HaiSea Marine (HM), a joint venture partnership between the Haisla First Nation and Seaspan ULC, has announced the official start of its battery-powered and low emissions tugboat build program. Once delivered in 2023, the new fleet is expected to be “among the greenest tugboat fleets in the world” and will
Taiwanese company Asia Cement Corporation has completed a full shore power project for cement vessels in an effort to reduce the impact on the sea, the ecology and the environment. Asia Cement pionnered in introducing environmental friendly harbor with largest shore power supply system The two-phase shore power project was
Australia’s Woodside, Japanese IHI, and Marubeni have signed an agreement to investigate the production and export of green ammonia produced from hydrogen in Tasmania. Courtesy of Woodside Produced from green hydrogen, green ammonia is a zero-emission fuel that can be used to decarbonise coal-fired power production, among other applications. The
Norwegian pure-play LNG carrier company Flex LNG has secured a new charter deal for the 173,4000-cbm Flex Freedom. Courtesy of Flex LNG The company noted on Friday that the vessel has been chartered to “an LNG portfolio player”. In its quarterly report, Flex LNG said that Flex Freedom is chartered
Mitsubishi Power and Iberdrola have signed a collaboration agreement to develop clean energy solutions aimed at decarbonisation of industrial production around the world. Ken Kawai, Mitsubishi Power president and CEO; Aitor Moso, Iberdrola’s director of Liberalized Business; Courtesy of Iberdrola The companies will develop green hydrogen production facilities, battery storage
French shipping major CMA CGM has launched its low-carbon shipping offering based on biomethane as part of its Act with CMA CGM+ range of services. The new CLEANER ENERGY biomethane solution will be offered on the group’s intra-European line run by its Containerships brand. With the new service, Containerships will offer
Fluxys Belgium, the operator of the Zeebrugge LNG terminal, has sanctioned the addition of four truck loading bays at the facility. Courtesy of Fluxys The move comes in support of the freight transport sector in its switch to liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a low emission fuel. Fluxys noted in
Russia’s largest shipping company Sovcomflot (SCF Group) has performed a landmark 150th marine LNG fuelling operation for Green Funnel Aframax tankers with its partner, Hague-based oil and LNG major Shell. The 150th operation was carried out by Korolev Prospect, on time charter to Chevron. The ship received 600 tonnes of marine
Oil and gas engineer KBR has been picked as the Owner’s engineer for Nigeria’s first-ever floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility. Courtesy of UTM Offshore Under the contract is awarded by UTM Offshore, KBR will be responsible for a multi-disciplined due diligence review of the Pre-Front End Engineering Design, being
The keel has been laid for the third battery hybrid LNG-powered pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) being built for United European Car Carriers (UECC), a Norway-based provider of shortsea RoRo transportation. Keel-laying ceremony for H2665 at Jiangnan Shipyard; Image Courtesy: Jiangnan Shipyard The ceremony at Shanghai’s Jiangnan Shipyard on