Members of the OCEAN Alliance, CMA CGM, COSCO Shipping Lines, OOCL and Evergreen have signed the Ocean Alliance Day 7 Product, which will launch in January 2023 with 40 services and an annual capacity of 22.4 million TEUs. It has been announced that 26 dual-fuel, LNG-powered CMA CGM ships would be a
UK and US have formed a new energy partnership to increase energy security and drive down prices, as part of an initiative announced today by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and US President Joe Biden. Under the new ‘UK-US Energy Security and Affordability Partnership’, the parties will work together to
French ferry operator Corsica Linea has revealed that its first roll-on/roll-off passenger (RoPax) ferry powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) A Galeotta was delivered.
Tallink Superfast Ltd, a subsidiary of Estonian shipping company Tallink Grupp, has taken delivery of the new fast passenger ferry MyStar from Finnish shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC). Described as “the newest and most technologically advanced vessel on the Baltic Sea”, MyStar was delive
Swiss marine power company WinGD has received orders from two LNG carrier operators for its WinGD Integrated Digital Expert (WiDE) engine monitoring, diagnostics and remote support service.
“It is quite clear that liquid hydrogen is the cheapest option. It is much cheaper than ammonia when you look at the whole cycle of putting the hydrogen into the ammonia and taking the hydrogen out. If you can have liquid hydrogen which is stored without loss or very low loss, then liquid hydrogen i
While tackling the energy trilemma, BP has been working on multiple projects and three of these are on track to start up next year.
Commodities trading group Trafigura has entered into a $3 billion four-year loan agreement guaranteed by the Federal Republic of Germany to secure gas supply. The loan is jointly arranged and underwritten by Deutsche Bank and another international bank and syndicated to a number of participating ban
South Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has ordered the tank design for seven new LNG carriers from the French LNG containment specialist GTT. The order was placed on behalf of a Europan and an American ship owner. For this project, GTT will design the tanks of seven vessels, which will
Gas systems operators from Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the purpose to cooperate on the realisation of the Vertical Corridor, which will enable bi-directional flows of natural gas from North to South and from South to North. The MoU was s
Nordic energy company Gasum has completed the first delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Containerships, a subsidiary of French shipping giant CMA CGM. According to Gasum’s social media update, the delivery was made to the LNG-fueled Containerships Borealis off Bornholm, Denmark. Containership
Infrastructure operator Fluxys Belgium is increasing its transmission capacity with the construction of a new dual-purpose pipeline between Desteldonk and Opwijk, which also marks its first strategic investment for hydrogen transport in Belgium. This is the second pipeline between Desteldonk and Opw
The Finnish–Swedish ferry operator Wasaline has been able to cut its CO2 emissions in half since the arrival of its new LNG-powered ferry Aurora Botnia over a year ago. The ferry entered service between Vaasa, Finland and Umeå, Sweden in the autumn of 2021. The Aurora Botnia is a 150-meter car and p
South Korea’s shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has canceled a contract for the construction of an LNG carrier from a client from Russia. The contract termination was assigned to delays and stoppages of the supply of major equipment and materials due to export sanctions imp
