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Switching to ammonia as marine fuel may create more problems than it solves
Switching to ammonia as a marine fuel, with the goal of decarbonization, can instead create entirely new problems, a new study found.

Wintershall Dea’s drilling ops with Transocean rig cleared for take-off
Wintershall Dea has secured a green light for the drilling of four wells in the Norwegian Sea, using one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs.

CMA CGM welcomes first eco-friendly 5,5K TEU boxship from Qingdao Beihai
China Shipbuilding Industry Trading Co., a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), and Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Co. have delivered and named the new eco-friendly 5,500 TEU containership CMA CGM Sahara to French shipping giant CMA CGM.

CNOOC brings online China’s ‘largest’ offshore oilfield secondary development and adjustment project
CNOOC Limited has kicked off production from an oilfield secondary adjustment and development project, which is located in Liaodong Bay of Bohai Sea.

WATCH: Peninsula supplies MSC containership with LNG in Gibraltar
Maritime fuel supplier Peninsula has delivered LNG to MSC Virginia containership, owned by shipping major MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, at the Gibraltar anchorage. Peninsula’s first purpose-built 12,500 cubic meter LNG bunker vessel Levante LNG completed the LNG bunker supply to the MSC Virgin

VINCI wins cruise ship shore power deal at HAROPA PORT
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

Eidesvik and DEME shake hands for ship management agreement extension
Eidesvik Offshore has signed an extension to its ship management agreement with DEME for the construction support vessel (CSV) Viking Neptun. Eidesvik has provided full technical management, crewing and operation of Viking Neptun since December 2022 and this agreement extends the firm period to Janu

GRSE launches its first electric ferry
India-based shipbuilder Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (GRSE) has launched a next-generation electric ferry for the West Bengal government.

After TotalEnergies and PTTEP, Shell joins wave power for subsea equipment project
Energy major Shell has joined the Renewables for Subsea Power (RSP) collaborative project which is powering subsea equipment off the coast of Orkney, Scotland, through a combination of wave power and subsea energy storage. The £2 million demonstrator initiative, nearing 12 months in the water, has c

MOL and JX to develop CCS value chain between Japan and Australia
Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and compatriot energy firm JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation (JX) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop a carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) value chain between Japan and Australia, including marine transport of

NWEA: We need to standardize offshore wind industry to reach targets
2023 was an exciting year for offshore wind, but there are still major challenges to tackle, said Jan Vos, Chairman of the board of the Netherlands Wind Energy Association (NWEA), at the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) 2023, proposing standardization in the industry. Vos affirmed that

World’s 1st large methanol-powered containership bunkered in Ulsan
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

BP hands chief financial officer role to its interim CFO
UK-headquartered energy giant BP has decided to appoint its interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to the CFO role.

Sea Forrest marine battery system okayed by RINA
Sea Forrest, a Singapore-based provider of specialist marine electric propulsion and energy management solutions, has been awarded a type approval certificate by Italian classification society RINA for its marine lithium ion battery system, jointly developed with GenPlus.