The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) has released a $10.3 million funding opportunity to accelerate the development and testing of renewable marine energy technologies with a focus on wave and ocean current resources.
American Burea of Shipping (ABS) and South Korea’s shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) have formed a joint development project to create a decarbonization strategy for DSME’s LNG carrier designs. Signed at Gastech, the project will see ABS and DSME investigate carbon emission
Denmark-based subsea services provider JD-Contractor has made a strategic move into the growing wave energy sector by forming a partnership with compatriot wave energy developer Exowave.
EverWind Fuels, a Nova Scotia-based developer of green hydrogen and ammonia production, and Svitzer, a Danish towage operator and part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to deploy one of the world’s first green fuel-powered commercial tug vessels in the Canso Stra
The Halifax Port Authority and Hamburg Port Authority have joined hands on decarbonizing the shipping corridor between Halifax, on Canada’s east coast, and Hamburg, along Germany’s northwest coast. The two port authorities signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Hamburg on September 29, 2022. The Mo
French energy giant TotalEnergies is ramping up investments in liquefied natural gas (LNG) in a scenario that excludes Russia and is in a ‘very favourable’ position to benefit from the evolution of energy markets as a result of the energy transition, according to the company’s 2022 Strategy & Outloo
Sabella has formed strategic partnership with state-owned Indonesian corporation PT PLN (Persero) and PT Meindo Elang Indah to jointly perform a feasibility study for the first tidal farm development in the world’s largest archipelagic state.
Thai state-owned oil and gas company PTT and AET, the petroleum arm of MISC, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the development and construction of two zero-emission Aframaxes to be powered by green ammonia. Under the agreement, AET will select a suitable shipyard and the two zero-e
On this year’s World Maritime Day, Cyprus-based sustainability advisor Grow Sustainability Consulting, in partnership with Greek shipping expert Alpha Marine Consulting, has launched Grow Maritime, a company offering sustainability consulting services to organisations operating in the shipping secto
Norwegian RoRo shipping company Höegh Autoliners has committed to using either green ammonia or green methanol in at least 5 % of its deep sea operations by 2030, the company announced. The plan was revealed as the company joins the First Movers Coalition (FMC), which targets hard-to-abate sectors i
Sustainable Marine’s tidal energy technology is set to play a central role in the Ocean Energy Smart Grid Integration Project, as final testing gets underway in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Data will play a central role in helping the maritime industry comply with the new regulations on Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) and Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII), as well as achieve its environmental, regulatory, and commercial goals, according to Sarah Barrett, Product Insights at
Swedish engineering consultancy Sweco has been tasked with conducting a feasibility study for floating solar technology at hydroelectric dams in Uganda and a detailed design of a pilot plant.
The latest installations of wind propulsion technology on large commercial vessels have pushed the global cargo capacity of vessels that make use of wind as a renewable energy source over the one million tonnes of deadweight (dwt) milestone. Currently, twenty-one large commercial vessels have wind p
