Denied entry to ports in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Lithuania, Malta-flagged vessel Ruby is now headed to Malta to offload its ammonium nitrate cargo, and repair its damaged hull and propulsion.

The vessel ran aground in a storm shortly after…

Not even viable onboard carbon capture seems to be generating the same degree of hype as sails, and it is easy to see why; the promise is one of using less energy in the first place. But the benefits will be situational. As well as ensuring that their vessels are sailing on routes with favourable winds, some ships will need substantial deck-strengthening work before sails can be installed, admitted Markus Sannholm, sales director at Norsepower, the first manufacturer to make rotor sails.

ST Engineering officially inaugurated its new shipyard at 55 Gul Road last week, acquired in February 2023 for USD 95 million. The Gul Yard is set to enhance the Group's competitiveness in the ship repair segment, replacing its Tuas Yard, whose lease expires at the end of 2024.

Carbon capture will be no silver bullet, as today’s systems only capture around 30% of the CO₂ from ship exhaust, and use a large amount of shipboard-generated energy to do it.