Unions representing seafarers and maritime employers have signed a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) to take forward the ‘spirit of cooperation’ that marked the shipping industry’s joint efforts throughout the pandemic. The MOU’s signatories are the International Transport Workers’ Federation (I
U.S. naval architecture and marine engineering firm Elliott Bay Design Group has developed a new design of methanol-fuelled harbor power and charging barge.
Aker Carbon Capture is joining UK recycling, renewable energy and waste management company Viridor on a pre-FEED study for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project nearby Liverpool, which is set to be one of the first large-scale carbon capture projects at an energy-from-waste facility in the worl
BP, a multinational oil and gas company, and the Government of Egypt have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the exploration of the potential for establishing a new green hydrogen production facility in the country. The MoU was signed by BP, Egypt’s New and Renewable Energy Authority (NR
Focusing on ammonia as one of the next-generation eco-friendly energy sources, South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Group (HHI) has joined forces with Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) to develop an ammonia floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU). Ammonia FSRU is a ship that
Members of the OCEAN Alliance, CMA CGM, COSCO Shipping Lines, OOCL and Evergreen have signed the Ocean Alliance Day 7 Product, which will launch in January 2023 with 40 services and an annual capacity of 22.4 million TEUs. It has been announced that 26 dual-fuel, LNG-powered CMA CGM ships would be a
German engine manufacturing powerhouse MAN Energy Solutions demonstrated today the performance of its new dual-fuel four-stroke 49/60DF engine from the testbed in Augsburg, Germany. Based on the information presented today, MAN claims that its 49/60 DF engine offers a feasible decarbonization pathwa
UK and US have formed a new energy partnership to increase energy security and drive down prices, as part of an initiative announced today by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and US President Joe Biden. Under the new ‘UK-US Energy Security and Affordability Partnership’, the parties will work together to
Environmental group Friends of the Earth has filed a legal challenge against the UK’s government decision to approve $1.15 billion of financing for the Mozambique LNG project led by French energy major TotalEnergies. The move comes after the judicial review, brought by Friends of the Earth, ended up
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Guacolda Energía SpA, an independent power producer (IPP) in Chile, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to begin a feasibility study for the introduction of ammonia co-firing at a coal-fired thermal power plant in Huasco, Atacama Region. The si
The International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners (INTERCARGO) has joined the critics of the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) framework voicing opposition to its use as a benchmark for medium-term measures as part of the IMO’s revised GHG Strategy. INTERCARGO said that its members expressed thei
French ferry operator Corsica Linea has revealed that its first roll-on/roll-off passenger (RoPax) ferry powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) A Galeotta was delivered.
In November, Snam, an energy infrastructure company, operating in natural gas transport and storage, and Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, tested the use of hydrogen as a fuel to power gas turbines at one of its natural gas compression stations. According to the report, the tests, carried
Tallink Superfast Ltd, a subsidiary of Estonian shipping company Tallink Grupp, has taken delivery of the new fast passenger ferry MyStar from Finnish shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC). Described as “the newest and most technologically advanced vessel on the Baltic Sea”, MyStar was delive
