Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has received an order for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) of a hydrogen fluoride production plant, including utility facilities, in Hibikinada Oceanfront Industrial Park in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture. The order came from Mexichem Fluor J
The Isle of Man-based ExoTechnologies, the owner of Glasgow boat builder Ultimate Boats, and Arizona-based hydrogen car and truck maker RONN have entered a hydrogen propulsion partnership. The companies, which signed a Letter of Intent (LoI), are expected to develop clean hydrogen electric propulsio
The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) has published recommendations on the safe carriage of electric vehicles (EVs) amid growing concerns within the shipping community, including marine underwriters, about fires breaking out on car carriers and roros with the assertion that many of thes
The US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of the Interior (DOI) have unveiled plans to collaborate and jointly fund research to further support durable and environmentally responsible offshore wind and marine energy deployments in the United States.
Japanese companies Mitsui & Co., Mitsui Chemicals, IHI Corporation and The Kansai Electric Power Co. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to execute a joint study to establish a hydrogen and ammonia supply chain based in the Osaka coastal industrial zone. Under the MoU, the four companies
The financial cost of building an ammonia-powered gas carrier is poised to outstrip that of an equivalent gas carrier by a staggering 50 to 130 percent over the forthcoming years. The estimate builds upon findings from interviews with actors across the ship finance space including banks, funds, priv
Houston-based Sempra Infrastructure has signed an agreement with a Japanese consortium to participate in the evaluation of a proposed project to produce e-natural gas, a form of carbon recycling, in the U.S. Gulf Coast and an LNG supply chain. The consortium is comprised of Tokyo Gas Company, Ltd.,
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
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
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
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
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
Japanese shipping majors NYK and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have been commissioned to study liquefied CO2 transport by vessels as part of a carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) project in Japan.
