Dutch producer and distributor of hydrogen-based products OCI Global has revealed plans to double its green methanol production capacity to approximately 400,000 metric tons per year in response to the growing demand for green methanol from numerous high-emissions industries, including shipping. Acc
Swedish shipping company Furetank and its Canadian counterpart Algoma Central Corporation have expanded their FureBear joint venture, launched a year ago, with the order for two additional Vinga-class vessels. The new order for Vinga series vessels grows the FureBear joint venture to a total of ten
Norwegian cleantech company TECO 2030 and Pherousa Green Shipping AS (PGS) have signed a green package supply agreement for up to six modern, zero-emission Ultramax dry bulk carriers of about 63.000 deadweight tons each.
C2X, a new, independent company, backed by A.P. Moller Holding, the controlling shareholder of the A.P. Moller – Maersk, one of the world’s largest shipping and logistics companies, has unveiled plans to build large-scale green methanol production facilities. The move follows a successful fundraisin
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has visited the Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex, located in Bolshoi Kamen, Primorsky Territory, taking part in the naming ceremony of two reinforced ice-class carriers. The first vessel, the shuttle tanker, built by the order of Rosnefteflot, was named after the Soviet
The world’s first container vessel powered by green methanol has arrived in Copenhagen after completing a 21,500 km maiden trip from Ulsan, South Korea. The 2,100 TEU boxship was assisted into the port of Copenhagen by Svitzer’s tugs and the container ship docked in the Toldboden area of the Copenha
Isles of Scilly Steamship Group has selected French shipbuilder Piriou as its preferred shipbuilder to build and deliver two new eco-friendly ferries.
The world’s first methanol-fueled hybrid RoRo vessels, being built at the China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai) for the Swedish shipping company Stena RoRo, will use technology group Wärtsilä’s solutions. Specifically, Wärtsilä will supply an integrated hybrid propulsion system for the two vesse
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has held a naming and launching ceremony for Japan’s first hybrid passenger ship, which uses hydrogen and biodiesel fuels.
SEA-KIT International has secured funding from the Zero Emissions Vessels and Infrastructure (ZEVI) competition to design and manufacture a hydrogen-fuelled uncrewed surface vessel (USV). The Zero Emissions Ports Hydrogen Refilling Survey Vessel (ZEPHR) project aims to extend vessel operation for po
Bumi Armada will pool resources for the development and commercialisation of LNG from multiple Indonesian fields with Pertamina and DMP.
Elogen, a GTT group company, has signed a new contract with Valmax Technology, a system integrator for energy solutions in the hydrogen sector, to design and manufacture a proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer with a power of 2.5 MW. The electrolyzer, with a production capacity of up to 1 ton
U.K.-based small-scale LNG company Avenir LNG has announced that Norway’s Wilhelmsen Ship Management will manage three of its LNG bunker vessels. The vessels awarded are Avenir Achievement, Avenir Ascension and Avenir Aspiration. They were previously managed by Hoegh LNG, one of three blue-chip shar
Major maritime industry players led by Greek shipping company Maran Gas Maritime and Swiss-based climate tech firm Daphne Technology have joined forces on a methane abatement project involving one of Angelicoussis Group’s LNG carriers, the Maran Gas Chios. Under the project, Daphne Technology’s Slip
