COSCO launches fully-electric 10,000 ton container ship service

Chinese state-owned company COSCO Shipping has launched what it calls the “world’s largest” river-to-sea electric container ship. The Green Water 01 is a 10,000-ton+ fully electric vessel that sets a new benchmark in sustainability in the marine logistics industry. China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company, or COSCO for short, is a state-owned multinational conglomerate headquartered in

Shipping industry faces $200 per container gap in emission transition

A 34-page study just released on the brink of COP28 examines the cost of zero-emission container ships, illuminating the annualised costs and the discrepancy in price per container between Chinese and transpacific coastal shipping. The report by the UK-based UMAS highlights the significant initial cost differential between traditional fossil fuels and scalable zero-emission fuels (SZEF),

Marinfloc delivers methanol fuel container vessels project

Marinfloc has initiated delivery of their combined EGR bleed-off and Bilge water separators for a major South Korean newbuilding project. To date, three of a total of twelve shipments for the 16,200 TEU methanol-powered vessels have been sent. ABS, Lloyds, DNV and MAN Energy Solutions have approved Marinfloc’s innovative solution, which also complies with MEPC.107(49)

Hydrogen container handler tested by Hyster

Hyster Company has announced the testing of a top-pick container handler powered by hydrogen fuel cells (HFC) at Fenix Marine Services in the Port of Los Angeles. Building on the industry standard Hyster® H1050-1150XD-CH top-pick container handler design, the truck is powered by two 45kw hydrogen fuel cells from Nuvera, a wholly owned subsidiary of