Business Developments & Projects
EU and Uruguay firm up renewable energy and hydrogen cooperation
The European Union and Uruguay have agreed to boost their cooperation in pursuing the energy transition with renewable energy, energy efficiency and renewable hydrogen in focus. To this end, EU Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson and Uruguay’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Francisco Bustillo Bonasso
MAN ES’ low-emission engines to power Svitzer’s TRAnsverse tugs
Turkish Uzmar Shipyards has selected MAN Energy Solutions’ (MAN ES) 12V175D-MM marine propulsion engines for Svitzer’s TRAnsverse tugboats.
LR identifies stumbling blocks for widespread adoption of methanol as marine fuel
As the shipping industry is seeing increased interest in methanol as a marine fuel, a new report from Lloyd’s Register (LR) has found pricing, availability and carbon accounting to be the main obstacles to its widespread adoption. The report called “Fuel for Thought: Methanol” has identifed that the
First OTEC project in São Tomé and Príncipe moves forward
The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has taken a step forward in the development of the first floating ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) platform in São Tomé and Príncipe by hiring a Portuguese consultancy AQUALOGUS Engenharia e Ambiente for environmental and social im
Black Sea: gift that keeps on giving as sixth well in ongoing drilling campaign hits gas pay
Trillion Energy has discovered “abundant gas pay” in the sixth well in its multi-well drilling campaign on a natural gas field in the Black Sea off Türkiye.
Geotechnical survey done at UK North Sea gas project
Hartshead Resources NL (HHR) and its joint venture partner RockRose have completed the geotechnical survey for gas field developments located in the Southern North Sea. Geoquip Marine Operations performed the geotechnical survey across the platform and pipeline locations at the Anning and Somerville
Colombian transport minister plans to apply Valenicaport’s hydrogen knowledge to Colombian ports
William Camargo, Minister of Transport of Colombia, expressed his interest in applying the hydrogen knowledge acquired in the Port of Valencia, Spain, to Colombian ports. “We will try to apply the hydrogen knowledge we are acquiring in the Port of València to our ports”, Camargo stated during his vi
World’s largest containership MSC Michel Cappellini named in Bremerhaven
The world’s largest containership, MSC Michel Cappellini, was named in Bremerhaven today, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company said. Measuring an impressive 400 meters in length and boasting a capacity to carry up to 24,346 containers, the MSC Michel Cappellini is the crown jewel of the brand-new Cele
Höegh Autoliners orders four more ammonia-ready Aurora class vessels
Norwegian RoRo shipping company Höegh Autoliners has exercised the option to build an additional four new multi-fuel and net zero carbon ready Aurora class vessels. The shipping company will have the option to convert one or more of these vessels to ammonia propulsion as soon as the technology is av
UK’s Ofgem gives licenses for multi-purpose interconnectors linking to the EU
UK energy market regulator Ofgem has granted electricity interconnector licenses for two energy links that will connect the UK with two EU countries. Ofgem announced that it had on 12 July granted electricity interconnector licenses for the LionLink multi-purpose interconnector that will connect the
Pioneering steps: OCI Global bunkers world’s 1st green methanol-powered containership as the feeder starts its maiden voyage
Dutch producer and distributor of hydrogen-based products OCI Global has completed what has been described as ‘the world’s first green methanol bunkering operation’ at the Port of Ulsan, Korea. The bunkering operation took place on Sunday, July 16, when OCI fueled A.P. Moller Maersk’s first green me
Celtic Sea floating offshore wind surveys kick off
The first in a series of specialist survey vessels have set sail from Swansea, marking an important step in the plans for the development of floating wind off the coast of Wales and South West England. Operated by Fugro with a crew of 30, the vessel will spend around 100 days at sea, using towed [&h
GAZ-SYSTEM launches binding open season procedure for Gdańsk FSRU 2
Poland’s natural gas transmission system operator GAZ-SYSTEM has formally launched a new open season procedure aimed to increase the regasification capacity of the Gdańsk floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) terminal 2. According to GAZ-SYSTEM, the FSRU 2 terminal project assumes locating a s
Caribbean island starts offshore surveys with plan for floating wind-to-hydrogen production
Fugro’s survey vessel Fugro Brasilis has arrived at the Port of Willemstad in Curaçao ahead of offshore surveys the company will perform as the Curaçao government is working on identifying areas for floating wind development. The work, scheduled to start today (17 July) and take place until 29 July,