Northern Lights, a joint venture (JV) of energy majors Shell, Equinor and TotalEnergies, has signed a deal that paves the way for the acceleration of the development of a commercial market for the transport and storage of CO2. Namely, the JV, which is developing a carbon capture and storage project
Wind propulsion specialist Airseas has achieved an important technical milestone in the sea trials of its Seawing system by successfully validating traction flights on Louis Dreyfus Armateurs’ vessel Ville de Bordeaux. Airseas said that the company has now demonstrated that the wind propulsion syste
A maritime consortium involving NYK Line, IHI Power Systems, Nihon Shipyard, Japan Engine Corporation and Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) has announced that the world’s first four-stroke ammonia-fueled (NH3-fueled) engine has completed a land-based test for the stable combustion of fuel ammonia having
Wild Rose Leader, an LNG-fueled pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) owned by Japanese shipping company NYK, has taken part in the first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation at the port of Nagoya. Delivered in April 2023, Wild Rose Leader is NYK’s fourth LNG PCTC and the second 7,000-CEU car carrier bu
Hengli Shipbuilding (Dalian) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Hengli Heavy Industry Group, has announced that it has won a major newbuilding contract with Haixing Shipping, a domestic shipowner, for four 82,000 deadweight ton (DWT) bulk carriers. The company said that the order officially marks the yard’s
Chinese shipbuilder CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering (CIMC SOE) has started building the second 7,600 cubic metre LNG bunkering ship for Canadian shipowner Seaspan. The beginning of the construction was marked with a steel-cutting ceremony on 10 May at the Chinese shipyard. The bunkering ship
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has secured a contract to supply the reliquefaction system for a retrofit project on an LNG carrier converted to operate as a floating storage unit (FSU). The order, which was booked by Wärtsilä in March 2023, is for vessel Energos Grand owned by US-based Energos In
Princess Cruises, an American cruise line owned by Carnival Corporation, has named its second LNG-powered Sphere class cruise ship being built by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri. This second Sphere class ship was named Star Princess and it will sail an inaugural season of Mediterranean voyages when
The Government of Montenegro is advancing works to install an LNG terminal in the port of Bar as it signs a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with US companies Enerflex Energy Systems and Wethington Energy Innovation. On 12 May, Prime Minister Dritan Abazović, on behalf of the Government of Monteneg
International owner and operator of liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers GasLog has entered into new time charter agreements for two of its TFDE LNG carriers. According to GasLog, the agreements were signed during the first quarter of 2023. One of the time charter agreements involves GasLog Singapor
Taiwanese shipping company Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation is set to launch contract negotiations for the construction of five LNG dual-fuel 15,000 TEU-class container carriers. The company said that it was now ready to move to the negotiation stage for the contract signing and construction m
In the quest for a future-proof world it is all about chemistry. Matter like carbon dioxide, methane, ammonia, methanol and, last but not least, hydrogen are dominating the headlines when it comes to global warming and sustainable solutions. The industry is puzzling how curb one and developing the o
The GREEN RAY project has published its findings on methane emissions from a study carried out onboard the Wasaline ferry Aurora Botnia which is powered by LNG. The study was conducted by a team of experts from the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, comprising Kati Lehtoranta, Niina Kuittinen
Sri Lanka-based shipbuilder Colombo Dockyard PLC hosted a keel laying ceremony yesterday for the fifth 5,000 dwt eco bulker being built for Norwegian shipowner Misje Eco Bulk (Misje) AS. Colombo Dockyard has already delivered two vessels from the series. The vessels form part of an order of up to te
