The HyVelocity Hub team has put in an official application for funding from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) $8 billion Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs programme. The application came after the team received encouragement from DOE to apply for the funding. To note, the team submitted an initial conc
In 2021, LNG was the most popular alternative fuel considered by shipowners for use in the (then) next five years; twice as many as those who said they were considering biofuels. That position has now virtually reversed, with biofuels at the same level of response as LNG in 2021 while LNG has fallen
Dutch tank storage company Vopak has provided updates on its LNG projects, including EemsEnergyTerminal, Gate terminal Rotterdam, and Hong Kong LNG terminal project. EemsEnergyTerminal Vopak’s first update is in regard to EemsEnergyTerminal, an LNG import terminal located in the Eemshaven in the Net
Global Energy, an LNG carrier owned by Qatari LNG shipping operator Nakilat, has wrapped up its first commercial ship-to-ship transfer of LNG. In a brief social media update on 10 April, Nakilat said that Global Energy completed the operation with BW Helios, an LNG carrier owned by BW LNG, in Linggi
Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, has revealed that energy provider Onyx Power plans to build a low-carbon blue hydrogen production plant at its existing site in the port. With a capacity of 1,200 MW, the plant is expected to produce some 300 kilotonne per annum blue hydrogen, and the Rotterdam po
BW Batangas, a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) owned by BW LNG, is getting ready to start its deployment with First Gen Corporation’s Batangas LNG import terminal in the Philippines. According to a social media update from BW LNG, a unit of the Singapore-based gas shipping giant BW G
South Korean shipbuilding major Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has secured a construction order for an LNG carrier from an unidentified shipowner from Oceania. The order is worth KRW 339.6 billion ($ 257 million), according to DSME’s stock exchange filing. Under the contract, DSME i
Fairfield Chemical Carriers (FCC), a US operator specialising in chemical tankers, has launched the Fairchem Pioneer, its first LNG-powered stainless steel chemical tanker. The LNG dual-fueled (DF) vessel, jointly developed by Fukuoka Shipbuilding and Fairfield Japan, a subsidiary of FCC, was launch
Japanese energy giant JERA has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Korea’s state-owned natural gas importer and transporter Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) for cooperation in the LNG business. Pursuant to the MoU which seeks to secure the stability of LNG supplies, JERA and KOGAS agr
In a significant development for China’s shipbuilding industry, the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and French liner heavyweight CMA CGM have inked an agreement to construct 16 large container ships worth more than 21 billion Yuan ($3.06 billion). The order comprises of twelve 15,000 TEU
In a pressing need to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), the shipping sector and offshore vessel services providers are certainly the protagonists in the whole decarbonization story. However, although we are seeing an increasing number of initiatives, we still have a long way to go.
French LNG containment specialist GTT and PipeChina Innovation, a subsidiary of the state-owned PipeChina Group, have signed a cooperation agreement on GTT’s membrane technology for PipeChina’s upcoming LNG projects. The agreement was signed on the occasion of the visit of French President Emmanuel
ClassNK certification society has given an A rating to the LNG dual-fueled chemical tanker Fairchem Pioneer jointly developed by Fukuoka Shipbuilding and Fairfield Japan. The tanker is currently under construction at Fukuoka Shipbuilding, and is going to be chartered to FJL. The vessel was evaluated
A 93,000 cbm LPG carrier with dual fuel LPG propulsion, being built by China’s Jiangnan Shipyard, for Petredec Holdings (Eastern) PTE, has returned from sea trials. The vessel, named Harzand, is the first of a total of six 93,000 cbm LPG vessels Petredec has on order at the yard. The shipbuilder sai
