A Shell-chartered 170,000 cbm LNG carrier, named Methane Patricia Camila, has achieved 6.6% net savings generated by the Silverstream’s air lubrication system, Silverstream and Shell’s engineers found during operational testing. The system was retrofitted on the 2010-built LNG carrier during its Oct
Norsk Hydro has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with New Fortress Energy (NFE) to secure a supply of LNG for the Brazil Hydro Alunorte plant to reduce carbon emissions.
Jumbo Shipping, a Dutch maritime heavy lift transport and engineering contractor, and SAL Heavy Lift, a Germany-based breakbulk and project cargo specialist, have launched a joint venture known as the Jumbo-SAL-Alliance.
Dutch Damen Shipyards Group has partnered up with Purus Marine, a newly formed, environmentally focused maritime vessel and infrastructure company, to finance green shipping projects.
German energy company RWE and Australian hydrogen project developer The Hydrogen Utility (H2U) have teamed up to develop hydrogen trading between these two countries.
Denmark-based coatings supplier Hempel has provided coatings to protect Orbital Marine Power’s O2, the world’s most powerful tidal turbine.
German dry bulk operator Oldendorff Carriers has teamed up with BHP, and biofuels pioneer GoodFuels to carry out the first marine biofuel trial involving an ocean-going vessel bunkered in Singapore. The vessel selected for the trial was Kira Oldendorff,one of the company’s eco-Kamsarmaxes. The 2020-
French-based osmotic power pioneer Sweetch Energy has secured €5.2 million to develop its first full-scale osmotic power prototype and start the industrialisation phase for the novel clean power source.
Offshore hydrographic survey specialist Nicola Offshore has joined forces with ocean monitoring expert Cyprus Subsea Consulting and Services to boost the acquisition of marine data.
Classification society ABS has decided to join SOFC4Maritime, a joint development project (JDP) to accelerate the development of the solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology.
Marine-i has agreed to support a year-long research programme that brings together three international businesses to identify the potential for wave, tidal and floating wind technologies to be deployed around the Isles of Scilly.
Swedish company CorPower Ocean has hired Bodycote, the world’s largest provider of heat treatments and specialist thermal processing services, to help optimise the key components of its C4 wave energy device.
Gas shipping company Navigator Holdings has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent with Naviera Ultranav Limitada to merge its fleet and business activities with Ultragas ApS. The merger of the two gas shipping companies would bring the combined fleet to a total 56 vessels. Specifically, Ultragas has
Subsea cables specialist Nexans Norway has signed an ROV services contract with subsea services provider IKM Subsea, reportedly worth NOK 200 million ($23.6 million).
