Japanese shipping major K Line is launching a new department focusing on businesses and projects for carbon neutrality including renewable energy effective on April 1st, 2021. The new unit is being set up as the demand for decarbonization in the sector continues to grow, putting a major pressure on
Cyprus, Israel and Greece on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in relation to the EuroAsia Interconnector project. The EuroAsia Interconnector is a multi-terminal VSC-HVDC scheme which will connect Israel, Cyprus and Greece (Crete), and will comprise converter stations with
Oslo-listed seismic player TGS has appointed Jan Schoolmeesters as head of New Energy Solutions (NES) business unit, established to pursue opportunities related to the energy transition. In February this year, TGS launched New Energy Solutions (NES). In a statement back then, the company said it aim
Swedish tanker shipping company Stena Bulk has unveiled a new concept hybrid bulk carrier design in an effort to push the shipping industry’s boundaries for zero-carbon, multimodal vessel design.
Swedish company Alfa Laval will soon start testing two new types of marine fuels — biofuels (made from waste) and methanol, at its Test & Training Centre in Denmark.
Singapore’s Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Dutch OCI N.V. and engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions to develop methanol and ammonia as marine fuels. Under the MoU, the partners will select conventional vessels from EPS’ existing tanker fleet tha
Four companies specializing in digitalization, energy efficiency and zero-emission solutions have joined forces in a new group under the name HAV Group ASA, Norwegian shipbuilder Havyard said.
Neptune Energy and EDF will test an approach for measuring oil and gas methane emissions from offshore oil and gas facilities.
A new wood-chip carrier for Japanese paper milling company Hokuetsu Corporation was delivered at Oshima Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. in Saikai city, Nagasaki, Japan, on 2 March 2021.
Japanese shipping solutions provider e5 Lab Inc. has established Marindows Inc. in an effort to bring advanced information technology (IT) to Japan’s maritime industry.
Deep-ocean polymetallic nodules exploration company DeepGreen Metals intends to go public in a merger deal with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The company has entered into a definitive business combination agreement with US-based Sustainable Opportunities Acquisition Corporation (SOAC
Global shipping CO2 emissions decreased 1% last year as the Coronavirus pandemic curtailed 2020 shipping activity, according to maritime data provider Marine Benchmark. CO2 emissions among the ‘Big-3’ – tankers, bulkers, and containers – actually increased 1.2%, with a 2.4% decline in container emis
The EU should promote the use of green hydrogen and ammonia by ships as part of its upcoming maritime fuel law, major shipping industry players and environmentalists have told the European Commission. The new law, better known as the FuelEU Maritime initiative, will require ships carrying EU trade t
Haldor Topsoe, a Denmark-based catalysis company, has joined Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping.
