Saipem has awarded an offshore seabed survey and inspection contract ahead of pipeline installation operations for the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP)

Business & Finance Carbon Capture & Storage

Carbon capture: forecast claims 65 CO2 ships and 33 ports required to meet 2050 targets

16 Jun 2026by Jamey Bergman

A fleet of vessels and half of existing well-positioned ports required to build up offshore carbon capture and storage infrastructure at the scale demanded by 2050 climate targets

Carbon Capture & Storage Shipbuilding & Design

K Line and MISC nab promised second charter in Northern Lights' four-vessel expansion

15 Jun 2026by Jamey Bergman

The North Sea carbon transport and sequestration joint venture said it has finalised an outstanding charter and building contract for its next generation of vessels

Carbon Capture & Storage

MERC to gather real-world data from onboard carbon capture pilot led by Star Bulk

09 Jun 2026by John Snyder

A new programme launched by the Maritime Emissions Reduction Centre will gather data from energy-saving devices and technologies pilots in commercial operations, supporting owners’ decarbonisation investments

Carbon Capture & Storage Fleet Performance & Maintenance Propulsion

UK’s massive 1 gigatonne carbon capture project advances towards permitting

09 Jun 2026by John Snyder

Spirit Energy’s Morecambe Net Zero (MNZ) Peak Cluster moves to next phase in permitting process, advancing ’world’s largest’ cement decarbonisation project

Carbon Capture & Storage Offshore Support Vessels

The role of risk in CO2 shipping’s commercial future

08 Jun 2026by Edwin Lampert

Ahead of two sessions at the CO2 Shipping and Terminals Conference in London on 16 June 2026, Jon Barnes, operations director at Pace CCS, set out why the sector’s greatest challenges are not technical and what it will take to move the first projects from concept to construction

Carbon Capture & Storage

New LCO2 tanker christened as European carbon capture and storage projects advance

21 May 2026by Naida Hakirevic

The fourth vessel for the Northern Lights project has been named in China, while Aquaterra Energy begins fabrication of its recoverable abandonment frame (RAF) system for the UK’s Northern Endurance Partnership

Carbon Capture & Storage

Aker Solutions, KNCC, and Vår Energi partner to advance Norwegian CO2 project

08 May 2026by Naida Hakirevic

Norwegian trio targeting the Trudvang project aims to pioneer ‘direct offshore batch injection’ technology using unmanned platforms and LCO2 carriers

Carbon Capture & Storage

Japan’s NYK and HEPCO team up on OCCS demonstration project

17 Apr 2026by Naida Hakirevic

Japanese companies will trial onboard carbon capture on a coal carrier in shipping decarbonisation push

Carbon Capture & Storage

Shipyard gains AiP for offshore CO2 carrier

10 Apr 2026by Craig Jallal

Shinkurushima said its new AiP covers a liquefied CO2 carrier designed to transfer cargo to an offshore Socket SPAR injection unit

Air Pollution & GHG Emissions Carbon Capture & Storage Subsea Operations

What we know about CO2 shipping AiPs

06 Apr 2026by Craig Jallal

Ahead of Posidonia 2026, five years of AiPs trace CO2 carrier sizing, floating storage concepts and onboard capture

Carbon Capture & Storage Fleet Performance & Maintenance Ports & Terminals Regulations & Compliance Shipbuilding & Design

DNV: Iran war may accelerate global energy transition

30 Mar 2026by Craig Jallal

Higher fossil fuel prices and energy security concerns could strengthen investment in renewables, batteries and nuclear, DNV analysis says

Air Pollution & GHG Emissions Business & Finance Carbon Capture & Storage Middle East Conflict Regulations & Compliance

Opinion

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Big Data Digitalisation Int. Tug & Salvage Maritime Optimisation & Communications Optimisation & Communication Ports Tug & Towage Services Tugs / Workboats Vessel Optimisation

AI will be a gamechanger for tugs, salvage

More tug owners and port operators are deploying artificial intelligence and digitalisation to increase efficiency and cut costs

2-stroke Engines Alternative Fuels Fuels & Lubricants LNG as a fuel LNG Bunkering LNG Shipping & Terminals Marine Propulsion Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery Naval Architecture & Ship Design New Ship Orders/Charters Propulsion Shipyards

Shipowners look to LNG to bridge a wider gap

12 Jun 2026by Andrea Lazzaro

Business & Finance Floating LNG Forecasts LNG Shipping LNG Shipping & Terminals Tanker Shipping & Trade Tankers

The strait that changed everything

05 May 2026by Edwin Lampert

Alternative Fuels Batteries & Electrical Systems Generators Hybrid Electric & Fuel Cells Hybrid Propulsion Int. Tug & Salvage Marine Propulsion Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery Methanol Naval Architecture & Ship Design Ports Shipyards Terminals Tug & Towage Services Tugs / Workboats

Battery technology tugs become mainstream, methanol fuelled vessels emerge

04 May 2026by Martyn Wingrove

Gas Ships LNG Shipping LNG Shipping & Terminals Middle East Conflict

Does the current chaos create opportunities for LNG shipping?

04 May 2026by Eduardo Perez Orue

Business & Finance Cruise Ships Forecasts Passenger Ship Technology Passenger Shipping

Record orderbook shows cruise shipping’s growth is linked to sustainability

27 Apr 2026by John Snyder

Business & Finance Container Shipping & Port Technology Dry Cargo Home Regulations & Compliance Sale & Purchase Tanker Shipping & Trade Tankers

The Beijing Convention – an international framework on Judicial Ship Sales

24 Apr 2026by Riviera News

Accidents Drones Home Insurance Int. Tug & Salvage Investigations Middle East Conflict Ports Safety & Incidents Ship Recycling Tug & Salvage Tug & Towage Services Tugs / Workboats

Towage, salvage impacted by Middle East war

01 Apr 2026by Martyn Wingrove

Marine Propulsion Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery Middle East Conflict Safety & Incidents

Seafarers: vulnerable and in the crosshairs

31 Mar 2026by John Snyder

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Floating energy: successfully unlocking stranded gas using FLNGs and FSRUs

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