Lesley Bankes-Hughes

The Liberian-flagged 76,801 DWT Minoan Dignity bulk carrier was hit by a projectile yesterday (17 August) in the Strait of Hormuz, resulting in the death of a crewmember and damage to the vessel’s engine room. UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) noted that the vessel’s Company Security Officer had reported the incident and the vessel’s crew were

Plans for Plug Power’s 100 MW green hydrogen production plant at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges appear to have stalled, with the Port telling ship.energy that the future of the 30-year concession for the site is part of its ongoing dialogue with the U.S. headquartered company. Plug Power booked an impairment of €13.6 million on the

Netherlands-headquartered Perpetual Next has appointed renewable fuels and bioenergy executive Bobby Frank to lead the identification, assessment and development of potential biomethanol production sites in the United States, working alongside the company’s global team and local industrial partners. Frank, who has a background in developing, de-risking and commercialising large-scale low-carbon fuel and biobased projects, studied

Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Ministry of the Environment are now accepting applications for the second funding round in the country’s Support Programme for the Introduction of Zero Emission Vessels which will focus on hydrogen, ammonia and electricity as propulsion energy sources. The Japan Ship Technology Research Association is the

The European STEESMAT and ALL-DC-SHIPS projects are coming together to support the transition to flexible onboard power architectures which can meet the needs of low- and zero-emission shipping. Traditional alternating-current (AC) systems have applications for ships powered largely by conventional diesel engines. However, direct-current (DC)-based systems are able to integrate multiple energy sources more efficiently

Hong Kong-based Shipoil Ltd and its affiliated companies, Dubai-based Shipoil FZCO and Ship Fuels and Trade DMCC, along with Greek nationals and Shipoil managers Alberto and George Tsoris, have been sanctioned by the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) following yesterday’s (24 August) launch of Operation Economic Outcast, which US Treasury Secretary

Six projects have been awarded a total of €21.4 million in public funding in the second round of the France 2030 programme to develop lower-carbon ships, equipment, and maritime solutions. There were 17 applications for funding in this next stage of the CORIMER Low-Carbon Ship project. The winners included the GDS initiative, led by Grain

The Saverys family-controlled CMB.TECH posted a $364.4 million net profit in Q2 2026, a turnaround from the $7.6 million loss it sustained in Q2 last year, and the company’s CEO Alexander Saverys hailed the ‘excellent’ results, adding that, ‘We continue to make hay while the sun shines, building on the important strategic decisions taken over

Marine engineering company Babcock LGE has developed ecoAPEX (Advanced Performance Extraction), which is a reliquefaction architecture designed to make better use of energy onboard vessels carrying fuels. Babcock LGE highlights that dual-fuel gas carriers face an inherent inefficiency as energy is used to cool boil-off gas back to liquid while at the same time fuel

Marine fuel supplier Peninsula has informed ship.energy that one person has died and another is missing following an incident involving its 8,000 DWT tanker Hercules Star whilst at anchorage off Dubai. The company’s statement said that a specialist team has been deployed to locate the missing crew member and all other crew members are accounted