South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has secured approval in principle (AiP) from ClassNK for its ammonia fuel supply system developed for oil tanker and containership. ClassNK said it carried out a review of a conceptual design of the system developed by SHI based on part C of it
South Korea’s shipbuilding prowess has once again taken the spotlight as it recaptured the top spot in global shipbuilding orders after a five-month hiatus. South Korean shipyards secured 44 percent of the global total of 3.33 million compensated gross tons (CGTs), accounting for orders totaling 1.4
Shanghai-based Wison Offshore & Marine has completed the final assembly of what it claims to be the world’s largest self-supporting prismatic shape IMO type B tank (SPB) for storing LNG. The company announced the milestone via social media on 11 August. As disclosed, the assembly was completed at Wi
China Merchants Jinling Shipyard has kicked off construction of wind and methanol-powered 15,000 dwt hybrid tankers ordered by Swedish shipping company Terntank. As disclosed, the first steel cut of the three hybrid tankers took place at the Chinese shipyard on 10 June. Ordered in November 2022, the
Saipem is on a roll, as it lined up its second batch of contracts in two days and its third one since the start of this month.
As the race to decarbonize the industry continues it’s becoming more and more evident that green fuels are essential for the much-needed energy transition and will surely play a pivotal role in the road towards net zero. Green methanol is rapidly emerging as a transformative marine fuel, leading the
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron, and technology provider Cummins have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to advance their collaboration on hydrogen, natural gas, and other lower-carbon fuel value chains. The MoU expands the two companies’ previous strategic collaboration on hydr
First liquefaction modules for Plaquemines LNG, an LNG export facility being built by Venture Global LNG in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, have arrived at the construction site. On 10 August, Venture Global posted a short social media update, sharing this construction milestone. Earlier this year, t
In its Q2 2023 report, Golar LNG, owner and operator of LNG midstream infrastructure, has announced growth in its FLNG business. The company revealed that conversion works on FLNG Gimi are 97% complete, with the floater scheduled to leave the yard in September 2023. Final checks, storing up and sea
Swiss marine fuel supplier Minerva Bunkering has expanded its Saudi Arabia Red Sea operations to serve vessels calling King Abdullah Port, having now performed the first bunker delivery ever conducted in the port.
Thyssenkrupp Uhde, a Germany-based subsidiary of Thyssenkrupp that specializes in chemical engineering, has been engaged by Ark Energy, an Australian renewable energy company, on behalf of the Han-Ho H2 consortium, to deliver a feasibility study to support the development of the Han-Ho H2 hub projec
Germany’s Deutsche ReGas has completed the procedure for the allocation of long-term regasification capacity for the planned floating LNG terminal in the port of Mukran. The company said the procedure was completed on 7 August and the offered capacity of 4 billion cubic meters (bcm) for a period of
Spanish multinational oil and gas company CEPSA has been contracted to supply second-generation (2G) biofuel for Naviera Armas Trasmediterránea ferries.
In the bidding for the batch tugboat construction project of Sinopec Shengli Oilfield Branch, Tongfang Jiangxin Shipbuilding won the 2023 Shengli Oilfield Offshore Oil Ship Center 4 A 5000 HP full-turn tugboat construction project contract. According to the China Association of the National Shipbuil
