The Wärtsilä 32 Methanol engines, which will power Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Boreas, have passed the Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) and are on their way to the Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard (YCRO) in China where the mega jack-up is currently being built. Finnish technology group Wärtsil
The Long Beach City Council has passed a Ship It Zero Resolution, which calls on top maritime importers to adopt emissions-reducing technologies and make port calls to the San Pedro Port Complex on zero-carbon ships by 2030. This resolution brings together the city councils governing the U.S. larges
C-Innovation (C-I), an affiliate of Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), has expanded into a new facility in Port Fourchon, Louisiana, providing an additional dock facility for subsea inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) and riserless light well intervention (RLWI) services. According to the company,
The Hutchison Ports BEST terminal in the Port of Barcelona has achieved an emission reduction of 57% in 2022 against 2021, the terminal operator said. The terminal operator added that it has eliminated scope 2 emissions by opting for electricity from 100% renewable energy. Guillermo Belcastro, CEO o
Hanseatic Energy Hub (HEH) has commissioned a consortium led by Spain-based EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) specialist Técnicas Reunidas to develop a land-based terminal for liquefied gases in Stade, Germany, subject to HEH’s final investment decision (FID). According to HEH, Técnic
Renewable energy company Sun Cable has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with an Australian critical minerals company for the potential offtake of renewable electricity from the planned Australia-Asia PowerLink (AAPowerLink) project. Under the one-year non-binding LoI, Sun Cable will progress commerci
Advanced Navigation has launched what is said to be the largest subsea robotics center in Australia, set to accelerate the production of the company’s underwater technologies. The high-tech manufacturing and R&D center is located on a 5.5-acre site in Balcatta, Western Australia, and includes full t
US LNG producer Venture Global LNG is advancing works on its Plaquemines LNG export facility in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, with the raising of the roof of the second LNG storage tank. The project milestone was completed ahead of schedule and comes just seven weeks after the roof raising of tank
The Port of Rotterdam Authority is developing an 11ha site on the Maasvlakte suitable for the construction of a very large green hydrogen plant. The site offers space for up to 1 GW of electrolysis and is located next to where Tennet’s Amaliahaven (380 kV) high-voltage substation will be built. This
Jumbo-SAL-Alliance, a joint venture between Jumbo Shipping and SAL Heavy Lift, has delivered a major project involving the transport of modules for the Golden Pass LNG project in Sabine Pass, Texas. Jumbo-SAL-Alliance was awarded the project in 2021 by CCZ JV, a joint venture between Chiyoda Interna
Two multi-purpose interconnector projects that were supposed to link the UK and Norway have been deemed unable to meet the eligibility criteria and have therefore been paused, according to UK energy market regulator Ofgem.
German cruise line AIDA Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation, kick-started this cruise season with a double call in Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany, while two of its cruise ships, AIDAsol and AIDAmar, simultaneously connected to a shore power facility. This is a first-of-its-kind achievement in Germany
The LNG Canada project in Kitimat has reached a new milestone with the installation of its first bridge module. The module’s primary function is to connect utilities to LNG processing train 1, and it also supports the transportation of LNG from train 1 to the storage tank. JGC Fluor Joint Venture (J
Onboard carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (OCCUS) has emerged as one of the promising short-term measures shipping can implement for existing vessels to cut carbon emissions. According to a new report by Lloyd’s Register, OCCUS has a high technology readiness level, however, its investment re
