After lying at anchor near the entrance to the Thames Estuary for around a month, Ruby will finally be permitted to dock in Great Yarmouth to offload cargo and undertake repairs.

A new report from the think tank Common Wealth is urging the UK Government to purchase Harland & Wolff shipyard, which recently entered administration, to repurpose it as a green infrastructure manufacturing facility. The proposal forms part of a broader plan to transform the UK’s military-industrial sector into a supply chain for renewable energy, benefiting workers, communities, and the environment.

Often, in the race to replace vessels with the latest green versions, not much thought is given to the embodied carbon cost involved in producing them. In apparent recognition of this, ClassNK has granted the world’s first green steel notation, ‘a-EA (GRS),’ to the bulk carrier Bright Queen, operated by NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers Ltd, certifying the use of green steel.

Swiss marine power firm WinGD has unveiled a new ‘pre-fit’ option for its X-DF-A ammonia-fuelled engines, allowing them to operate on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). Known as the X-DF-P, this development targets vessels under construction for the growing global ammonia trade while also enabling the transport of LPG. The first engines are set for delivery in 2027, addressing operators' need to balance between LPG and ammonia markets.