MSC Istanbul, an ultra-large containership that ran aground in the Suez Canal on March 5, has been refloated. The Suez Canal Authority said that the 16, 652 containership ran aground during its northbound transit, heading to Portugal from Malaysia. Upon grounding, the canal authority dispatched four
Brooklyn-based technology startup Amogy Inc. is retrofitting a tugboat to run on its ammonia-to-power system and is planning to present the vessel in late 2023. Namely, Amogy intends to sail the tugboat later in 2023 in upstate New York, pending further safety testing and regulatory discussions. The
Oslo-listed Hunter Group ASA and DNV classification society have entered into a joint cooperation agreement for the development of a low-pressure mid-stream shipping solution for Carbon Capture and Storage. The parties have agreed to work together to develop a 40-70K cbm liquified CO2 carrier with 2
Dutch bulk liquid storage company Vesta Terminals has awarded a scoping & feasibility study and a subsequent front-end engineering design (FEED) contract to compatriot ammonia engineering firm Proton Ventures for repurposing of two 30,000 m3 ammonia tanks in Vlissingen. The contract is a part of Ves
Petroleum products management company SOGEPP (Société de Gestion de Produits Pétroliers) has collaborated with HAROPA PORT, France’s leading port, to boost river traffic to and from its facilities in Gennevilliers. SOGEPP operates a storage depot for liquid energy products on six hectares in Gennevi
The toxicity of ammonia as potential zero-emission fuel of the future for the shipping industry might be solvable after all despite all the hype over its likely impact on the safety of seafarers. There have been a lot of discussions about the dangers of potential releases of ammonia on board during
French container shipping major CMA CGM welcomed nine e-methane-ready dual-fuel container ships into the fleet in 2022. The ships pertain to CMA CGM’s $10.2 billion investment in a fleet of 77 LNG-powered and “e-methane ready” vessels of which 32 are already in operation. The company also has six bi
Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has teamed up with UK-based mining company Anglo American to start collaborative research on decarbonisation. To this end, the companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) regarding the establishment of a working committee for col
Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM), founded from a joint venture between Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat) and KS Investment, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine, and Norwegian tech company Kongsberg have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate in mariti
Norwegian supplier of hydrogen-based energy systems for vessels HAV Hydrogen, a subsidiary of HAV Group, has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV for its deck-based containerized hydrogen (H2) system for ships. The approval, awarded six months after the company announced its plans to launch
UK-based small-scale LNG company Avenir LNG and Shanghai SIPG Energy Service (SSES), a subsidiary of Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG), have delivered LNG to ZIM Integrated Shipping Services’ first LNG-fueled containership. According to Avenir, the 15,000 TEU ZIM Sammy Ofer was bunkered with
Tokyo-based shipping company IINO Kaiun Kaisha has conducted a trial on one of its chemical tankers using a marine biofuel blend delivered by British oil and gas company BP in Singapore. On 18 December 2022, IINO’s chemical tanker Chemroad Echo was supplied with B24 marine biofuel, consisting of 24%
Conversion of GasLog’s DNV-classed LNG carrier Gaslog Chelsea, which was recently renamed as Alexandroupolis, to a floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) has kicked off at the Keppel shipyard in Singapore. This marks the beginning of the work to develop Greece’s first FSRU which will serve as a
The third large-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier built by Chinese shipyard Hudong – Zhonghua Shipbuilding for compatriot shipowner COSCO Shipping Lines and energy firm China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) has completed its gas and routine sea trials, setting a new record for the ship
