US-based shipowner Eagle Bulk Shipping announced that one of its bulkers has completed a voyage using biofuel. M/V Stamford Eagle, an Ultramax bulk carrier built in 2016, carried out the voyage in cooperation with the global mining and metallurgy group Eramet and its subsidiary Eramet Norway. The sh
Belgian tanker shipping major Euronav believes that Frontline’s unilateral termination of the proposed $4.2 billion combination agreement announced on Monday was unfounded, the company said in an update. “Euronav has determined that Frontline’s unilateral action in pursuing the termination of the co
Swiss-based liner major Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is starting the year on a high note with the construction of its New Panamax giants in China making headway. Namely, Dalian Shipbuilding (DSIC), part of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has launched MSC Chiyo, a 16,000 TEU boxs
Lady Maria Fisher, the second LNG dual-fuel tanker built for British marine engineering services provider James Fisher, has completed sea trials. According to James Fisher’s social media update from 10 January, the sea trials “ran smoothly despite the three-day delay caused by the weather conditions
CIMC Blue Water, a subsidiary of CIMC Enric Holdings, has delivered a batch of 29 LNG conversion vessels to its customer Zhuhai Port Shipping Company, a subsidiary of Zhuhai Port Holdings Group. This is the largest delivery of a single batch of oil-to-gas converted vessels in China, and according to
The Biden-Harris Administration has released the U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization, an interagency framework of strategies and actions to remove all emissions from the transportation sector by 2050. The document builds upon the memorandum of understanding Departments of Ener
Oil and gas giant Shell has signed multiple partnership agreements with Oman’s Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Oman LNG and OQ, former Oman Oil Company, in fields of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and hydrogen. On 10 January, Oman LNG revealed it had signed a term sheet with Shell International Tradin
UK’s cleantech company Silverstream Technologies has signed a deal with China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) to install its air lubrication technology on four 175,000cbm LNG carriers being built at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC). The agreement includes four firm installations of the
Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V. (DUH), a non-profit environmental and consumer protection association, has filed an objection to the operating license and water law permit of the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Höegh Esperanza in Wilhelmshaven. The floating LNG terminal in Wilhelmshaven wa
Startup climate-tech company Seabound has teamed up with Crestchic Loadbanks, a specialist in the provision of load bank testing equipment, to test Seabound’s carbon capture prototype. London-based Seabound has developed a unique carbon capture device that traps and stores CO2 from fuel exhaust with
Danish container shipping major Maersk has appointed a new executive leadership team as the company kick-starts the year under the helm of Vincent Clerc as CEO. As we reported earlier, Clerc took over the reins at A.P. Moller – Maersk on January 1, 2023, following the retirement of his predecessor S
Solstad Offshore’s platform supply vessel (PSV) Normand Leader has saved 29 per cent of emissions and fuel consumption compared to a normal transit and only minor vessel speed alternations. Solstad said it had worked with partner VPS Decarbonization over the last weeks to use data analytics to save
The Port of Corpus Christi has been encouraged by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstration to submit a full application for its Horizons Clean Hydrogen Hub (HCH2) through the Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs Program. The port sees itself as the prime applicant for the HCH2,
Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering (KSOE), a research-oriented intermediate holding company of the Hyundai Heavy Industry (HHI) Group, Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (IKTS), and European solid oxide systems (SOC) producer ELCOGEN have agreed to collabora
