Greek shipowner Avin International LTD has ordered a Suezmax tanker from the Chinese shipbuilder New Times Shipbuilding Co., and the tanker is set to become the first ammonia-fuel ready vessel in the world. The landmark 274-meter-long vessel is now under construction and the company has options for
Alfa Laval, DTU Energy, Haldor Topsoe, Svitzer and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping are entering into a joint project to accelerate the development of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology. Funded by a grant from Danish Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Prog
Yara Marine Technologies, a Norway-based provider of exhaust gas cleaning systems, has selected Phoenician Energy’s aluminum-air batteries as the winner of its corporate accelerator program, Yara Marine X. Yara Marine X was launched in September as a startup competition aiming to provide a home for
Dutch tidal energy developer SeaQurrent has received support from Autodesk through its Technology Impact Program to advance the design of its TidalKite tidal power system.
Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea has introduced new and future-proof, sustainable solution for subsea services. The project, named Reach Remote, is a cooperation with industrial partners Kongsberg Maritime and Massterly, and also gets support from Innovation Norway. The first stage of Reach Remote
Floating Power Plant (FPP) and partners Lundin Energy Norway, NOV-APL, Semco Maritime, Cefront Technologies and Aalborg University have completed a project aimed at using floating wind and wave power to support an offshore oil and gas facility. According to FPP, the project shows that using renewabl
The VindØ consortium has revealed its vision of the world’s first energy island. The VindØ consortium comprises two of Denmark’s largest pension funds, PensionDanmark and PFA, and Denmark’s largest utility company, Andel. The artificial island, made of submersible concrete boxes, is to be built in t
Norwegian energy major Equinor, in collaboration with Saipem company Moss Maritime, plans to build and test a pilot floating solar plant off Frøya in Norway in the late summer of 2021.
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has joined the International Windship Association (IWSA), the not-for-profit organisation that promotes and helps facilitate the uptake of direct wind propulsion solutions for commercial shipping. The move is being announced as ABS increases its involvement with win
Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe is about to deploy 5G technology and the Internet of Things (IoT) as part of the UK Government’s 5G Trials and Testbeds Programme. The Port of Felixtowe will be the largest UK port to deploy the technology as it eyes the opportunity to enhance productivity, efficie
The Australian Tidal Energy (AUSTEn) team has made publicly available tidal energy datasets from two sites in Tasmania and the Northern Territory to help assess Australia’s tidal energy resource and its potential contribution to the future energy mix.
Fugro has joined an EU co-funded research and innovation project to develop a remote solution for global satellite derived seafloor mapping. The 3-year project, named ‘4S’ (Satellite Seafloor Survey Suite), will develop an online cloud-based solution that will use highly automated earth observation
The project team working on the development of the U.S. Department of Energy-sponsored marine and hydrokinetic tool for permitting and licensing has invited the members of the marine energy community to offer their feedback.
Decarbonization in the shipping sector is inevitable. However, charting the way forward for the sector seems to be a very complex and demanding task as the industry stakeholders look at how regulations and market-based mechanisms can help the sector transition into a greener future. Regulation will
