Finnish marine technology supplier Wärtsilä and Swedish shipping company Furetank are co-developing and testing two technologies showing the potential to halve the methane slip of LNG-fueled ships. Methane slip on LNG-powered vessels refers to the unintentional release of methane, a potent greenhous
A collaborative renewable subsea power project, run by Mocean Energy and Verlume, alongside Baker Hughes, Serica Energy and others, has completed an initial four-month test program and secured extension for further testing in the North Sea.
COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Industry Technology (Weihai) has won test approval clearance for the company’s ammonia fuel supply system prototype. The marine product test approval was awarded by the China Classification Society (CCS) Qingdao Branch after the system successfully cleared its acceptance test. T
German energy supply company EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg has entered into an investment agreement with Skipavika Green Ammonia (SkiGA), which is said to be one of Europe’s most advanced projects for emission-free ammonia production, in Western Norway. Under the agreement, EnBW will acquire a 10%
Slowly but surely the world’s first containership powered by green methanol is making its way from South Korea to its final destination of Copenhagen where it will be christened in September. The 2,100 TEU boxship, built by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, has arrived in the Port of Rotterdam, the final stop
Nasdaq-listed shipowner OceanPal Inc. announced that it is investing in a Norwegian entity, RFSea Infrastructure II AS, that will construct two methanol-ready, stainless steel chemical tankers. The two 600 dwt chemical tankers, ordered under two separate contracts, will be built at China’s Wuhu Ship
The Board of Directors of China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) has voted in favor of constructing a new methanol dual-fuel Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC). The construction of the vessel, which would be the world’s first methanol-powered VLCC, is expected to take place at Dalian Shipyard and the p
COSCO SHIPPING Lines CO., COSCO SHIPPING Ports and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) have teamed up in a joint initiative to advocate for the widespread adoption of shore power technology. The partnership is being forged at a critical juncture as global efforts intensify to achieve “carbon emiss
Australian project delivery and asset services provider Worley and researchers at Princeton University’s Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment have developed a new action plan for the renewable hydrogen sector which, if broadly adopted, could reduce delivery times for hydrogen projects by
AW-Energy, a Finnish near-shore wave energy technology developer, has joined the Halliburton Labs Clean Energy Accelerator program, gaining access to broad range of know-how to scale up its business.
British oil and gas company BP has completed a concept development phase study into its energy hub H2Kwinana in Western Australia and came a step closer to achieving a final investment decision for the project. H2Kwinana is part of BP’s plans to transition its former oil refinery site in Kwinana int
Technology group Wärtsilä has added carbon capture and storage (CCS) feasibility studies to its portfolio of products intended for shipowners and operators. The company has already conducted a number of studies on a range of vessel types including ro-ro and ro-pax vessels, a drill ship, a container
SM Korealine Co., a shipping unit of South Korea’s SM Group, revealed on Monday that its subsidiary Korealine LNG has received official authorization from its flag state of Panama for autonomous sailing operations of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering ship, named the SM Jeju LNG 2. The LNG bu
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WTPO) has issued a notice of intent for a $14.5 million funding opportunity to support marine energy research at U.S. institutions of higher education, including minority-serving institutions. The funding opportunity is expected
