In response to the intensifying impacts of climate change, the Panama Canal Authority has revealed a noteworthy shift in investment priorities, underscoring a commitment to channel more capital into sustainability initiatives. The canal authority has earmarked $8.5 billion for capital investments, a
Dutch bunker supplier Titan has marked its debut in the United Kingdom (UK) with a liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering operation in Dundee, Scotland. On February 1, Titan’s recently chartered LNG carrier Alice Cosulich delivered 345 metric tons of LNG to the vessel Living Stone from the DEME Group
The construction of electricity supply connections to ships at berth has officially begun at the Le Havre cruise terminal, France. Led by HAROPA PORT, the 5th largest port complex in Northern Europe, the strategic project aims to reduce emissions from cruise activity by electrifying cruise docks. By
François Cornet d’Elzius, Ambassador of Belgium to Cairo, and Waleid Gamal El Dien, Chairman of the General Authority of the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) have met to discuss new aspects of cooperation, including green fuel projects. On February 7, SCZONE said it received d’Elzius within the fra
Swiss cleantech company Cavotec revealed that it has signed a $5.7 million shore power retrofit deal contract with an undisclosed European shipping line. The agreement entails the complete retrofit of container vessels from the installation of Cavotec’s cable management system to modifications of th
Norway-based energy services provider Aker Solutions has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract by Hafslund Oslo Celsio (Celsio) to develop the CO2 terminal for intermediate storage and export to ship at the Port of Oslo.
Hamburg-based energy company Mabanaft has hit a new milestone in the progress of its planned ammonia import terminal in the Port of Hamburg with the scoping meeting held as part of the approval process. The meeting was completed on January 30 in the run-up to the approval procedure for the construct
Freeport East, one of twelve Freeports established in the UK, and Australian green hydrogen storage company Rux Energy have signed a collaboration agreement to achieve the safe storage, distribution, and supply of low-carbon hydrogen within the UK and exporting green hydrogen across the world. The a
Finnish shipping company Viking Line has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ports of Stockholm, and the Port of Turku to create a green maritime corridor between Turku and Stockholm. The goal is for the corridor to be 100% carbon-neutral by 2035. The partnership aims to develop scal
A consortium comprised of subsidiaries from VINCI Energies and VINCI Construction has won a contract for the implementation of a high-voltage power supply system at HAROPA PORT’s Pointe de Floride terminal. The system is expected to cut emissions by 15,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent a year, according
Ane Maersk, the world’s first large methanol dual-fuel containership, has completed its first ship-to-ship (STS) green methanol bunkering at Ulsan Port, South Korea. The green methanol was bunkered to 16,000 TEU Ane Maersk, Maersk’s first large methanol-powered containership, by Golden Sunny Hana, a
French company Lhyfe has started construction work for its new hydrogen production plant in Brake on the site located on land in the harbor area of Niedersachsen Ports (NPorts), Germany’s largest public seaport operator. The groundbreaking ceremony for the production facility is taking place today,
Ireland’s largest bulk port Shannon Foynes and the Port of Rotterdam have signed an agreement to develop a supply-chain corridor for exporting green fuels into Europe produced from the west of Ireland’s limitless wind resource.
Ports of Stockholm has been given the green light from the Swedish Government to apply for EU funding for three sustainability initiatives. The major focus of the projects is the development of the electricity infrastructure, in support of the transition to greener shipping by lowering quayside air
