On 23 April 2021, Japan’s Mitsui & Co., Ltd. became a strategic partner of the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMCZCS), a not-for-profit international research and development center dedicated to the decarbonization of the shipping industry.
Norwegian companies Ocean Sun and Marine Water Production (MWP) have joined forces to produce fresh water through desalination using offshore floating solar technology.
The Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) is facilitating Senegal’s transition to LNG for its electricity production through its $60 million participation in Karpowership operations.
Singapore has prohibited crew change for seafarers with recent travel history to India, following a sharp spike in new COVID-19 cases in that country.
During the year in which the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic were felt across the globe, creating a worst economic situation since the great depression, Asian LNG markets have shown great resilience.
Scottish tidal energy company Orbital Marine Power has launched its 2MW tidal turbine O2 from the Port of Dundee, sending it on its way to Orkney for commissioning and installation.
Australia, the world’s largest exporter of dry bulk commodities, is charting its path toward becoming carbon-neutral in line with the Paris Agreement goals. The country started hinting that it would join the global pledge on becoming a net-zero emitter by 2050 earlier this year, however, clear steps
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has deployed its PB3 PowerBuoy for Enel Green Power (EGP) off the coast of Las Cruces in Chile to support the country’s transition to clean energy.
Hellenic Cables, in a joint venture with Asso.subsea, has won 150kV subsea interconnection project for Terna Energy’s Kafireas II wind farm.
Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea has been awarded a call-off contract under the frame agreement with BP for the support services offshore Trinidad and Tobago.
Dutch transportation company Samskip has increased its commitment to greener shipping through a new formal agreement with sustainable cargo initiative GoodShipping to run part of its fleet on marine biofuels and significantly reduce carbon footprint.
WavEC Offshore Renewables, in collaboration with MaRINET2, has organized a course on offshore renewable energies for industry and academic researchers.
The use of fossil fuels in the shipping industry will need to be banned in the latter half of the decade if the industry is to meet its decarbonization efforts, a study by MAN Energy Solutions shows. The study, carried out in partnership with the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Resea
Russian gas company Gazprom plans to grow its hydrogen production and use and is considering several areas for utilising hydrogen as an energy source.
