Norwegian cleantech company TECO 2030 and compatriot shipbuilder Umoe Mandal have received “approval of preliminary design” from the Norwegian Maritime Authority for a multimegawatt hydrogen fuel cell-powered high-speed vessel design.
French energy major TotalEnergies and Sembcorp Fuels, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore-based Sembcorp Industries, have signed a sale and purchase agreement (SPA) for the long-term LNG delivery to Sembcorp. Specifically, the deal entails the delivery of up to 0.8 million tons of LNG per annum (
Singapore-based ship management company Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has signed contracts with subsidiaries of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) in Shanghai for a total of six new environmentally friendly vessels.
Bureau Veritas (BV) has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) for an ammonia (NH3) bunkering vessel designed by Japan’s Sasaki Shipbuilding, with the support of Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL).
Italian shipowner Fratelli Cosulich has taken delivery of its second LNG bunkering vessel, Paolina Cosulich, from the Nantong CIMC SOE shipyard in China. This 5,300 dwt vessel, which can carry 8,200 cubic meters of LNG and 500 m3 of MGO, set sail from the Chinese shipyard on February 27, Fratelli Co
Japan’s Idemitsu Kosan has agreed with its compatriot Mitsubishi Corporation and Switzerland-based Proman to participate in the development of the proposed clean ammonia production project in Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S. The project targets to produce approximately 1.2 million tons of ultra-low car
KOTUG Canada, a partnership between KOTUG International and Canada’s Horizon Maritime, has held a steel cutting ceremony for two dual-fuel methanol escort tugs that will service the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP). The ceremony took place on February 13 at Sanmar Shipyard in Türkiye, marking
Türkiye’s Tersan Shipyard has received a shipbuilding order from Norwegian ferry operator Fjord1 AS for four battery-powered autonomous double-ended ferries, said to be the world’s first. Tersan and Fjord1 revealed the shipbuilding contract on February 27, stating that the new ferries will “revoluti
Nuvera Fuel Cells, a Massachusetts-based provider of fuel cell power solutions, has announced its participation in the European Union-funded APOLO project.
Australian energy major Woodside has signed a sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) for the long-term supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Korea. Specifically, the SPA provides for the supply of approximately 0.5 million tons per annum of LNG for a period of 10.5 y
The Republic of Congo has now officially joined the group of LNG exporting countries with the production start-up at Eni’s Congo LNG project where the first LNG cargo is being prepared to sail to Piombino’s regasification terminal, in Italy, in the coming days. Eni announced the milestone on Februar
The work on the vertical lay-up machine (VLM) for JDR’s new cable factory in the UK is now well underway in Klaipeda, Lithuania, where Norway-headquartered PASSER Group recently opened a new fabrication facility. The Group has revealed that, besides expanding its production capacity, it is also look
Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, part of Finnish technology group Wärtsilä, has introduced a groundbreaking ammonia fuel supply system (AFSS) for ships able to operate with ammonia fuel.
Houston-headquartered eFuels producer HIF Global and Japanese companies ITOCHU, JFE Steel, and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have signed an agreement to jointly identify and assess potential locations to establish carbon-neutral eFuels facilities in Australia as well as a CO2 supply chain between Austra
