Chinese shipbuilding company Nantong Xiangyu Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering has received a contract to build eight methanol-ready bulk carriers for compatriot Xiamen Financial Leasing and Cosco Shipping Bulk.
HaiSea Marine, a joint venture majority owned by the Haisla Nation in partnership with Seaspan ULC, has welcomed its new floating operations facility, the home base for the “world’s greenest tugboat fleet” that will support LNG carriers calling at LNG Canada’s new export facility in Kitimat, British
Japanese shipping company NYK and compatriot LPG trader and importer Astomos Energy have held a christening ceremony for a new liquified petroleum gas (LPG)/ammonia carrier.
The Maritime Technologies Forum (MTF), founded by seven flag states and classification societies to bridge the gap between technical knowledge and regulatory process, has updated its assessment framework to include emerging alternative marine fuels and evaluate their maturity and readiness. On March
Dutch logistics subsidiary of thyssenkrupp Steel Europe, thyssenkrupp Veerhaven, has commissioned two specialized design offices, C-Job Naval Architects and Kooiman Marine Group, to draw up designs for a methanol dual-fuel pusher tug.
Thyssenkrupp nucera, the hydrogen business of German-based engineering company thyssenkrupp, and the German Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (IKTS) have agreed on a strategic partnership in solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) technology for large-scale hydrogen production.
Following conversion, DEME Group’s subsidiary G-tec has welcomed a new survey vessel that can completely run on biofuel to its fleet. The survey vessel Karina is equipped with a hull-mounted dual-head multibeam, side scan sonar, sub-bottom profilers, magnetometers and gradiometers frames to serve va
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has issued a limited notice to proceed (LNTP) for early engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) activities for its low-carbon LNG project in Al Ruwais Industrial City, Abu Dhabi. The notice for early EPC activities was issued to a joint venture compris
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has taken delivery of LNG-powered car carrier Cerulean Ace from compatriot shipbuilder Shin Kurushima Dockyard.
China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC) has officially started building two 175,000 cubic meter LNG carriers (LNGCs) for compatriot China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES). The construction began on March 1 and 4 respectively, DSIC announced, noting that the LNGCs are the third and fifth
Oman LNG and Japanese engineering and technology company Hitachi Zosen Corporation have concluded a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the field of methanation as part of the carbon recycling, hydrogen, ammonia, and methanation collaboration between the Japanese and Omani governments.
Japanese engineering company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has signed a license agreement with its U.S. counterpart KBR to provide CO2 capture technology for a low-carbon Hydrogen Production Plant 2 (HPP2) being established in Cheshire in northwest England. The HPP2 project, owned by Essar Group
Chinese shipbuilding company Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard has started the retrofitting process of Maersk Halifax, a 14,000 TEU containership owned by Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller – Maersk, to enable the vessel to run on methanol.
South Korean shipbuilding giant HD Hyundai and American multinational conglomerate 3M have signed an agreement to work on a joint research project focused on developing a high-performance vacuum insulation system for liquid hydrogen storage and transportation. The project will see 3M and HD Hyundai
