Taiwanese shipping company Yang Ming Marine Transportation Corporation has signed a contract with South Korea’s shipbuilding major HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., for the en bloc construction of five 15,500 TEU LNG dual fuel container vessels. These new vessels are scheduled to be delivered in 2026
Norwegian shipowner Grieg Maritime Group has placed an order for up to four ammonia-ready open-hatch bulk carriers at CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Longxue in China.
German engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions says its long-awaited engine is ready to burn ammonia on a single cylinder.
Italian OLT Offshore LNG Toscana has received authorisation to increase its annual regasification capacity from the current 3.75 billion to about 5 billion standard cubic meters per year. OLT said the capacity increase does not involve plant modifications, but a greater utilisation of the existing p
China Merchants Heavy Industry has ordered two MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES) B&W 7S60ME liquid gas injection methanol (LGIM) engines in connection with the construction of two 9,300 ceu PCTCs the shipbuilder is constructing for China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES).
Bermuda-based bulk carrier company Himalaya Shipping has taken delivery of the fourth LNG dual-fuel 210,000 dwt Newcastlemax newbuilding from New Times Shipbuilding (NTS) in China. The delivery of the vessel Mount Blanc was announced on 31 May, some three months after its launch. The vessel will com
French energy major TotalEnergies and Belgian green hydrogen company Tree Energy Solutions (TES) have joined forces to study and develop a large-scale production unit in the United States (US) for e-natural gas (e-NG), a synthetic gas produced from renewable hydrogen and CO2. The project, expected t
Norwegian Company Pherousa Green Shipping, in collaboration with Pherousa Green Technologies, has revealed plans to potentially order up to six Ultramax dry bulk carriers, developed in cooperation with Deltamarin in Finland, specifically tailored to run on ammonia as a fuel. The Ultramax ships will
Norwegian ferry company Fjord Line has completed the retrofit of two of its ships from LNG-only engines to dual-fuel LNG / marine gas oil (MGO) engines. As announced at the end of 2022, the company decided to convert its two LNG-operated ships, MS Stavangerfjord and MS Bergensfjord ferries, which st
Japanese shipbuilder Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has joined hands with classification society DNV to work on visualisation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the international liquefied hydrogen supply chain.
The Methanol Institute, a global trade association for the methanol industry, has published the first comprehensive guide to methanol as a marine fuel to help stakeholders across the industry access the information they need to support decision-making on which alternative fuel is right for their fle
Norwegian shipping company Avance Gas has welcomed the fourth dual-fuel very large gas carrier (VLGC) to its fleet. The company took delivery of the 91,000 cbm carrier, Avance Avior, on 30 May from South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean, which recently rebranded from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engi
Italian shipping major Grimaldi Group has placed an order for two more ammonia-ready Pure Car & Truck Carrier (PCTC) vessels, lifting the options from the previous contract signed with China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC) back in January. Under the contract from earlier this year, Gri
Plug Power Inc., a provider of turnkey hydrogen solutions for the global green hydrogen economy, has revealed plans to develop three green hydrogen production plants in Finland, resulting in the production of 850 tonnes per day (TPD) of green hydrogen, or 2.2 gigawatts (GW) of electrolyser capacity,
