The maritime industry’s mission to clamp down on emissions hasn’t been derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic as many feared could be the case. Obviously, the pandemic has had a major impact on the short-term activities as numerous meetings at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) had to be postp
OceanBased Perpetual Energy has become a member of the National Hydropower Association and its Marine Energy Council. The US-based association dedicates exclusively to promoting the growth of clean, renewable hydropower and marine energy. “Throughout the United States and its territories, OceanBased
Following its third price collapse in 12 years, the oil and gas industry may be facing a period of transformation. The industry managed to recover from the previous two downturns and continue with business as usual, but this time it seems the recovery might look a bit different from the ones before.
Development of an indigenous green hydrogen industry could generate £ 320 billion for the UK economy and sustain up to 120,000 jobs by 2050, a new report finds. The Offshore Wind and Hydrogen: Solving the Integration Challenge Report was released by the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) and the
After many years of expensive carbon capture and storage (CCS) studies and test centres, Europe has reached a point where big-scale developments are financially sensible, a Rystad Energy analysis shows.
Japanese shipbuilding major Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has installed its in-house produced DIA-SOx marine SOx scrubbers on 22 ships so far this year. The company said that its subsidiary Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co. had installed the scrubbers onboard 3 ship types: container ships (five 20,000 TEU c
Ferry Tõll has become the first hybrid passenger vessel in Estonia following its successful conversion.
One of the world’s first and largest sea water floating solar systems is set for completion later this year in Singapore. From 10 September to 31 December, installation of a floating solar farm west of Senoko Fishery Port will take place. The company behind the project is Sunseap Group, Southeast As
There are only two weeks left to apply for the EU-funded Ocean DEMO 3rd call. Successful applicants will receive free access to test their ocean energy products and services in real sea environments at the project’s network of test centres. This call will focus on supporting technology developers wi
A number of Japanese energy companies have joined forces in developing a hydrogen supply-chain in the Kobe/Kansai area.
Singapore-based ship management company Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has won a deal with BHP to charter five LNG dual-fuel Newcastlemax bulk carriers. The contract is being awarded as part of the tender BHP released in July 2019, seeking vessels to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by more than 3
Danish ferry and logistics company DFDS has developed an ambitious climate plan unveiling its goal to become climate neutral by 2050.
The UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has offered for award 113 licence areas over 259 blocks or part-blocks to 65 companies in the latest offshore licensing round.
Japanese shipping company NYK Line, classification society ClassNK and power systems provider IHI Power Systems recently signed a joint research and development agreement to put the world’s first ammonia-fueled tugboat into practical use.
