Maritime service provider Kotug Canada has announced that its dual-fuel methanol escort tugs will be used for Trans Mountain’s expanded operations on Canada’s West Coast. Trans Mountain operates Canada’s oil pipeline, servicing the West Coast of Canada, providing tidewater access to foreign markets
German engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES) has reached a new milestone as its research engine successfully conducted combustion with ammonia at the company’s research centre in Copenhagen. This milestone was revealed in the company’s brief social media update on 6 July. According to MA
Marine fuels supplier Monjasa has announced further expansion in Asia by commencing its first supply operations in the Port of Singapore with three tankers to be added during this year. The company already has three offices located in Singapore, Shanghai and Ho Chi Minh City and is supplying 1 milli
BP, through its arm BP Ventures, has expanded its investment in bioenergy by committing $10 million and leading the Series B investment round in WasteFuel, a California-based biofuels company focused on converting municipal bio-waste into low-carbon fuels, such as bio-methanol. WasteFuel’s existing
The Port of Rotterdam Authority and the Tasmanian government have conducted a joint study which shows that importing green hydrogen from Tasmania, an island southeast of Australia, has great potential to decarbonise Northern European industry. To remind, the Dutch port and the Tasmanian government s
The Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) has established a new corporate division “Port Energy Solutions” that will take on responsibilities and projects related to Sustainable Energy Hub. The division will be led by Jannes L. Elfgen and Hanno Bromeis, focusing on topics related to the expansion of renewabl
Stena Pro Patria, a methanol-powered low-emission tanker owned by shipping joint venture Proman Stena Bulk, has started its route through Brazil by offloading 27,400 MT of methanol at the Cattalini Teminais Maritimos in Port of Paranaguá, the second largest port in Brazil. Coming from Trinidad and T
New Zealand’s Auckland Transport has announced that shipbuilder Incat Crowther has been commissioned to deliver the design for a new 300-passenger electric hybrid fast ferry. Specifically, the project will see Incat Crowther work closely with Q-West Boat Builders, Hamilton Jet and Fullers360 on the
The fleet of Norwegian shipping company Knutsen Group has gotten a new member, an LNG carrier named Gordon Waters Knutsen. The group shared on its social media that the vessel is designed specifically for the transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG), with a capacity of 174,000 cubic meters. It
Cool Company Limited (CoolCo), an owner, operator and manager of LNG carriers, has exercised its option to acquire two newbuild 2-stroke LNG carriers from affiliates of Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS). The LNG carriers, named Kool Tiger and Kool Panther, are being built by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industr
The container shipping market is bustling with activity as container shipping giants Maersk, Evergreen, and CMA CGM collectively place orders for up to staggering 44 containerships, valued at over $5 billion. Evergreen has emerged as the biggest spender with a reported order of twenty-four 16,000 TE
Singapore-based ship management company Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) revealed that it has teamed up with Canada-based coatings company Graphite Innovation & Technologies (GIT) to implement the latter’s graphene-based, biocide-free propeller coating across its fleet. EPS plans to boost the performa
Tokyo-based shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has won approval in principle (AiP) from classification societies Det Norsk Veritas AS (DNV) and the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for a liquefied CO2 (LCO2) carrier. Additionally, ABS has granted an AiP for a floating storage and offloading
The EU-Interreg North Sea Region project, known as ‘WASP: Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion,’ has concluded with the retrofitting of five commercial vessels with wind-assist systems. As part of the project, three different wind propulsion technologies were rigorously tested, with third-party validations
