The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved the new safety guidelines for the use of ammonia as fuel on gas carriers, providing a practical framework to manage the associated safety risks, particularly its toxicity and handling requirements. The guidelines were developed through colla
Hong Kong-headquartered Venture Energy, focused on the procurement and trading of clean fuels, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with CSSC Science & Technology (CSST) and China Shipbuilding Trading Co. (CSTC) that establishes a long-term offtake framework for green methanol supply. Unde
Following what was described as the world’s first type approval (TAT) and factory acceptance testing (FAT) for this type of engine some three months ago, Swiss marine power company WinGD has completed another FAT for its ammonia-fueled two-stroke marine engine. Built by Yuchai Marine Power (YCMP), t
The fourth liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carrier destined for the Northern Lights CO2 project in Norway has been christened in China. Northern Purpose has been custom-designed to transport liquefied CO2 as part of the world’s first cross-border CO2 transport and storage infrastructure. It was buil
Karpowership, Türkiye’s floating power solutions provider and owner and operator of powerships, is setting the stage to elevate the energy infrastructure game in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula with a project that will include a powership and a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal vessel (LNGTS).
An international consortium led by Stillstrom, part of A.P. Moller – Maersk, has secured €5 million from the EU’s Horizon Europe research and innovation program to develop and demonstrate offshore charging infrastructure for stationary vessels at anchor with their engines running. The three-year SPA
Eidesvik Offshore’s platform supply vessel (PSV) Viking Energy has entered the dock at Halsnøy Dokk to start conversion to ammonia-powered operations. The conversion is planned to be completed in autumn, when the 95-meter-long vessel will continue operating for Equinor, with whom it has been on cont
England-based energy transition-focused player EnergyPathways has joined forces with Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s largest ports group, to jointly evaluate the Port of Barrow on the southwest coast of Cumbria as the onshore facilities site for its large-scale energy storage project in the
Hong Kong-headquartered Venture Energy Limited, focused on the procurement and trading of clean fuels, and Shanghai Shenji Energy & Environmental Technology have expanded their recently established collaboration to medium- to long-term offtake, green fuel trial bunkering, trading platforms and techn
Ulsan Port Authority (UPA), which manages and operates South Korea’s largest industrial port complex, has revealed the Asian country’s latest leap toward cleaner maritime fuel solutions in the global shipping energy transition by completing what it describes as the world’s first ammonia bunkering op
Stillstrom, part of A.P. Moller – Maersk, has introduced two new standalone offshore charging solutions aimed at supporting vessel electrification in offshore wind operations. The new systems, Power Hub and Power Tower, are designed as monopile-based structures that can be deployed independently of
Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” Line), and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) have jointly applied to run a demonstration project on the supply of ammonia fuel for vessels in Singapore, building on their memorandum of understanding (MoU) from last month to conduct a fr
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved approximately €100 million in financing to support the energy transition, among other things, at the Port of Klaipėda in Lithuania. The €201 million project targets the modernization and expansion of the core Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) Po
Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, part of technology group Wärtsilä, is set to supply the cargo handling and fuel gas supply systems for two new ammonia-fueled liquid ammonia carriers, also capable of carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The 51,350 m3 capacity midsize carriers are being built at the Chines
