
More and more countries around the world are preparing to shift to renewable energy and gradually quit the fossil fuel game with dozens of new commitments, projects, and initiatives announced in the week behind us.

Canada’s Port of Québec has decided to use a greenhouse gas (GHG) rating tool from maritime risk management agency RightShip to assess the emissions of ships entering its waters and offer discounts on port fees to vessels, dependent on their GHG rating and emission efficiency. According to RightShip

Finnish energy companies Gasgrid and Fortum have agreed on placing Finland’s first floating LNG terminal, the FSRU Exemplar, at Fortum’s Inkoo port.

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) report, weekly LNG exports have decreased by one LNG carrier from last week, while the Henry Hub prices rose.

The US Port of Long Beach has signed on to the Shanghai-Los Angeles green shipping corridor, a partnership of C40 Cities, ports, shipping companies and cargo owners convened to create a zero-emissions trans-Pacific trade route.

Energy project developers and businesses with large electrical loads have been invited to express their interest and take part in developing a major renewable energy zone in Australia. The government of the New South Wales (NSW) plans to deliver the state’s first five Renewable Energy Zones (REZs) i

OSM Offshore has been tasked with carrying out upgrade modifications on an FSU, which is deployed at Equinor’s field in the Norwegian Sea.

Classification society DNV has signed two memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Norwegian digital solutions provider Kongsberg Digital (KD).

Perenco has launched a new platform, which is expected to be installed in the Teak, Samaan and Poui fields offshore Trinidad and Tobago.

South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has won an order for two LNG carriers from Greece-based shipping company Maran Gas Maritime, a subsidiary of the Angelicoussis Group.

Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K Lines (MOL) has held a naming ceremony for the third vessel in the EeneX series of next-generation coal carriers. During the ceremony, which took place on 9 June at Namura Shipbuilding, the vessel was named Energia Azalea. The carrier was built to serve Japanes

Norwegian digital solutions provider Kongsberg Digital and Swiss MSC, the world’s largest container shipping company, have signed a contract for digitalising MSC’s entire fleet consisting of approximately 500 vessels with Vessel Insight.

Shipping company Capital Product Partners (CPLP) will buy the 174,000 cbm LNG carrier Asterix I, bringing its fleet to seven LNGCs.

Dutch shipping company JR Shipping has contracted compatriot technology firm Value Maritime to retrofit another six vessels with the latter’s exhaust cleaning Filtree and carbon capture system, making almost the entire fleet sustainable for the future.