
China’s COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (CHI) and Germany’s engine maker MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES) have signed a framework agreement to extend their collaboration on decarbonization retrofit projects.

Norwegian ammonia bunkering company Azane Fuel Solutions has established a bunkering infrastructure subsidiary to advance its plans for providing clean ammonia as shipping fuel.

Italian shipping group Grimaldi has placed a $1.3 billion order for nine methanol-ready Roll-On/Roll-Off Passenger (Ro-Pax) vessels at China Merchants Jingling Shipyard (Weihai) as part of its fleet expansion and renewal agenda.

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and Swiss cruise line Viking have launched the “world’s first: cruise ship to be powered by hydrogen stored onboard for propulsion and electricity generation.

The Kassø Power-to-X facility in Aabenraa, Denmark, also known as the world’s largest commercial e-methanol facility, has received the first EU certification for green fuels.

Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S), a Sweden-headquartered provider of crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to the offshore wind industry, has taken delivery of a CTV converted to run entirely on biomethanol that has been chartered by the wind turbine supplier Vestas. According to N-O-S, this is the world’s

Dutch marine fuels supplier Titan has delivered LNG to the newbuild car carrier operated by Japanese shipping company K Line under a long-term contract.

Wärtsilä will invest €50 million in expanding its R&D center in Vaasa, aiming to meet the growing demand for sustainable technologies and alternative fuels in maritime and energy sectors.

German cruise line AIDA Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation, has placed an order for two new multi-fuel cruise ships from Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri.

E&S Tankers, a joint venture of Essberger Tankers and Stolt Tankers, has conducted the first bio-LNG bunkering for its newbuild dual-fuel stainless steel parcel chemical tanker John T. Essberger at the Hamina LNG terminal in Finland.

German energy company Mabanaft and e-fuels producer HIF Global have signed a heads of agreement (HoA) for the planned offtake of e-methanol for the shipping industry.

Italy’s energy company Eni, compatriot shipbuilder Fincantieri, and classification society RINA have unveiled a new study that aims to contribute to accelerating the decarbonization of the maritime transport sector, in line with the net zero target for 2050.

Spanish shipping and chemicals company Forestal del Atlántico and Germany’s chemical manufacturing player BASF have inked an early disclosure agreement (EDA) with the goal of accelerating the production of e-methanol (eMeOH) through carbon capture solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, BASF is

Fratelli Cosulich marked the beginning of the construction of its first methanol-ready IMO II bunker tanker, Anna Cosulich, at Taizhou Maple Leaf Shipyard in China.