Towage operator Svitzer, part of A.P. Moller – Maersk, has signed an agreement with naval architect company Robert Allan for the design of the world’s first fuel cell tug for harbour operations, running on green methanol.
Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and its wholly-owned subsidiary MOL Drybulk have signed a basic agreement with their compatriot Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG) to cooperate in a trial of a hydrogen-fueled engine equipped on an in-service vessel.
ExxonMobil has signed a memorandum of understanding with Petronas to explore carbon capture and storage technologies projects in Malaysia.
Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, and compatriot shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) have agreed to jointly develop a large-scale liquefied CO2 (LCO2) carrier.
Finnish technology company Wärtsilä has integrated with Swiss maritime e-trading platform MESPAS Connect for faster, easier and more efficient maritime procurement.
Inyanga Maritime is developing a new dynamically-positioned (DP2) multi-purpose vessel (MPV) Inyanga Entsha that will be used to install HydroWing technology combined with Tocardo’s tidal turbines.
Several European companies have collaborated to set up the measurement system and data analytics platform on SolarDuck’s offshore floating solar unit in the Netherlands.
Deltic Energy has completed the farm-out agreement of five of its gas licences in the Southern North Sea with Cairn Energy.
Towage services provider KOTUG International will use Shift Clean Energy’s new PwrSwäp clean energy service — which uses swappable batteries on a pay-as-you-go basis — on KOTUG’s E-Pusher vessels.
Belgian Port of Antwerp, Port of Zeebrugge and the energy ministry of Chile have signed a deal to make green hydrogen flows between the continents happen.
New First Movers Coalition has been launched at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow to accelerate zero-carbon technological advancements in “hard to abate” sectors that are needed to achieve climate change goals.
German dry bulk owner and operator Oldendorff Carriers and Canadian mining company Teck Resources Limited have signed an agreement to employ energy-efficient bulk carriers for shipments of Teck steelmaking coal from the Port of Vancouver to international destinations.
At the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) on climate change, the Dutch Port of Antwerp and the Canadian Port of Montreal have signed a cooperation agreement to support the creation of the first green shipping corridor in the North Atlantic.
Five Portuguese institutions – CEiiA, +ATLANTIC CoLAB, Fórum Oceano, INESC TEC, and WavEC – have have come together under the name of OceanACT to promote the testing of innovative ocean technologies in Portugal.
