Apple sets road map for carbon neutrality by 2030

Back in the summer of 2020, Apple set the lofty goal of achieving carbon neutrality for its supply chain and products by 2030. Apple, which is estimated to have 1.8 billion devices operating across the globe, is a major cog in the global consumption machine. The company is requiring all of its 200 major manufacturing

Virgin Voyages partners with RSB and three fuel providers for low carbon fuel

Virgin Voyages, a new cruise line, announced that it has partnered with the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB), along with three waste-based sustainable fuel providers to deliver low carbon fuels to the marine industry. Argent Energy, GoodFuels and Twelve are collaborating with the cruise line to further advance Virgin Voyages’ commitment of reaching net zero

Conceptual design for nuclear power plant announced

Portland-based NuScale Power and Canada’s Prodigy Clean Energy have announced a new conceptual design for a transportable and marine-based small modular reactor (SMR) power generating facility, which they are now pitching to shipyards to build. Compared to terrestrial deployments, the benefits of using Prodigy’s technologies to deploy the NuScale power plant begins with manufacturing and

Grimaldi signs order for 10 ammonia-ready car carrier newbuilds

Grimaldi Group, an Italian shipowner has signed an order for the construction of up to ten ammonia-ready pure car and truck carriers worth around $1bn. The Naples-based company has confirmed the expected order for five firm 9,000 ceu units at China Merchants Heavy Industries Jiangsu shipyard with an option for five additional ships. Grimaldi is

WinGD to power QatarEnergy’s newbuilds

WinGD’s latest generation of X72DF-2.1 engines will power 25 vessels as part of the QatarEnergy’s North Field East (NFE) project, the biggest LNG carrier newbuilding project in history. The 50 dual-fuel engines, which feature the new on-engine intelligent control by exhaust recycling (iCER), were selected by multiple shipyards and shipowners, highlighting strong confidence in WinGD’s

First LNG dual-fuel containership launched for Zim

Seaspan Corporation said its first vessel in a series of 10 new 15,000 TEU liquefied natural gas (LNG) dual-fuel containerships has been launched at Samsung Heavy Industries’ shipyard in Geoje, South Korea. The newbuild, ZIM Sammy Ofer, was floated out and is scheduled to enter service under a long-term charter to Israeli shipping company ZIM

Jakson Group to develop $2.8 bn green fuel project

Jakson Green, part of the Jakson Group, said it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Rajasthan government to invest about ₹22,400 crore, roughly $2.8 billion, in Rajasthan State to set up a Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia project in phases. Jakson Green will set up a 3,65,000 tonnes per annum Green Hydrogen

First flex fuel station of India to come up in Karnataka

TruAlt Energy will set up India’s first flex fuel station at Jamkhandi in Bagalkot district of Karnataka. The flex fuel station coming up at Bagalkot will provide bio CNG, ethanol-blended gasoline and a charging facility for electric vehicles. As per reports,TruAlt Energy is aiming to set up 250 flex fuel stations across India in the

Tata Steel’s green metal gets first client

Tata Steel has inked an agreement with American carmaker Ford to supply “zeremis green steel” from its Netherlands-based IJmuiden plant after the unit shifts to hydrogen-based steel making. In Europe, Tata Steel is working to switch to low-carbon technologies to manufacture steel in the UK and the Netherlands. The company’s both businesses Tata Steel UK

Baking powder emerges as new scrubber solution for shipping

Sodium bicarbonate, a substance best known for its baking qualities, has emerged as a new scrubber solution. London-based SodaFlexx has created a concept to treat exhaust gas emissions from ships with sodium bicarbonate powder. The concept was adapted from proven land-based technology, where sodium bicarbonate powder is injected directly into the exhaust gas stream to