Four Japanese companies—Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line), Kyokuyo Shipyard Corporation, Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding, and Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine&Engineering—have joined the collaborative cross-industry Digital Twin Project, an initiative that aims to accelerate the adoption of digital twins.
Finland-based marine engineering company Deltamarin has secured a contract to design and engineer upsized methanol dual-fuel Shaper Class pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) ordered by Norwegian shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Jiangsu).
Italy’s energy major Eni has secured the status of a preferred off-taker of renewable energy transmitted from Albania to Italy through a planned 1 GW subsea interconnector by signing an agreement with Emirati partners. Eni’s Chief Executive Officer Claudio Descalzi has signed three collaboration agr
London-based technology company H2Terminals has entered into an agreement to supply hydrogen produced at its offshore energy island project in the North Sea to industrial users in London and the Thames Eastuary region.
Italian utility company Edison has refueled the newbuild Mein Schiff Relax, a cruise ship owned by Germany’s TUI Cruises, with LNG in the Adriatic Sea.
Belgium’s Blue Accelerator, a blue economy testing platform, has undergone an upgrade as part of the Test@Sea project, enhancing offshore testing infrastructure with new frames and sensors for materials research. According to Blue Accelerator, the expansion was completed in three phases. In fall 202
Newbuild 7,700 TEU containership HMM Sky, said to be the first LNG-fueled containership in South Korea, has undergone its first commercial ship-to-ship (STS) LNG bunkering operation.
MET Development, Eni and Iren Ambiente have started the permitting process for a circular methanol and hydrogen production plant at Eni’s refinery in Pavia, Italy.
Esso Australia, an Australian affiliate of ExxonMobil, and its co-venture partners Mitsui and Woodside Energy are planning to invest almost $200 million into a project offshore Australia that will bring additional gas supply from the Gippsland Basin online. The Kipper 1B Project will use the VALARIS
French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) and Great Britain’s independent energy regulator Ofgem have come to an agreement to continue exploring further electricity interconnection development opportunities of around 1 GW capacity between France and the UK. The countries have an electricity partners
Spain’s automated wind-assisted propulsion system specialist bound4blue has completed the installation of its suction sails on a tanker vessel owned by Singapore’s Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS).
Construction has started on the Hyoffwind green hydrogen production facility in Zeebrugge, Belgium.
UK’s Shoreham Port has formed a partnership with ScottishPower, a part of energy company Iberdrola, to explore the development of a green hydrogen production facility.
Swiss container shipping giant MSC has ordered up to eight 22,000 TEU liquefied natural gas (LNG) dual-fuel containerships in China. On February 21, 2025, Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard revealed it signed a contract for 4+2+2 eco-friendly units with MSC. “The 22,000 TEU LNG dual-fuel cont
