Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has launched Sun Princess at its yard in Monfalcone, the first of two LNG-powered cruise ships being built for Princess Cruises, an American cruise line owned by Carnival Corporation. With 175,500 gross tons, Sun Princess is the largest ship built in Italy so far, as
Malaysian energy major Petronas has inaugurated LNG bunkering business with its long-term Chinese partner Tiger Gas through its Petronas Marine brand. The inauguration follows the completion of Petronas’ maiden ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation of approximately 500 tonnes of LNG for Tiger Gas’ Ti
A new study has revealed that wave energy can play an instrumental role in the decarbonization of the steel manufacturing industry, which accounts for around 7% of global greenhouse emissions.
Santos Energy Solutions, an energy transition business of Australian oil&gas player Santos, has entered into an agreement with Osaka Gas Australia (OGA) to advance its project for producing carbon-neutral e-methane from green hydrogen. Santos entered into an agreement with the subsidiary of Japanese
Al Seer Marine, a unit of Abu Dhabi-based International Holding Company, confirmed an order for two additional MR tankers at Korea’s shipbuilder K Shipbuilding. The order was disclosed in a stock exchange filing, a month after K Shipbuilding announced the deal without disclosing the name of the ship
German energy company Uniper has selected Plug Power, a provider of turnkey hydrogen solutions for the global green hydrogen economy, to design the electrolyser technology for Uniper’s H2Maasvlakte project at the Port of Rotterdam. Under the agreement, Plug is expected to deliver 10 prefabricated PE
New York-based tanker company International Seaways has taken delivery of the first dual-fuel LNG very large crude carrier (VLCC) Seaways Endeavor. Seaways Endeavor is the first of three dual-fuel LNG VLCCs ordered by the company at South Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSM
Chevron and JERA have joined forces to explore carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in the United States and Australia.
World’s largest container shipping company MSC is ready to embrace alternative fuels as part of its commitment to decarbonize its operations, Claudio Abbate, Vice President of Maritime Policy and Government Affairs at MSC Group, said. Abbate said the company was “willing and ready” to further adopt
The German Environmental Aid (Deutsche Umwelthilfe – DUH) has objected to the construction of a pipeline to connect the planned LNG terminal off Rügen in Germany and asked the responsible Stralsund Mining Authority to refuse the permit. According to DUH, the terminal, with a capacity of up to 38 bil
Germany’s Wintershall Dea and Belgium’s Fluxys have signed an agreement to jointly cooperate on a cross-border CO2 pipeline network connecting the two countries. As part of the project, CO2 emissions from industrial clusters in southern Germany are to be transported to the German-Belgian border via
Tanzania’s Ministry of Energy has announced on Twitter that the negotiations for the construction of a $30 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal between Tanzania, Norway’s Equinor, and UK’s Shell are complete and experts are now writing contracts. The ministry notified the public that Tanzani
Japanese classification society ClassNK has issued four Approvals in Principle (AiPs) to French LNG containment specialist GTT recognizing the company’s latest development projects in alternative fuels. The concepts that won approvals include: – Concept of 12,500m3 LNG Dual-fuelled VLCC fitted with
In its latest hydrogen whitepaper, Westwood Global Energy, an energy market research and consultancy firm, warns that lack of certainty in government policy could hinder the progress of projects in the UK’s hydrogen pipeline. Westwood’s Hydrogen Scale-up white paper, which explores the key factors p
