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CF Industries and POSCO sizing up U.S.-based clean ammonia production with offtake into South Korea
U.S. ammonia producer CF Industries Holdings and South Korea’s steelmaking and energy trading company POSCO Holdings have announced that they are evaluating a joint venture to construct a low-carbon clean ammonia plant at CF Industries’ Blue Point Complex in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, U.S., along
HMM claims impressive 24 pct GHG emissions cut in biofuel trial
South Korea’s flagship carrier HMM is accelerating its use of alternative fuels in line with the company’s decarbonization efforts. The company, which is currently undergoing a privatization process, has carried out a trial use of a sustainable marine biofuel on its 6,400TEU containership HMM Tacoma
DNV okays HD KSOE’s hydrogen system for liquefied hydrogen carrier
Classification society DNV has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) and its subsidiaries HD Hyundai Heavy Industry (HD HHI) and Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) for their new hydrogen system.
EPS partners with HD Hyundai to enhance maritime digitalisation
Singapore-based ship management company Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has partnered with HD Hyundai Global Services on strategic digital cooperation leveraging digital solutions for carbon emission monitoring, optimising ship operations.
Maersk CEO: 19 out of 25 green methanol-fuelled containerships already in production
Maersk, a pioneering force in the shipping industry, is well on its way to completing its ambitious newbuilding program comprising 25 ships powered by green methanol. Speaking at today’s historic naming ceremony for its first methanol-powered ship, Vincent Clerc, CEO of A.P. Moller Maersk, revealed
WATCH: World’s 1st methanol-powered containership reaches final destination
The world’s first container vessel powered by green methanol has arrived in Copenhagen after completing a 21,500 km maiden trip from Ulsan, South Korea. The 2,100 TEU boxship was assisted into the port of Copenhagen by Svitzer’s tugs and the container ship docked in the Toldboden area of the Copenha
Elogen and Valmax pen new electrolyzer supply deal
Elogen, a GTT group company, has signed a new contract with Valmax Technology, a system integrator for energy solutions in the hydrogen sector, to design and manufacture a proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer with a power of 2.5 MW. The electrolyzer, with a production capacity of up to 1 ton
Korean Register grants AiP for SHI’s ship cyber resilience tech
Classification society Korean Register (KR) has awarded an Approval in Principle (AIP) to Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for ‘design and test procedures for implementing cyber resilience of ship and onboard systems based on IACS UR E26 and E27.
ABS and partners to collaborate on LCO2 carrier design
Classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has entered a joint industry project (JIP) with ECOLOG Services, Hanwha Ocean and Babcock International Liquid Gas Equipment (LGE) to work on the development of a detailed design of a 40K cbm liquified carbon dioxide (LCO2) carrier that meets
WATCH: The birth of the world’s 1st methanol-powered containership
As Danish containership major Maersk readies to christen the world’s first methanol-powered containership on Thursday in Copenhagen, the company has shared footage of the ship’s construction process. The construction of the cutting-edge 2,100 TEU container vessel, powered by green methanol, and clas
HHI, KSOE win green light for autonomous navigation innovations
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) have won approvals in principle (AiPs) from ABS for two new solutions that support autonomous navigation and address a more sustainable maritime industry. The Artificial Intelligence-based Smart LNG Boil-off Ga
Korean Register approves HD HHI’s LNG dual-fuel VLGC design
Classification society Korean Register (KR) has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) for an LNG dual-fuel very large gas carrier (VLGC) jointly developed by KR and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI), a subsidiary of South Korean shipbuilder HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE).