
The direction of the global transition to clean energy is getting more refined each week, as more of the world’s energy majors start investing in innovation and collaboration to shift energy production away from GHG-heavy sources.

Australia’s offshore security regulator has ordered Shell to shut down its Prelude FLNG facility offshore Western Australia, following the fire incident that occurred at the beginning of the month.

Fluxys Belgium, the operator of the Zeebrugge LNG terminal, has awarded Lithuanian energy infrastructure company MT Group a contract to work on the terminal expansion.

Japanese shipbuilder Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) said the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier left Japan to pick up its first cargo in Australia.

Port of Oakland clean energy efforts are getting a $5.2 million boost from the US government.

The U.S. government has awarded more than $241 million in discretionary grant funding for 25 projects to improve port facilities in 19 states and one territory through the Maritime Administration’s (MARAD) Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP).

Dutch independent LNG supplier Titan LNG has developed the ‘Hyperion’ series of tank concepts for Inland Waterway (IWW) bunker barges.

Passenger shipping company Rederi AB Gotland and its subsidiaries are developing Sweden’s first large-scale hydrogen-powered vessel for both passengers and freight, with water as the only emission.

FESCO Transportation Group, the largest intermodal transport operator in Russia, revealed it will further increase container traffic on the route connecting Japan and Russia.

Marine fuel supplier Minerva Bunkering has introduced a new marine fuels supply service in the Red Sea ports of Yanbu and Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The government of South Australia has granted Australian developer Venice Energy approval to build an LNG import facility in Port Adelaide.

Research from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has found that marine energy can provide important benefits to power grids, while complementing less predictable renewable energy generation.

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has signed the first sustainability-linked construction loan with compatriot banks Intesa Sanpaolo and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) for a maximum amount of €300 million (around $340 million).

India wants to build greater synergies between the major and non-major ports in order to promote coastal trade and provide sustainable, cost-effective and efficient intermodal & multimodal solutions.