Britain’s National Gas has appointed Wood to digitally upgrade 7,600 kilometers of essential pipelines, compressor stations and terminal infrastructure as part of its commitment to the energy transition. Through a five-year framework agreement, Wood said it will apply digital solutions to transform
Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding has started construction of the first LNG carrier for compatriot COSCO Shipping Energy and Sinochem Petroleum. According to the shipbuilder’s statement, the construction of the 174,000 m3 LNG carrier began on 8 August at the Changxing Shipbuilding Bas
Dutch bunker supplier Titan has completed the conversion of its recently acquired vessels, Titan Unikum and Titan Vision, into state-of-the-art LNG bunker vessels. The company bought the two ships at the beginning of 2023 from Canadian gas transportation company Seapeak for bunkering retrofit. Titan
US Department of Energy’s largest multidisciplinary laboratory Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and American manufacturing company Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the development and integration of alternative fuel technologies aime
Florida-based marine company Crowley and the Port of San Diego broke ground for the shoreside charging station designed to provide clean energy for the company’s forth-coming zero-emissions tugboat, eWolf. The eWolf, under continuing construction at Master Boat Builders, is a crucial component of th
The global energy and commodity group, Mercuria, has partnered with maritime innovator ÈTA Shipping to establish a joint venture. This collaboration aims to build six initial electric short sea vessels, with an option for an additional ten ships. The construction of these vessels will be carried out
Methanol producer Proman and carbon-negative materials company Origin Materials have entered a strategic partnership centered on low-carbon biofuel production utilizing Origin’s technology platform and Proman’s fuels capabilities and expertise. Specifically, the two companies signed an agreement to
Swiss renewable energy producer Axpo has inked a ten-year charter deal for a liqufied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessel, which could also transport bio-LNG and ammonia.
U.S. energy infrastructure company New Fortress Energy (NFE) has revealed its financial results and business achievements for the second quarter of 2023. The company reported adjusted EBITDA of $246 million in the second quarter of 2023 and $686 million in the first half of 2023, as well as net inco
Cedar LNG, a partnership between the Haisla Nation and Canadian energy infrastructure company Pembina Pipeline, has pushed the final investment decision (FID) to the fourth quarter of 2023 due to the second front-end engineering design (FEED) process for the floating LNG vessel. Prior to this, FID f
The world’s largest container shipping firm MSC has returned to Chinese shipbuilder Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard with an order for an additional ten LNG-powered containerships. The deal will see Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard build ten LNG-powered behemoths each boasting a 10
Japan’s Mitsui E&S has received orders for two units of WT-3 high-pressure boil-off gas (BOG) compressor from its compatriot Mitsubishi Shipbuilding. According to Mitsui, the WT-3 BOG compressors will be delivered as one of LNG fuel supply systems of dual-fuel engines to be equipped on 210,000 DWT L
Pipelaying activity for Gastrade’s Alexandroupolis LNG terminal, the first offshore LNG project in Greece, has been completed. On 8 August, oilfield services provider Saipem shared an update on social media stating its pipelay vessel Castoro 10 had completed the activity in the North-East of Greece,
Singapore-based tanker owner and operator Hafnia has leaped onto the methanol bandwagon with the recent order for four 49,800 deadweight dual-fuel methanol chemical IMOII Medium-Range (MR) tankers. The deal was signed with China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) together with Hafnia’s joint-v
