The European Commission (EC), Japan, the United States (U.S.), the Republic of Korea and Australia have signed a joint statement which reinforces their efforts towards the reduction of methane emissions arising across the values chain of LNG, from production to consumption. The joint statement by EC
In the race to achieve net-zero emissions, the maritime sector is turning its attention to hydrogen fuel as a potential game-changer. Hydrogen has uses as a direct fuel in both gaseous or potentially liquid form, and also as a feedstock for liquid hydrogen carriers such as ammonia or methanol. Howev
Swiss marine power company WinGD has revealed that it is on track to deliver its first X-DF-A dual-fuel ammonia engines by the first quarter of 2025.
Finnsirius, the first of two hybrid ro-pax vessels, was delivered to freight and passenger shipping company Finnlines at the China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Weihai, China, on 18 July 2023. Finnsirius will start operating on the Naantali–Långnäs–Kapellskär route in September 2023. The second vess
LNG infrastructure solutions company Black & Veatch, in collaboration with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) of South Korea, has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for the Ksi Lisims LNG nearshore floating production facility in northwest Canada. Developed jointly by Western LN
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
During a Japan-UAE business forum in Abu Dhabi, UAE’s President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Japan’s Prime Minister (PM) Fumio Kishida affirmed the commitment of both countries to enhancing cooperation on climate action, decarbonization efforts and clean energy. In a statement, Japan’s PM
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
Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar and Japan’s Inpex Corporation have signed a collaboration agreement to conduct a joint study aimed at realizing the production of synthetic methane (e-methane) using green hydrogen and CO2. The execution of the agreement was announced during the Japan-UA
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
The Port of San Diego has taken delivery of two new all-electric Gottwald Generation 6 Mobile Harbor Cranes from Konecranes at the port’s Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal (TAMT). “The new cranes are the first of their kind in North America and will help the port improve public health and air quality, a
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
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
Energy company World Fuel Services Corporation has conducted a liquified natural gas (LNG) bunkering operation in China, supplying LNG for Hapag-Lloyd’s 23,660 TEU containership Berlin Express.
