Vitol International Shipping secured three LNG bunkering vessels via a charter agreement with Avenir LNG and an order at CIMC SOE shipyard.
Italian classification society RINA has granted approval in principle (AiP) to Chinese ship design company SDARI for an eco-friendly Aframax tanker design.
UK-based technology company Artemis Technologies and compatriot ferry company Red Funnel have signed a partnership agreement to introduce Artemis electric high-speed ferry to Red Funnel’s Southampton to West Cowes route.
Brazilian companies Eletrobras and Suzano have formed a partnership to study the development of green hydrogen and synthetic fuels.
Purus and Bluewater have formed an alliance for the worldwide provision of clean energy floating storage and offloading (FSO) solutions for low-carbon ammonia, clean hydrogen and carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS).
Swedish shipping company Erik Thun has launched the first in a series of six new Lake Vanern Max vessels at Shipyard Ferus Smit in the Netherlands.
Wärtsilä Gas Solutions (WGS), part of Finnish technology group Wärtsilä, has been selected to deliver fuel supply and cargo handling systems for two new gas carriers that will operate with ammonia fuel.
Técnicas Reunidas has signed an agreement with IGNIS to provide engineering services for the design of up to five green ammonia projects in Spain.
ClassNK awarded AiP for a design concept of a hydrogen-fueled engine-compatible oil tanker with an electric propulsion system.
Consort Bunkers, ClassNK, YanmarCorporation, and Taiko Asia Pacific will work on introducing alternative fuel bunkering ships.
Maritime Partners has completed the acquisition of e1 Marine, a provider of clean energy technologies, including methanol-to-hydrogen generation products, which are said to provide an alternative, cleaner fuel source for marine vessels.
Multinational commodity trading company Trafigura Group has completed its first ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of ammonia in international waters close to the port of Ceuta in the Strait of Gibraltar.
Belgium-based offshore energy and dredging contractor DEME has inked a cooperation agreement with the Egyptian government to establish an industrial-scale green hydrogen production facility in the Port of Gargoub in Egypt’s western desert.
Aether Fuels has secured $34 million in Series A financing from a syndicate of global investors, with the aim to, among other things, accelerate the scale-up of Aether Aurora, the company’s proprietary technology to create sustainable fuels for the aviation and ocean shipping industries.
