Japanese shipping heavyweight Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has revealed plans to build a dual-fuelled bulk carrier at Oshima Shipbuilding that will be intended for charter with Kansai Electric Power Co. The LNG dual-fuel bulker is intended to transport coal to KEPCO’s Maizuru Power Station from oversea
A 40,000 m3 LCO2 carrier developed by South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has secured Approval in Principle (AIP) from compatriot Korean Register (KR). The certificate was presented during a ceremony held at Nor-Shipping 2023 in Oslo, Norway on 7 June. The achievement is the result of a col
Ocean Energy Systems (OES), a technology collaboration program within the International Energy Agency (IEA), has released a summary of the recent progress made in the wave energy industry around the world.
Methanol producer and supplier Proman has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Lithuanian Port of Klaipeda to support the implementation of future methanol bunkering in or near the port. Under the MoU, Proman will support the Lithuanian port in planning, designing and implementing fut
French company Sabella has received the first parts for its tidal energy turbines, which will be deployed by Morbihan Hydro Energies as part of the EU-backed TIGER project.
The Balgzand-Bacton Pipeline (BBL) between the Netherlands and the UK will make a one-week pause to gas flows in September due to planned maintenance. BBL Company, the owner of the 235-kilometer subsea gas interconnection, announced at the beginning of May that the planned maintenance is scheduled f
Port of Rotterdam has awarded a feasibility study contract to Proton Venture, an ammonia engineering company, for the scoping and conceptual design of an ammonia export terminal in Western Australia (WA). Via this future ammonia hub to be located in Oakajee, the Dutch port aims to import 3 million t
Engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions in collaboration with STX Engine has unveiled its latest innovation: the auxiliary MAN 35/44DF CD engine. The engine is designed specifically for container and LNG carrier applications, It is based on the mature MAN 35/44DF CR and MAN 32/44CR engines and come
Italian oilfield services provider Saipem has signed an agreement with Uzbekistan’s gas transport company Uztransgaz JSC to cooperate in the fields of natural gas, CO2 footprint reduction and hydrogen, with the ambition to transfer know-how, competences and technologies. On its social media, the com
Jacobs, a technical professional services company, has completed the underground infrastructure engineering for the PacWave South site, the first full-scale wave energy test facility in the United States.
The winners of the Nor-Shipping 2023 awards have been announced, with Swedish/Danish tanker operator Terntank, wind power pioneer AlfaWall Oceanbird and Bound4Blue Co-founder and COO Cristina Aleixendri Munoz taking the top prizes. The award ceremony was held at the 29th Nor-Shipping, taking place t
Norwegian seismic company TGS is planning to carry out the first 2D-cubed project offshore Brazil, a technology said to enable the transformation of 2D data into a 3D volume that can be interpreted on a regional scale. The Amazonia Azul 2D-cubed project represents an expansion of TGS’ multi-client d
Swedish marine energy company Minesto has expanded its executive team with new members and updated roles, appointing Gustav Kvibling as its new chief financial officer (CFO).
The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping and the Chilean Ministries of Energy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further expand their partnership focusing on the development of green corridors. The parties first started collaborating in the spring of 2022 when they
