Port of Oakland clean energy efforts are getting a $5.2 million boost from the US government.
The U.S. government has awarded more than $241 million in discretionary grant funding for 25 projects to improve port facilities in 19 states and one territory through the Maritime Administration’s (MARAD) Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP).
Welcoming the UK government’s plans to invest in tidal energy industry, certification and advisory company Bureau Veritas has suggested that tidal stream electricity has the potential to become one of the most viable and reliable sources of renewable energy in the world.
SSEN Transmission and the National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) have submitted a Final Needs Case (FNC) to Ofgem for the first of two subsea electricity transmission HVDC links that will connect Scotland and England. If the Final Needs Case is approved, it will be followed by the Project Ass
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has signed the first sustainability-linked construction loan with compatriot banks Intesa Sanpaolo and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) for a maximum amount of €300 million (around $340 million).
India wants to build greater synergies between the major and non-major ports in order to promote coastal trade and provide sustainable, cost-effective and efficient intermodal & multimodal solutions.
Ports America, North America’s largest marine terminal operator, has revealed plans to enrol its terminals as participants of Green Marine, a voluntary environmental certification program for the maritime industry.
Shift Clean Energy and Kokam, part of SolarEdge Technologies, have entered a long-term partnership for the marine market.
Havila Shipping has been awarded a contract extension for one of its PSVs by the Danish subsidiary of the French oil major TotalEnergies.
New York-based tugboat company Zeeboat has selected Texas-headquartered Industrial Service Solutions (ISS) as the general contractor supporting the build of four fully electric towboats.
The Energy Agency of the Basque Government (EVE) has opened a preliminary market consultation for the procurement of new air turbines for the Mutriku wave power plant.
La Naumon, the first theatre vessel in the world, has been equipped with eSAIL, a wind-assisted propulsion technology provided by Spanish cleantech engineering company bound4blue.
The Danish Environmental Protection Agency has commenced an eight-week public hearing for the Baltic Pipe environmental impact assessment (EIA) report and a draft of the new environmental permit. To remind, the Danish Environmental and Foods Appeal Board repealed the environmental permit for Baltic
Advent Technologies Holdings’ fuel cell unit for the maritime sector – developed within the frame of the RiverCell Consortium – has passed safety testing, as well as a safety assessment completed by classification society DNV.
