Florida-based marine company Crowley and the Port of San Diego broke ground for the shoreside charging station designed to provide clean energy for the company’s forth-coming zero-emissions tugboat, eWolf. The eWolf, under continuing construction at Master Boat Builders, is a crucial component of th
Finnish crane manufacturer Konecranes has won an order from CMA CGM Kaohsiung Terminal Co. Limited to supply 7 hybrid Konecranes Noell Rubber-Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes to their container handling terminal at the main port in Taiwan. The order is part of CMA CGM Group’s efforts to streamline their op
The North Sea oil & gas industry spent £1.6 billion on decommissioning redundant wells and infrastructure last year, more than in any of the previous five years, the latest report by the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) states. The industry spent a total of around £8 billion from 2017-2022 and
Pipelaying activity for Gastrade’s Alexandroupolis LNG terminal, the first offshore LNG project in Greece, has been completed. On 8 August, oilfield services provider Saipem shared an update on social media stating its pipelay vessel Castoro 10 had completed the activity in the North-East of Greece,
Oregon State University has shared the latest updates and the upcoming steps in the construction PacWave South site, the first full-scale wave energy test facility in the United States. The PacWave South project in Seal Rock, Oregon, will be the first pre-permitted, full-scale test facility for wave
Russian shipyard Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex has launched a new ice-class ARC7 LNG carrier for the Arctic LNG 2 project. According to Zvezda, the vessel was named Sergei Witte and has a capacity of 172,600 m3. It is the third unit in a series of fifteen LNG carriers ordered by Sovcomflot and being b
In a clash that has ignited legal flames in the heart of Louisiana, the St. Bernard Parish District Attorney’s Office has filed a lawsuit against the Port of New Orleans to halt the construction of a proposed $1.8 billion container terminal, the Louisiana International Terminal, in the Violet area.
EE North America (EENA), a subsidiary of Denmark-based European Energy, has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Pennsylvania-based Montauk Renewables to purchase biogenically produced CO2 for the production of e-methanol which will be used as a marine fuel. The strategic agreement will grant EENA t
Green methanol is rapidly emerging as a transformative marine fuel, leading the charge in the maritime industry’s quest for sustainable and eco-friendly shipping operations, it is quickly becoming a prominent contender in the race to decarbonize the sector. As the imperative for decarbonization of t
Construction of the Woodfibre LNG, a project being developed by Pacific Energy and Enbridge, has officially begun as Qingdao McDermott Wuchuan (QMW) fabrication yard, a joint venture of McDermott and China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), started building the first module for the project. QMW
The world’s largest LNG bunkering ship Hai Yang Shi You 301 (Offshore Oil 301) has completed its first ship-to-ship bunkering operation involving a very large crude carrier (VLCC) at the anchorage of Guangzhou Port. The 8.5-hour operation saw Offshore Oil 301 provide the 320,000-ton dual-fuel tanke
Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) is advancing its Wind Hunter project with the initiative to develop a pure water production system for hydrogen generation. MOL’s Wind Hunter project aims to harness offshore wind energy to produce hydrogen from water onboard and convert it into pr
Coastal GasLink, the 670-kilometre pipeline that will transport natural gas to the approved LNG Canada facility near Kitimat, is nearly 92% complete, according to the latest construction update. Summer construction season is in full swing and the project is moving closer to mechanical completion by
Greek electricity grid operator Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO or Admie) has put into operation the upgraded Zakynthos-Kyllini interconnection, said to secure the energy supply of the Ionian Islands. The new 150 kV high-voltage submarine cable system replaced the existing interconnect
