustainability specialist Grow Sustainability Consulting has welcomed the new EU ‘Fit for 55’ initiative which has been developed to ensure shipping meets the industry’s decarbonisation targets.

DNV has enhanced its Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) data platform as part of an effort to accelerate the decarbonization of shipping.

On 16 March 2023, the European Commission proposed the Net-Zero Industry Act to scale up the manufacturing of clean technologies in the EU and make sure the Union is well-equipped with net-zero technologies for the clean-energy transition.

Bureau Veritas (BV), a world leader in Testing, Inspection and Certification, has announced that it will class two hybrid double hull, double end ferries, which will be equipped with battery and solar power technology for operation in Hong Kong.

Designed by CoCo Yachts, a Dutch naval architect design and development company, the Urban Sprinters 1000 vessels will be operated by Sun Ferry Services Company Limited.

ABS is leading a unique approach to advance the shipbuilding industry’s decarbonization efforts with a joint development project (JDP) involving all the leading Korean shipyards plus the classification group Korean Register to address a growing need in the calculation of greenhouse gas (GHG) Scope 3 emissions.

Drop-in biofuels have the potential to immediately transform a vessel’s Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) rating regardless of fuel type, with diesel vessels seeing the most significant gains.