Norway-headquartered Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract to design and equip four methanol/ethanol-ready handy-size product tankers that will be operated by Brazil’s oil & gas transportation company Petrobras Transporte (Transpetro). Kongsberg Maritime secured the NOK 300 million (about €26.25
IMODCO Terminals, a subsidiary of the Netherlands-headquartered SBM Offshore, has secured a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract with Carbon Collectors for the development of an offshore CO2 transport and injection solution in the Southern North Sea. The nine‑month FEED will define the desig
The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited (Towngas), Sinopec (Hong Kong) and Sinopec Star Company have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a strategic partnership to collaborate on clean energy solutions, including hydrogen and green fuels, among other things. The tripartite pa
Danish shipping and logistics titan A.P. Moller – Maersk has taken delivery of the first in a new series of six dual-fuel mid-size container vessels being constructed at a Chinese shipyard. The Tangier Mærsk was delivered from Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group’s yard in Jingjiang, China, three months a
With the completion of a multimillion-dollar sale deal, Seatrium has handed over a shipyard in Texas to Karpower Valley, a related party of Türkiye’s floating power plant company Karpowership, to enhance capital and operational efficiencies, while unlocking value from one of its surplus facilities.
Yanmar Power Solutions, a subsidiary of Japan’s industrial diesel engine and machinery manufacturer Yanmar Holdings, has obtained ship classification certification for its hydrogen-fueled four-stroke high-speed engine. Yanmar Power Solutions reported on January 27 that it had become the first engine
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has published what it says is the maritime industry’s first dedicated guidance notes for onboard hydrogen generation, as a response to growing interest from shipowners, yards and technology developers in producing hydrogen onboard using alternative fuels such as LNG, methanol a
UK-based wind-assisted propulsion provider Anemoi Marine Technologies has completed the installation of four folding rotor sails on a second vessel owned by Singapore-based shipping company Berge Bulk. The rotor sails, 5 meters wide and 35 meters tall, were installed on the 208,000 DWT Newcastlemax
Three players, Japan’s MODEC, Norway’s Eld Energy, and Delta Electronics, have joined forces to expand hydrogen use in the maritime sector, driving energy transition by deploying solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology for the first time on a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel
Northern Lights, a joint venture (JV) encompassing three European oil majors: Shell, Equinor, and TotalEnergies, has taken steps to enrich its fleet with four more carbon dioxide (CO2) vessels through charter deals with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and a consortium between Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line
Singapore-based tanker owner Hafnia and its joint venture partner, French shipowner Socatra, have taken delivery of their fourth and final dual-fuel methanol medium-range (MR) tanker constructed in China. The latest addition to Hafnia and Socatra’s IMO II MR fleet, Ecomar Gironde, is part of the joi
Shortly after securing one from the Japanese classification society ClassNK, Oshima Shipbuilding has been awarded approval in principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register (LR) for its Ultramax bulk carrier design, ready for multiple alternative fuels and onboard carbon capture and storage (OCCS). The AiP c
Swedish shipping company Stena RoRo has placed an order with China Merchants Industry (CMI) for a new generation of RoRo vessels, comprising two firm C-Flexer-type vessels with options for an additional four. The new C-Flexer design features a highly developed hullform, multi-fuel engines, and a sca
Japan’s shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has struck a charter deal with India’s state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Company (ONGC), which enables South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to build two very large ethane carriers (VLECs).
