The first phase of UK construction has been completed for the first-ever energy link between the UK and Germany, keeping the project on track. The construction milestone comes as NeuConnect Chair Julia Prescot joined the signing of a new UK-Germany Joint Declaration of Cooperation on Energy and Clim
Team Electric has signed an agreement with Remontowa Shiprepair Yard to provide services for three Polsteam hybrid dual-fuel Ro-Paxes.
Following last year’s memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE), German company DAI Infrastruktur has now joined forces with compatriot technology major Siemens Energy to develop its green ammonia project in East Port Said, Egypt. On October 30, 2023, DAI signed an MoU
Major energy transition-related updates came from Nordic countries this week. An energy island for large-scale green hydrogen and offshore wind production has been proposed in Åland (Finland). Denmark has just selected winners of its first Power-to-X tender. The first containership to be powered by
A total of 14 orders for methanol-powered ships were recorded in October as demand for alternative fuels in the maritime industry continues to rise in line with the ever-stringent regulatory landscape, data from DNV’s Alternative Fuel Insights (AFI) database shows. Some of the most recent orders saw
Construction works have commenced on the Celtic Interconnector that will link Ireland and France. The project is being developed by the Irish transmission system operator (TSO) EirGrid and its French counterpart Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE). EirGrid reported today, November 3, that constr
Wagenborg Offshore has taken into service a subsea support vessel following the conversion from a platform supply vessel (PSV). The Kingsborg subsea support vessel is custom-made and specialized to support subsea activities and decommissioning works in the southern North Sea in a long-term agreement
Dutch maritime technology company Value Maritime has signed its first CO2 capture and storage (CCS) review and approval for four newbuild container vessels with the US-based classification society the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS).
The first electric tugs in SAAM Towage’s fleet, built by the Turkish shipyard Sanmar, passed the final sea acceptance trials and bollard pull tests in Istanbul’s Tuzla Bay, Chile-based tug provider said. At full capacity, the new ElectRA 2300SX units, designed by Canada-based Robert Allan Ltd., are
Yara Eyde, which has been described as the world’s first containership to be powered by pure ammonia as fuel, is scheduled to enter the market in 2026, according to its developers. The vessel is being developed by ammonia producer and shipowner Yara Clean Ammonia and the Norwegian container operator
U.S. Cheniere Energy’s subsidiary Cheniere Marketing has entered into a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with China’s Foran Energy Group. Under the SPA, Foran agreed to purchase approximately 0.9 million tons per annum (mtpa) of LNG for 20 years from Cheniere M
The European Commission has included Tanger Med and Port Said, two pivotal transshipment hubs, in the European Union’s (EU) revamped carbon pricing regime for ships. This latest update, however, brings a marked change in the way emissions are assessed, and it extends its reach beyond EU borders, her
The European Union needs to triple or quadruple its installed shore power by 2030 to meet the current ambitions of the FuelEU Maritime regulation and the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR), a new study estimates.
Dutch shipowner Boomsma Shipping and German counterpart Leonhardt & Blumberg have placed a joint order for the construction of up to eight 8,500-ton low-emission dry cargo vessels, to be built by the Chowgule and Company – Shipbuilding Division Group in India. JR Shipping Shipbrokers & Consultants a
