The Port of Rotterdam, together with the Province of Zuid Holland and more than 40 partners, has launched a project for emission-free inland and near-shore shipping on hydrogen, Condor H2.
Independent tank storage company Vopak has opened 16 new tanks at its Vlaardingen terminal in the port of Rotterdam to help meet the rising demand for energy from renewable sources in Europe. The new tanks have a combined capacity of 64,000 cubic metres and are designed to store waste-based feedstoc
European ferry operator Stena Line is building two all-new hybrid propulsion vessels designed to run on methanol. The company said that the construction of the NewMax vessels will begin shortly with the launch of operations on the Irish Sea expected in 2025. China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Weiha
Toyota Tsusho Corporation and Toyotsu Energy Corporation have launched Japan’s first continuous supply of biodiesel blended fuel (biofuel) on a commercial basis to ships operated by Toyofuji Shipping Co., Ltd. at the Port of Nagoya. According to Toyota Tsusho, the launch follows repeated biofuel sup
Finland-based shipping company Langh Ship has launched the first out of three new multipurpose (MPP) dry cargo vessels.
The UK Government is planning to create a “treasure map” which will show how much carbon capture and storage (CCS) could be possible under the North Sea seabed. The plan envisages that companies that already have a license to store carbon will have to report what they find to the North Sea Transitio
French utility company Engie and Western Australian technology development company Hazer Group have extended their collaboration for clean hydrogen and graphitic carbon production facility in France. Hazer Group is undertaking the commercialisation of the Hazer Process, a low-emission hydrogen and g
South Korea has held a naming ceremony for its first domestic liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker vessel, the country’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) revealed.
UK biofuel supplier Green Biofuels (GBF) has teamed up with GAC Ireland, a provider of ship agency services at all major Irish ports, to complete the first lifting of renewable drop in diesel fuel (GD+) from GBF’s Cork Terminal, also known as Ireland’s first clean fuels terminal. The first 39,000-li
Papua New Guinea’s Kumul Petroleum Holdings has once again extended the period for the binding conditional offer made to Australian energy company Santos to acquire a 5% interest in PNG LNG for an asset value of $1.4 billion. The offer will remain open until 31 August 2023, and Santos said it has ag
Chinese shipbuilder Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding hosted a naming ceremony for two 190,000-ton dual-fuel LNG bulk carriers intended for UK-based mining company Anglo American. The two bulkers were named Ubuntu Empathy and Ubuntu Humanity at an event hosted by the shipbuilder on May 9. The occasio
Classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and Korean industry leaders have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to conduct a feasibility study for a near-shore floating platform of green hydrogen production and liquefaction. The MoU was signed by ABS, the Korea Institute of Ener
Hyphen Hydrogen Energy, a green hydrogen development company, and Koole Terminals, an independent provider of integrated services for storage, processing and logistics, have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) on green ammonia. The LoI covers the import of green ammonia into north-western Europe with Hy
South Korea’s largest trading company POSCO International Corporation has signed a charter agreement with compatriot H-Line Shipping for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier.
