Paul Bartlett

Interference with vessel AIS tracking systems appears to be shrouding the real deployment of ships in the shadow or dark fleet.

Tanker owners ordering ships in the medium size range are opting for vessels that can trade both clean and dirty, says Poten & Partners.

The Marseille based container line is to install variable compression ratio (VCR) technology developed by Swiss engine company, WinGD, when an undisclosed CMA CGM container ship docks in September.

Hamburg-based maritime data specialist, OceanScore, has warned that failing to mitigate FuelEU penalties on using conventional marine fuels from January will prove to be an increasingly expensive strategy over this decade.

Not a single recycling market sale was reported last week in any of the four regional markets and recyclers badly need an influx of new scrap candidates.

There are now more than 100 wind power installations on order or already in service but the technology lacks a reliable standard for verifying fuel savings, concludes a report from Lloyd's Register (LR).

Postponed permitting processes, delayed auctions, and slow supply chain factors are limiting growth in global offshore wind capacity, but vital to the world's decarbonisation drive, it is still expanding steadily.

Energy analysts point to a range of uncertainties that could influence oil demand, supply and price in the months ahead. Tanker owners are watching carefully.

Progress on methane slip, bio-LNG development, using e-LNG in existing infrastructure, and carbon capture all support LNG as a transitional fuel for shipping, according to LR.

Worsening conflict in Sudan has the potential to cause yet more disruption to global trade through the Suez Canal, according to analysis by The Economist newspaper.