An impressive majority of 68 percent of Finnish maritime respondents who participated in a recent survey have expressed their willingness to pay more money in exchange for emission reduction on their travels. The EPSI Rating’s Passenger Transport 2023 survey examined the customer experience and cust
McDermott’s unit CB&I has obtained approval in principle (AiP) from classification society DNV for its design of a liquid hydrogen (LH2) cargo containment system for gas carriers. CB&I developed the containment system in collaboration with Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited. Th
Classification society DNV has issued an approval in principle (AiP) to MISC Berhad and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for their floating CO2 storage unit (FCSU) that aims to enhance the efficiency of the carbon capture and storage (CCS) value chain within the maritime industry. MISC and SHI jointly
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
Woodside has received a stamp of approval from the Mexican regulator, Comision Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH), for a field development plan (FDP) covering a deepwater oil project in the Perdido basin in the Gulf of Mexico.
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
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
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
Workers at Chevron’s Gorgon and Wheatstone LNG projects in Western Australia will proceed with Protected Industrial Action (PIA), participating in rolling stoppages, bans and limitations which will begin next week. The Offshore Alliance (OA), an alliance between the Australian Workers’ Union and the
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
Norway received offers for production licences from 25 companies for further exploration activity on the NCS, as part of the APA 2023 round.
DNV classification society has issued a letter of professional opinion confirming that ERMA FIRST’s alternative maritime power (AMP) system, BLUE CONNECT, meets the requirements for categorisation as an ‘energy-saving device’ (ESD). In the same document, DNV recognises BLUE CONNECT’s ability to impr
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
DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, has released its new service specification which delineates its procedures for verifying claims made by companies about the production and distribution of low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia. As explained, the new service, DNV-SE-0654, will enab
