The Northwest Seaport Alliance’s Terminal 5 welcomed MSC Brunella last week as the first vessel to plug-in into the terminal’s shore power infrastructure. This inaugural plug-in on April 10 marked the commissioning phase of the Terminal’s shore power project component, successfully utilizing clean e
Wintershall Dea has received consent from the country’s offshore safety regulator for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has approved exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Alaska Gasline Development Corporation’s (AGDC) proposed Alaska LNG project. On 13 April, the U.S. DOE issued a document approving exports of LNG from the proposed Alaska project to non-free trade agreement
Tallink Grupp’s shuttle vessel Megastar has started using shore power at the Port of Helsinki.
Glenfarne Energy Transition, a wholly owned subsidiary of Glenfarne Group, has launched Glenfarne Hydrogen Fuels Initiative, which aims to produce sustainable, zero-carbon hydrogen-based fuels. The initiative includes projects in Chile, Texas, and Louisiana, which together are expected to produce ap
Taiwanese bulk carrier company U-Ming Marine has held a naming ceremony for the new environmentally friendly Post Panamax bulk carrier.
US-based marine energy company Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has commenced the first ocean tests of its next-generation increased power wave energy converter buoy.
South Korean shipbuilding company Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) has received a contract to build four midsize product carriers.
Seven Japanese companies have joined forces to investigate the possibility of utilizing Namikata Terminal in Imabari City as an ammonia supply hub. Namely, Shikoku Electric Power Company, Taiyo Oil Company, Taiyo Nippon Sanso Company, Mazda Motor Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation, Namikata Termina
Energy major Chevron, through its subsidiary Chevron Shipping Company, and the Angelicoussis Shipping Group, through its Energy Transition division Green Ships, have made a Joint Study Agreement (JSA) to explore how tankers can be used to transport ammonia, a potential lower carbon marine fuel. Thro
The U.S. Coast Guard has performed an evacuation via helicopter of a 69-year-old captain from an oil tanker 218 miles offshore Alabama.
Nauticus Robotics has kicked off a commissioning exercise of the first of three second-generation Aquanauts autonomous subsea robots, dubbed the Mark 2 (MK2). Following commissioning, Nauticus plans to send the initial Aquanaut MK2 units to the North Sea and the Gulf of Mexico in the coming months t
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), together with compatriot companies Tsuneishi Shipbuilding and Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding Co. (MES-S) has received approval in principle for ammonia-fuelled liquified gas carrier design.
Norwegian shipping company Belships has entered into a deal to acquire a 64,000 dwt Ultramax bulk carrier, currently under construction at a Japanese shipyard. Belships expects to take delivery of the bulker by the end of 2025 or early in 2026. The Norwegian shipowner now has four newbuildings under
