Rhys Berry

Container handling at Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG’s (HHLA) container terminals fell 5.3% year-on-year (y-o-y), from 1,462,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) in 2025 to 1,544,000 TEU. The throughput volume at the Hamburg container terminals was 1,374,000 TEU, down 6.6% on the 1,472,000 recorded in the same period last year. In a statement issued yesterday (13 May),

The 486,461 metric tonnes (mt) of marine fuel sold in Panama last month marked a 6% increase on the 459,126 mt that was recorded in April 2025. Last month’s total was, however, down on the 497,461 mt that was sold in March, data published by the Panama Maritime Authority shows. Sales of very low sulphur

Climate Investor Three, through its affiliate SA-H2 Fund, a blended finance facility managed by Climate Fund Managers in partnership with Invest International, has signed a Development Funding Agreement with Green eFuels Producers (GeFP) to support the development of a green methanol production facility in Gauteng, South Africa. The facility will process approximately 90,000 tonnes of

Maersk has announced the delivery the methanol dual-fuel Tauranga Maersk. The vessel is the second dual-fuel mid-size class containership following the delivery of the Tangier Maersk earlier this year. The naming ceremony took place at Yangzijiang Shipyard in China, Maersk said in a social media post today (19 May). As previously reported, both the Tangier Maersk and Tauranga Maersk are part of

DRIFT Energy, a deep tech startup based in Bath, UK, has announced it been awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) by RINA for an ‘energy harvesting’ vessel design. In a statement sent to ship.energy today (20 May), DRIFT Energy said the milestone marked the first time that an AiP has been awarded for an energy-harvesting

Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore has highlighted the role that it played in supporting MSC Cruises in becoming the first cruise line to achieve independent verification and Flag State recognition of actual methane emissions from its ships for the purposes of FuelEU Maritime compliance. ‘This milestone enables MSC Cruises to report actual, independently verified methane

Gasum says the FuelEU Maritime regulation has been a ‘notable driver’ behind an uplift in its bio-LNG sales. The share of biomethane out of all gas volumes sold to the Finnish state energy company’s maritime customers increased from 0.8% in 2024 to 12.3% in 2025. ‘This is a very positive development that clearly shows the viability of

The European Investment Fund (EIF) has committed €200 million to Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners' (CIP) Advanced Bioenergy Fund II (ABF II), focused on scaling biomethane and advanced bioenergy production across Europe. ABF II will invest primarily in the development, construction and operation of new industrial-scale biogas plants using anaerobic digestion technology. The projects will convert feedstock

Spain’s SUARDIAZ Group, through its SURDIAZ Energy division, has signed an agreement to make the recently acquired RS Onza available to compatriot energy company Moeve. The vessel, which was recently delivered to SUARDIAZ in Singapore, is an IMO2 chemical tanker with the capability to transport methanol. It will operate in European ports, primarily in Spain, and is already

Maritime CleanTech, together with ten European partners, has launched SeaThrive (Supporting Maritime Alternative Fuel Projects), a new initiative to accelerate the development of alternative fuel projects in shipping. Supported by nearly €2 million in EU funding, the 30-month project aims to help turn early-stage ideas into viable investment projects by providing targeted support, practical tools