China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) has revealed that the world’s largest LNG storage tank was put into operation at its Qingdao LNG receiving terminal in China. The construction of the tank with a storage capacity of 270,000 cubic meters began in early 2022 and it was put into service
Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), part of Nokia, has delivered subsea control cable infrastructure for an Equinor-operated field recently brought on stream. ASN has supplied, installed, and pre-commissioned DC/FO subsea control cable infrastructure, which provides high electrical power and fiber con
Following last year’s memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE), German company DAI Infrastruktur has now joined forces with compatriot technology major Siemens Energy to develop its green ammonia project in East Port Said, Egypt. On October 30, 2023, DAI signed an MoU
Major energy transition-related updates came from Nordic countries this week. An energy island for large-scale green hydrogen and offshore wind production has been proposed in Åland (Finland). Denmark has just selected winners of its first Power-to-X tender. The first containership to be powered by
Construction works have commenced on the Celtic Interconnector that will link Ireland and France. The project is being developed by the Irish transmission system operator (TSO) EirGrid and its French counterpart Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE). EirGrid reported today, November 3, that constr
The European Commission has included Tanger Med and Port Said, two pivotal transshipment hubs, in the European Union’s (EU) revamped carbon pricing regime for ships. This latest update, however, brings a marked change in the way emissions are assessed, and it extends its reach beyond EU borders, her
The European Union needs to triple or quadruple its installed shore power by 2030 to meet the current ambitions of the FuelEU Maritime regulation and the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR), a new study estimates.
German energy company Uniper and New York-headquartered ammonia plants developer First Ammonia have agreed to cooperate on a green ammonia project in the port of Victoria, Texas. The parties revealed their plans to cooperate on October 30 at the US-German Hydrogen Conference in Berlin. As part of th
The construction of the new zero direct emission freight ferry ordered by Scandlines for the Puttgarden-Rødby route has begun to take shape, the Danish ferry company revealed.
US LNG producer and provider Stabilis Solutions revealed on Tuesday that it had won a multi-year marine bunkering contract with Carnival Corporation & plc to provide LNG fuel for the Carnival Jubilee, the newest addition to the Carnival Cruise Line fleet. Stabilis said that under the terms of the co
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has introduced a new ultra-low emissions version of its 31DF engine that can reduce methane emissions by 41 percent more than the standard 31DF engine.
For the first time in Korea, simultaneous operations (SIMOPs) of ship-to-ship LNG bunkering were conducted for a coal-carrying bulk carrier at the POSCO raw material dock, Gwanyang port.
Japan-based trading company Itochu Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with global engineering and construction contractor Orascom Construction on the development of ammonia bunkering in the Suez Canal, Egypt. Orascom Construction has extensive experience in the energy transit
DNV has entered into a JDP with AL Group and its Singapore unit to explore the feasibility of CCS on board AL’s newbuildings.
