
The biggest ever round of UK government’s flagship renewables auction scheme has secured record capacity of almost 11GW of clean energy, to be delivered across a range of clean technologies, including offshore wind, solar, onshore wind, and for the first time ever – floating wind and tidal energy.

Energy giant Shell and Chech power utility Cez have jointly booked 7 billion cubic metres per year of LNG in the planned Eemshaven LNG terminal.

Singapore-based shipowner Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has completed the first LNG bunkering operation for its managed vessel, Greenway, which is said to be the world’s first dual-fuel LNG Suezmax tanker.

Italian energy firm Snam has purchased a 5 billion cubic metres per year FSRU from a unit of the Singapore-based shipping giant BW LNG for $400 million.

A methanol dual fuel 300,000 DWT very large crude oil carrier (VLCC) has received approval in principle (AIP) from classification society Korean Register (KR).

Explora Journeys, part of MSC, and Fincantieri have signed (MOA for the construction of an additional two hydrogen-powered cruise ships.

Finnish ship designer Deltamarin has been selected by Singapore-based dry bulk owner Berge Bulk to carry out the ship side basic design for installing BAR Technologies WindWings by Yara Marine Technologies onboard the 210,000 dwt bulk carrier Berge Olympus.

Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has embarked on a market probing exercise into the techno-economic benefits of shared services and infrastructure for wind and wave energy generation technologies and projects.

Plans for the new port of Durrës at Porto Romano, Albania, and a dry port in Pristina, Kosovo, have been presented to the governments of Albania and Kosovo, Dutch engineering consultancy firm Royal HaskoningDHV said.

Subsidiaries of Shell have taken the final investment decision (FID) to build Holland Hydrogen I, which will be Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant once operational in 2025.

Chinese shipyard Jiangnan has ordered tank design for three new LNG carriers from French LNG containment specialist GTT.

Danish tanker shipping firm Maersk Tankers, together with shipowners in its pools, has launched a new digital solution to help owners meet the required marine emissions standards.

Classification society DNV has awarded a certificate to Greek shipping company Arcadia Shipmanagement recognizing the tanker Aegean Myth as the first vessel globally to have a SEEMP III manual.

South Korean shipyard Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD), part of Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), has received a contract for the construction of one liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier.