Green Marine

Six players to establish 1st green e-methanol plant in Southeast Asia
Six international energy companies have formed a partnership to establish Asia’s first green e-methanol plant.

MPA, K Line join study on ammonia as marine fuel in Singapore
MPA and K Line will participate in the feasibility study jointly conducted since March 2021 by the SABRE consortium with the aim to establish a ship-to-ship based ammonia bunkering in the Port of Singapore, the largest bunkering port in the world.

Concordia Damen, STC pick Zepp.solutions for training vessel
Concordia Damen and STC Group have picked zepp.solutions to supply a hydrogen fuel cell system and storage solution for a training vessel.

Maritime, miners industry team up for Australia-East Asia iron ore green corridor
A consortium, led by the Global Maritime Forum, is planning to assess the development of an iron ore green corridor between Australia and East Asia in an effort to decarbonise the maritime sector.

Chariot, Port of Rotterdam ink green hydrogen import MOU
Chariot, an Africa-focused transitional energy company, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Dutch Port of Rotterdam International, a global energy hub and Europe’s largest seaport which handles a significant portion of Europe’s total energy demand.

Cargo tank system for LCO2 transport at ambient temperature gets green light
Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers (KNCC), an affiliate of Nippon Yūsen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) Group, has received an Approval in Principle (AiP) from the classification society DNV for its PCO2 tank system for the transportation of liquefied CO2 (LCO2).

Jiangnan orders GTT tank design for its 1st large LNGCs
Chinese shipyard Jiangnan has ordered tank design for two large LNG carriers (LNGCs) from the French LNG containment specialist GTT.

World’s largest hybrid ferry to run on Leclanché battery system
A zero-emission ferry ordered by Danish ferry operator Scandlines will run on a 10 MWh lithium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS) from Swiss energy storage solutions company Leclanché.

ORPC finds Alaskan partner to deploy hydrokinetic device at Upper Cook Inlet
ORPC has partnered up with Matanuska-Susitna Borough to test its RivGen hydrokinetic power system at the Upper Cook Inlet in Alaska.

Three Castor Initiative members sign MOU to build zero-emission VLCC pair
Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR), shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and shipping company MISC via its subsidiary, AET, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the development and construction of two very large crude carriers which can be operated on zero-emission fue

A.P. Moller Capital becomes mission ambassador to Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center
A.P. Moller Capital, a fund management company, has joined the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, an independent not-for-profit research and development centre, as a mission ambassador.

Avenir LNG and Achema in LNG ship delivery to Klaipeda
Avenir LNG and Achema have organised the first LNG ship delivery to the small-scale Klaipeda LNG terminal in Lithuania.

Amon Maritime, BSM form ammonia-powered ship management JV
Hamburg-based maritime services company Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) and the Norwegian ammonia specialist Amon Maritime have decided to form a 50/50 joint venture named Ula Ship Management.

Zero-Emission Shipping Mission publishes Industry Roadmap
Zero-Emission Shipping Mission, which aims to accelerate international public-private collaboration to scale and deploy new green maritime solutions, has published the Industry Roadmap as a step closer to achieving its goal.