Dutch producer and distributor of hydrogen-based products OCI Global is fueling the first-ever green methanol-powered container ship in a new partnership with A.P. Moller-Maersk. OCI revealed that it will provide ISCC-certified green biomethanol to power the maiden voyage of Maersk’s first methanol
The world’s first ammonia-ready containership CMA CGM Masai Mara, which was recently delivered from Chinese shipbuilder Qingdao Shipyard, promises to revolutionize the container shipping industry as the vessel readies to use ammonia as a viable fuel source. The 5,900 TEU engineering marvel sets a tr
Equinor outlines in its new report that the 1.5-degree goal set in the Paris Agreement is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve.
In a first-of-its-kind report, International Energy Agency (IEA) has presented how rich renewable resources and vast land expanses could make Oman a competitive low-emissions hydrogen supplier by 2030. The report called Renewable Hydrogen from Oman: A Producer Economy in Transition is the first IEA
Singapore-based Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonization and Boston Consulting Group have revealed major insights from the Global Maritime Decarbonization Survey during a presentation held at Nor-Shipping 2023’s Tradewinds Ocean Stage. The survey sheds light on the current state of maritime decarb
France-based company Ciel & Terre has exceeded 1.5GWp of floating solar projects in its pipeline, claiming the world-record for the company with the most floating solar plants constructed in the world.
A total of 5.5% of fleet capacity today is alternatively fuelled, up from 2.3% in 2017, according to Clarksons’ Green Technology Tracker, which estimates the figure to reach 6.5% by 2025. Although alternative-fuelled newbuild ordering has been a little slower in 2023 to date, 48% of overall orderboo
The decarbonization of maritime industry is increasingly picking up pace, led by new zero-emissions and hybrid-powered vessels, as ever-innovative offshore renewables sector finds new ways to produce green hydrogen – one of the most promising clean fuels in the energy transition story.
Singapore-based ship management company Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has signed a construction contract for 2+2 LNG dual-fuel LRII tankers with Chinese shipyard Guangzhou Shipbuilding International Co., a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, and CSSC Trading. The order for the 111,0
Shipping startup Viridis Bulk Carriers has won Approval in Principle (AiP) for its ammonia-fuelled short sea bulk carrier design from the DNV classification society. The certificate was presented during the Nor-Shipping trade fair at the DNV stand. The Viridis Bulk Carriers design, developed by Kong
America’s oil & gas and renewables are in need of encouraging policies to flourish and meet the increasing demand at home and abroad.
South Korean commodity trading and mining company LX International has announced it will partner with POSCO International to build LNG storage tanks and facilities in Dangjin, Chungcheongnam-do, and enter the LNG terminal business to lease and operate the facilities. To this end, LX International, P
A staggering 81 percent of seafarers expressed a necessity for partial or complete training to effectively handle the advanced technologies expected to be deployed on future ships, a DNV study has found. Additionally, over 75 percent of respondents (Deck and Engine Officers 78%) indicated a need for
Cruise company Hurtigruten Norway has revealed the most promising technologies for its zero-emission ship set to be launched in 2030. The technologies have been selected following a year of research by the company alongside its consortium of 12 maritime partners and research institute SINTEF as the
