Swedish hydrogen fuel cell provider PowerCell has joined H2Marine, an EU project aimed at developing innovative hydrogen solutions with a focus on developing and testing fuel cells specifically for marine applications. The project entails a comprehensive process of design, development, testing, and
Italian shipowner Fratelli Cosulich has taken delivery of its second LNG bunkering vessel, Paolina Cosulich, from the Nantong CIMC SOE shipyard in China. This 5,300 dwt vessel, which can carry 8,200 cubic meters of LNG and 500 m3 of MGO, set sail from the Chinese shipyard on February 27, Fratelli Co
KOTUG Canada, a partnership between KOTUG International and Canada’s Horizon Maritime, has held a steel cutting ceremony for two dual-fuel methanol escort tugs that will service the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP). The ceremony took place on February 13 at Sanmar Shipyard in Türkiye, marking
Türkiye’s Tersan Shipyard has received a shipbuilding order from Norwegian ferry operator Fjord1 AS for four battery-powered autonomous double-ended ferries, said to be the world’s first. Tersan and Fjord1 revealed the shipbuilding contract on February 27, stating that the new ferries will “revoluti
The work on the vertical lay-up machine (VLM) for JDR’s new cable factory in the UK is now well underway in Klaipeda, Lithuania, where Norway-headquartered PASSER Group recently opened a new fabrication facility. The Group has revealed that, besides expanding its production capacity, it is also look
Houston-headquartered eFuels producer HIF Global and Japanese companies ITOCHU, JFE Steel, and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have signed an agreement to jointly identify and assess potential locations to establish carbon-neutral eFuels facilities in Australia as well as a CO2 supply chain between Austra
Canada-based alternative fuel systems supplier Westport Fuel Systems has revealed plans for a proof-of-concept project to test its High Pressure Direct Injection (HPDI) fuel system utilizing methanol for marine applications. For this project, Westport said it has partnered with a leading global supp
U.S. energy infrastructure company New Fortress Energy (NFE) has welcomed the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Energos Celsius at its LNG terminal in Barcarena, Brazil. NFE announced the arrival of Energos Celsius via social media on February 23, 2024. The 160,000 cubic meter Energos
The European Commission (EC) has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the creation of a joint venture by Japanese companies INPEX Corporation, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and Iwatani Corporation that aims to develop a liquefied hydrogen supply chain. On February 22, the EC issued a document stat
FueLNG, a joint venture between Shell and Seatrium, has deployed LNG bunker ship FueLNG Venosa to perform the gassing up and cooling down and LNG bunkering of Seatrium’s floating living lab, the first of its kind offshore floating testbed in Singapore. The 18,000 cubic meter FueLNG Venosa, also know
Independent infrastructure provider Vopak has commissioned 40,000 cubic meters of capacity at its Sebarok terminal in Singapore for blending biofuels into marine fuels and converted the existing pipeline system to a dedicated biofuel blending service. According to Vopak, the new capacity at the Seba
State-owned oil and gas giant QatarEnergy has revealed the name of the first LNG carrier to be delivered as part of its historic LNG fleet expansion program. On February 23, the company said it had named the first vessel “Rex Tillerson” in recognition of the former Chairman and Chief Executive Offic
Swiss renewable energy company Axpo has become a shareholder in compatriot H2Uri AG, a company building the first green hydrogen production plant in central Switzerland. The hydrogen produced at this plant will be used to power the first hydrogen passenger vessel operated by Lake Lucerne Navigation
Flex LNG, the owner and operator of LNG carriers, has received a notice that the charterer of its vessel Flex Courageous will exercise the first extension option. Together with Flex Resolute, Flex Courageous was fixed on a three-year time charter on November 1, 2021, with the contract commencing in
