Australia-based green energy, technology, and metals company Fortescue has been awarded a grant of €203,7 million by the European Union for its flagship green ammonia plant in Norway, the Holmaneset Project. The EU investment in Fortescue’s project is part of the Innovation Fund, one of the world’s
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and OCI Global have entered into a sale and purchase agreement for ADNOC to acquire OCI’s entire majority shareholding in Fertiglobe, the world’s largest seaborne exporter of urea and ammonia. Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, Fertiglobe was formed as a strategic par
Only 330 days after starting construction, Germany’s seaport company Niedersachsen Ports has handed over a new landing pier for floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) in Stade to operators.
UK’s ports operator Associated British Ports (ABP) has launched a tender seeking a lead contractor or consortium to design and build a bulk liquid green energy terminal at the Port of Immingham. According to ABP, Immingham Green Energy Terminal (IGET) will be a multi-user bulk liquid green energy te
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) is expanding its fleet with five additional newbuilding LNG dual-fueled Capesize bulkers. Namely, MOL revealed that two vessels will be ordered at compatriot Nihon Shipyard and built by Imabari Shipbuilding Co. Furthermore, Chinese shipbuilding heavy
China-based shipping company COSCO Shipping Lines has presented the first green shipping certificate to Volvo’s Asia Pacific headquarters for the use of COSCO’s new shipping product Hi ECO.
Chinese shipbuilding mayor Nantong CIMC SOE has signed a contract for the construction of a 12,500 cbm LNG bunkering vessel with Enagás subsidiary Scale Gas. The vessel is set for delivery by 2026, the Clarksons Hellas Weekly Bulletin reports. The 12,500 cbm LNG bunkering vessel is designed to meet
German shipbuilder Meyer Werft has held a traditional keel-laying ceremony for the LNG-powered ASUKA III cruise ship, being built for NYK Cruises, a subsidiary of Japanese shipping company NYK. The event took place at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, on December 12. The ceremony saw t
Damen Shipyards launched its fully electric Service Operations Vessel (SOV) with offshore charging capabilities at this year’s Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) in Amsterdam. Mark Couwenberg, Product Portfolio Manager SOV, and Rebecca Belmer, Project Engineer Design & Proposal, have sha
The Dutch government, through Energie Beheer Nederland (EBN), has joined the PosHYdon project, the world’s first pilot which aims to produce green hydrogen on an operational gas platform in the North Sea. The project, which will integrate three offshore energy systems – offshore wind, offshore gas,
A joint venture formed by Denmark-based green hydrogen company Everfuel and Hy24, a manager of the world’s largest clean hydrogen infrastructure fund, has signed the final agreement with the Danish government on an increased award in the country’s first Power-to-X (PtX) tender. On November 17, the D
The governments of Singapore and Japan have signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) to establish first Singapore – Japan Green and Digital Shipping Corridor (GDSC), aiming to develop standards and best practices supporting the decarbonization, digitalization and growth of the maritime industry.
Gastrade’s floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) Alexandroupolis, former 2010-built LNG carrier GasLog Chelsea, has arrived in Greece after completing an almost 10-month conversion at Seatrium shipyard in Singapore. The FSRU, which entered Keppel Shipyard in Singapore in early February 2023 fo
Polish shipbuilder Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. has signed a contract to construct a hybrid-powered passenger-car ferry for Torghatten Nord AS, one of the largest ferry operators in Norway. The ferry will be fitted with two azimuth thrusters with vertically mounted electric motors powered by batterie
