
Classification societies ABS and Lloyd’s Register (LR) have awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to a new ammonia-fueled 3,500 TEU container feeder vessel design.

RINA, Gas and Heat, and Wärtsilä have signed an agreement to develop a bunkering vessel specially designed to deliver and operate on green ammonia fuel.

UMAS, formerly a close collaboration between the UCL Energy Institute shipping research group and UMAS International, is to take on a new configuration in order to better serve the shipping sector’s needs, as it moves into an era of rapid technological change and development related to decarbonizati

Solar Methanol 1 (SM1), the proposed solar thermal-powered plant that will produce green methanol in Port Augusta, South Australia, has received planning consent.

AD Ports signed an MoU with Transmar and Orascom Construction to develop a green methanol storage and export facility for maritime transport.

U.S. natural gas company Tellurian has entered into an agreement with a compatriot private investment firm and adviser for the sale of its integrated upstream assets, as well as heads of agreement for the offtake of LNG from its Driftwood plant. As part of the agreements, Texas-headquartered Aethon

Fortescue is planning to order five very large ammonia carriers (VLACs) to transport green ammonia over long distances, according to Hydrogen Insight’s sister publication TradeWinds.

ADNOC secured agreements with companies in the Republic of Korea regarding low-carbon ammonia, LNG carrier shipbuilding, and LPG value chain.

Classification society ABS and representatives from an HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) consortium have signed a joint development agreement (JDP) that paves the way for the onboard manufacture of repair parts.

An Indigenous-led research report has proposed a cultural license to operate (CLO) framework to help industries collaborate with First Nations, fostering trust and cultural legitimacy in the blue economy operations.

Finland-based Sumitomo SHI FW (SFW) has signed an agreement with Portugal’s Capwatt to provide Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) services for a syngas production plant, integral to the Mangualde Renewable Methanol project in Portugal.

NYK, China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) and CNOOC Group have formed their sixth LNG ship management company, in Hong Kong.

U.S. technology company Oceaneering has carried out a pipeline inspection industrial pilot using an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) for TotalEnergies, as part of the French energy giant’s ambition to become a net-zero company. The North Sea pilot using the Freedom AUV saw the inspection of over

Caterpillar Marine signed an MoU with Damen Shipyards Group to advance the development of its methanol dual-fuel Cat 3500E marine engines.