Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has signed basic agreements with Japan Petroleum Exploration (JAPEX) and Hokkaido Gas for the supply of LNG fuel to two newbuilding LNG-fueled ferries. The LNG will be supplied in each port on the Oarai-Tomakomai route operated by MOL Group company M
Japanese shipping heavyweight Mitsui O.S.K. Lines plans to resume energy transport business, mainly of LNG, from Russia as long as possible, the company’s President & CEO Takeshi Hashimoto said in a New Year’s address. “Disruptions in supply chains, soaring energy and grain prices, global inflation,
Scandlines’ new zero-emission ferry is starting to take shape at the Cemre shipyard in Turkey. Danish ferry operator said in an update that two-thirds of the steel plates have now been cut at the shipyard, adding that the ferry currently consists of eight sections which have already been placed on t
Pilbara Clean Fuels (PCF) has teamed up with Oceania Marine Energy on the provision of low-carbon footprint LNG production and marine bunkering capability at Port Hedland, Western Australia. PCF is pursuing the development of an electrified liquefied natural gas (eLNG) plant in Port Hedland, world’s
The first of eight robotic vessels that will form part of Ocean Infinity’s high-tech Armada fleet has arrived in Norway for equipment installation. The vessel, built by Vard Vung Tau in Vietnam, arrived at Vard Søviknes for remote system outfitting and payload equipment installation. According to Oc
DNV and the Responsible Shipping Initiative (RSI), an alliance of Swedish dry bulk charterers, have launched a feasibility study to develop a commercial framework for orders of green-fuelled newbuilds to decarbonize the sea transport supply chain in the Baltic and North Sea areas and beyond. With th
Norwegian fertilizer company Yara International has revealed plans to modify its ammonia terminals in Germany, enabling them to handle up to 3 million tons of ammonia. According to Yara, this equates to roughly 530,000 tons of hydrogen and will help speed up the hydrogen economy in Germany. The comp
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) plans to launch the construction of Wind Hunter, a hydrogen-producing vessel outfitted with multiple rigid sails, in 2024. The construction forms part of the company’s Wind Hunter project, which seeks new applications for hydrogen fuel and wind power
Norwegian vessel operator Knutsen Group has taken delivery of small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessel Haugesund Knutsen built in Spain.
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has completed the conceptual design for a CMSR Power barge, a floating facility for offshore nuclear power plants, and secured approval in principle from the U.S.-bassed ABS classification society. A compact molten salt reactor (CMSR) power bar
Volstad Maritime has awarded Norwegian Electric Systems (NES) with a contract for the delivery of a battery system for another subsea construction vessel. NES will provide the battery package and associated control system for battery charging to the Deep Cygnus in connection with a forthcoming vesse
French shipowner Louis Dreyfus Armateurs, through its Louis Dreyfus Ports and Logistics (LDPL), has developed an innovative vessel design capable of storing and supplying hydrogen using green ammonia.
Chinese shipbuilder Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding has started off the year with the delivery of a 190,000-ton dual-fuel LNG bulk carrier named Ubuntu Equality. The giant vessel was built for Taiwanese bulk carrier company U-Ming Marine and it is a sister ship to Ubuntu Harmony, delivered at the e
Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has completed the installation of the first Seawing, an automated kite system that harnesses wind power, on a Capesize bulk carrier at the end of 2022. The installation was in line with the previously announced schedule, as K Line had been pla
