Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Tokyo LNG Tanker, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo Gas, will install MOL-developed Wind Challenger wind-assisted ship propulsion systems on a newbuild LNG carrier.
U.S. public ferry service provider San Francisco Bay Ferry (SF Bay Ferry) has contracted Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (NBBB) to design and construct two battery-electric ferries.
Trade association Methanol Institute (MI) has welcomed India’s Deendayal Port Authority (DPA), Kandla, as its newest member.
Italian shipping group Grimaldi has placed a $1.3 billion order for nine methanol-ready Roll-On/Roll-Off Passenger (Ro-Pax) vessels at China Merchants Jingling Shipyard (Weihai) as part of its fleet expansion and renewal agenda.
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and Swiss cruise line Viking have launched the “world’s first: cruise ship to be powered by hydrogen stored onboard for propulsion and electricity generation.
The Kassø Power-to-X facility in Aabenraa, Denmark, also known as the world’s largest commercial e-methanol facility, has received the first EU certification for green fuels.
Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S), a Sweden-headquartered provider of crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to the offshore wind industry, has taken delivery of a CTV converted to run entirely on biomethanol that has been chartered by the wind turbine supplier Vestas. According to N-O-S, this is the world’s
Dutch marine fuels supplier Titan has delivered LNG to the newbuild car carrier operated by Japanese shipping company K Line under a long-term contract.
Wärtsilä will invest €50 million in expanding its R&D center in Vaasa, aiming to meet the growing demand for sustainable technologies and alternative fuels in maritime and energy sectors.
A new initiative has been launched to accelerate the availability, affordability and deployment of sustainable maritime fuels and low and zero-emission vessels and technology in the Pacific Northwest.
German cruise line AIDA Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation, has placed an order for two new multi-fuel cruise ships from Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri.
Japanese shipping company NYK has executed construction and charter contracts for its first methanol-powered very large crude carrier (VLCC).
E&S Tankers, a joint venture of Essberger Tankers and Stolt Tankers, has conducted the first bio-LNG bunkering for its newbuild dual-fuel stainless steel parcel chemical tanker John T. Essberger at the Hamina LNG terminal in Finland.
German energy company Mabanaft and e-fuels producer HIF Global have signed a heads of agreement (HoA) for the planned offtake of e-methanol for the shipping industry.
