DNV has awarded AiP for the ZeroCoaster ammonia-fuelled cargo ship, confirming an independent assessment that the ship’s design is feasible.
German engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions has revealed its plans to work on upgrading its four-stroke engines to run on green future fuels, including methanol and ammonia.
Swiss marine engine designer and power system integrator WinGD has revealed that its engines will be able to run on methanol and ammonia from 2024 and 2025 respectively.
The world’s first electric and self-propelled containership – Yara Birkeland – has completed its maiden voyage in the Oslo fjord, the ship’s owner, Norway-based Yara International, revealed.
Japan’s Mitsui and Korea’s GS Energy have partnered up with TA’ZIZ and Fertiglobe to develop the world-scale low-carbon blue ammonia facility at TA’ZIZ in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi.
Naval architect company LMG Marin has secured a contract with Grieg Star Group’s innovation hub Grieg Edge to design one of the world’s first green ammonia fueled tankers.
Fortescue Future Industries (FFI), a subsidiary of Australian iron ore company Fortescue Metals Group, has revealed plans to convert its vessel MMA Leveque to run on green ammonia by the end of the next year, to speed up the firm’s decarbonization path.
Norwegian shipowner Eidesvik Offshore ASA has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with compatriot oil company Aker BP and Alma, a venture under establishment by Clara Venture Labs, to explore opportunities for utilising Alma’s proprietary fuel cell technology to accelerate the move to z
Keppel Infrastructure, Incitec Pivot and Temasek have signed a deal to look into producing green ammonia from Australia’s hydrogen hubs in order to export it internationally.
Vancouver-based resource exploration company AmmPower says the production of the first laboratory quantities of ammonia at its recently opened facility in Southeast Michigan is on its way.
Woodside has agreed to form a consortium with BP and MIMI to study the feasibility of a CCS project near Karratha in Western Australia.
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has joined forces with compatriot Namura Shipbuilding and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding to develop a large-size ammonia carrier powered by ammonia fuel.
Shipping company Fratelli Cosulich Bunkers Singapore (Fratelli Cosulich) has signed a joint development project (JDP) agreement with Italian classification society RINA and Singapore-based vessel design specialist SeaTech Solutions to develop an ammonia bunker tanker design.
Massive investment announcements and ambitious new developments in the energy and shipping sectors marked this week on Offshore Energy (well, together with our Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference), as work on the global energy transition is moving forward through numerous new initiatives.
