
Another week has gone by not leaving us wanting on energy transition developments, as several updates on renewable energy, clean fuels, decarbonisation, and net-zero strategies made headlines – most notably those from the traditionally fossil fuel-oriented players.

The International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) plans to collaborate with CEM Global Port Hydrogen Coalition with its World Ports Sustainability Program (WPSP) as the platform to showcase and disseminate hydrogen-related projects in ports.

In less than two weeks, Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2021 will open its doors! The industry will meet again face-to-face on 26 and 27 October 2021 in RAI Amsterdam.

Japanese oil and gas producer Inpex and gas company Osaka Gas will launch a technical development business on the practical application of a CO2-methanation system toward the carbon neutralization of gas.

Portuguese, Dutch and Spanish wave energy stakeholders recently came together to mark the successful wrap-up of the BASEPOINT project, a laboratory test programme for the Symphony wave energy converter at Sines Tecnopolo in Portugal.

Bounty has signed a binding farm-in agreement with Coastal for the drilling of three exploration wells in the Carnarvon Basin off Australia.

Danish container shipping and logistics giant A.P. Moller – Maersk has signed a global end-to-end logistics agreement with compatriot food manufacturer Danish Crown from 2021.

Norwegian maritime cleantech company TECO 2030 ASA has signed a supply frame agreement with the Dutch shipowner Chemgas Shipping BV for the delivery of fuel cell modules.

Danish shipping major A.P. Moller – Maersk has made an investment in Vertoro, a Dutch start-up focused on developing liquid lignin technology which can be used as a marine fuel.

Swedish wave energy company CorPower Ocean has been appointed to the European Commission’s renewed Clean Energy Industrial Forum.

Japan’s shipping company Mitsui & Co., Ltd. has signed a time charter agreement with compatriot firm IINO Kaiun Kaisha for a 23,000 cbm ammonia fuel-ready ammonia carrier.

Classification society ABS and digital solutions provider Kongsberg Digital, part of the Kongsberg Group, have joined forces to power maritime digitalization and decarbonization.

Technology company Rolls-Royce has joined the Corporate Partnership Board of the International Transport Forum (ITF) to work together with the ITF on transport decarbonisation, innovation and digitalisation.

Wave Swell Energy’s (WSE) wave energy demonstration project at King Island, featuring the UniWave200 device, has seen significant and vital progress in recent weeks.