Startup-corporate partnerships are becoming increasingly important as the maritime sector experiences a greater demand for innovation. At the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2023, Buccaneer, a company that sources and supports startups and scaleups in the maritime, and PortXL, a B2B maritime
Japanese engineering company Chiyoda Corporation, compatriot shipping major Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), and its affiliate Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers AS (KNCC) have conducted a joint study to quantitatively evaluate and verify the feasibility of the carbon capture, utilization, and storage
TFG Marine, an international marine fuel joint venture founded by Trafigura, Frontline and Golden Ocean, has christened the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) duel-fueled bunker tanker to join its fleet.
Abu Dhabi-based clean energy company Masdar and French shipping major CMA CGM have signed a strategic supply partnership (SSP) to explore opportunities for long-term green maritime fuels offtake contracts. Masdar revealed the agreement on January 30, stating that the partnership aims to source, supp
ACUA Ocean, a manufacturer of hydrogen-powered uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), and Genevos, a hydrogen fuel cell power systems integrator, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a commercial collaboration to develop next-generation hydrogen-powered USVs (H-USV). The strategic collabora
Ireland’s largest bulk port Shannon Foynes and the Port of Rotterdam have signed an agreement to develop a supply-chain corridor for exporting green fuels into Europe produced from the west of Ireland’s limitless wind resource.
Danish methanol-as-marine-fuel consultancy Green Marine has teamed up with Lloyd’s Register (LR) classification society on expert training for methanol handling. The training program is intended for maritime stakeholders that aim to build or retrofit and operate vessels with methanol-as-fuel technol
Oslo-listed Wallenius Wilhelmsen has sealed two contracts worth over $1.2 billion with an unnamed global construction and mining equipment manufacturer and one of the largest automotive distributors in the Americas. The first multi-year shipping contract, valued at approximately $1 billion based on
The role of alternative fuels in powering the low-carbon economy will dramatically increase volumes of renewable ammonia, outstripping growing volumes of renewable methanol.
A Scottish consortium of four renewable and maritime companies has secured funding from the UK Government Department for Transport (DfT) to develop a green hydrogen shore power trial project at the Port of Leith. As disclosed, the project was granted over £535,000 (around $679,000) as part of the Cl
Japanese companies Japan Petroleum Exploration Co.., Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., IHI Corporation, Mitsui & Co., and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have started a joint study for the establishment of the ammonia supply base in Soma area, Fukushima Prefecture.
On Monday, January 29, Japanese shipping major NYK Group broke ground on a test engine facility, aimed at evaluating the safety and practical application of biofuels for maritime use. The company’s latest venture towards sustainable shipping is being constructed in Chiba Prefecture. NYK Group compan
Finnish shipping company Langh Ship has celebrated a keel laying ceremony for its first of three new 1,200 TEU container vessels.
Brassavola, a 12,000 cubic meter LNG bunker vessel set to be deployed in the Port of Singapore, has been delivered to Indah Singa Maritime, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL). The bunker vessel was built by Singapore’s Seatrium, previously known as Sembcorp Marine, which announce
