IMO 2020 has placed enormous pressure on stakeholders throughout the maritime industry. It is understandable, then, that debates around the most effective way to comply with the IMO’s new emissions standards have been animated.

The big question on shipowners’ minds has been: what do we do to effectively and affordably...

Everywhere one looks there seems to be a rise in small-scale specialization – micro-breweries, artisanal coffee roasters etc. But, for shipowners hoping to start 2020 with an IMO-compliant scrubber that earns a quick payoff, it is large-scale specialization that ticks the boxes.

Scorpio Tankers Inc. (“Scorpio Tankers”) has confirmed that it has ordered a further 14 ENVI-Marine™ emission control systems (the “Systems”) for vessels it owns or manages in 2020, at a combined cost of USD$20.3m. The order is on top of the 52 Systems already ordered by Scorpio Tankers, as announced...

Scorpio Bulkers Inc. (“Scorpio Bulkers”) has confirmed that it has ordered a further 9 ENVI-Marine™ emission control systems (the “Systems”) for vessels it owns or manages in 2020, at a combined cost of USD$13.0m. The order is on top of the 28 Systems already ordered by Scorpio Bulkers, as announced...

Scrubber uptake quadrupled in 2018. Around this time last year, just over 500 scrubbers had been installed or ordered. By the end of this year, 3 500 vessels are expected to have scrubbers.

With such radical growth, shipowners are right to have questions about how their scrubber needs will be...

Critics of open loop scrubbers seem to forget that the technology was specifically accepted by the IMO as a legitimate means of complying with the new sulphur regulations. But their science-denying carping is irresponsible and potentially damaging.

SNNLive spoke with Alex Shead, CEO (Asia) of Pacific Green Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: PGTK), at the LD Micro Invitational 2019 in Bel Air, CA.

PGT are excited to welcome Frode Helland-Evebo as Vice President, Marine Direct Sales, a new position at the Company, effective September 1, 2019.

Ken McClelland speaking about the types of wet scrubbers in the market today at the excellent Sulphur Cap 2020 event in Amsterdam recently.

China’s steel industry is bracing itself for the Chinese government’s ‘ultra-low’ emission controls due in 2025 - but steel producers fitting a Pacific Green Technologies scrubber can mitigate and eliminate that risk immediately.

Pacific Green Marine Technologies (PGMT) is pleased to be exhibiting at the Nor-Shipping Exhibition in Oslo, Norway this week from 4th-7th June, 2019. You can find us at stand E03-32 in Hall E.

PGT today are happy to announce the appointment of Nick Mahoney as Managing Director of its newly created division, Pacific Green Marine Technologies Trading Limited.

May 2019 is almost behind us. Soon we will have only seven months remaining before the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO's) new 0.5% sulphur (sulfur) cap takes effect.

To understand the maritime industry's readiness for this radical change, it is useful to imagine a cycling race...