U.S. fuel cells and advanced energy systems company Advent Technologies has become a member of the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association (FCHEA). Courtesy of Advent Technologies The U.S. corporation is involved in the next-generation fuel cell and hydrogen technologies, and the company finds that their fuel cells can go
Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer Novatek has secured a €3.11 billion ($3.75 bln) loan for Arctic LNG 2 project with a syndicate of Russian banks. Illustration (Courtesy of Novatek) Novatek said on Wednesday, the deal was signed with Sberbank, Gazprombank and its unit Bank GPB International, State Development Corporation
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä will introduce a combined engine plus selective catalytic reduction (SCR) packaged product, made to comply with China’s Stage II marine engine emission standard. Courtesy of Wärtsilä This new standar will enter into force in July 2021. The standard will apply to inland waterway, coastal, river-sea,
Sweden-based producer of biogas Scandinavian Biogas Fuels International AB has decided to invest approximately NOK 170 million (about $20.7 million) in a liquid biogas plant (LBG) in Skogn, outside Trondheim, Norway. On site, the company said it already has the world’s largest plant to produce liquid biogas. The new plant will be
Supplying the advanced biofuel to MOL EXPERIENCE; Image credit: ONE Singapore-based Ocean Network Express (ONE) has completed the second trial of sustainable marine biofuel onboard the M/V MOL Experience. This time around the trial involved a three times higher mixing ratio in biofuel content. M/V MOL Experience was refuelled with
Oil services provider Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Nordic Blue Crude (NBC) for front-end engineering and design (FEED) of a new e-Fuel facility at Herøya in Porsgrunn, Norway. Courtesy of Aker Solutions The e-Fuel plant is planned to produce CO2-neutral fuel by using green hydrogen and furnace gas
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. has won orders for four LPG carriers worth $328.7 million (KRW 364.4 billion). The orders are spread across two contracts, one with a shipowner from Liberia, and the second one with a shipping partner from Asia. Each company has booked two newbuilds.
Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, has named and delivered CMA CGM Concorde. The 23,000 TEU containership is the seventh of nine giant LNG-powered containerships French shipowner CMA CGM has on order in China. Measuring 400 meters in length and 61 meters in width, the ships are the
Marine engine developer WinGD has completed a successful Type Approval Test (TAT) for their X82DF dual-fuel engine. Courtesy of WinGD X82DF is a seven-cylinder dual-fuel engine, and will be the first to power a VLCC with LNG, the company claims. The engine features the new control system WinGD Integrated Control
Titan LNG, a Dutch independent LNG supplier, has completed a bunkering operation with its recently commissioned FlexFueler 002. Courtesy of Titan LNG The operation was completed at the North Sea Port on the Everingen Anchorage. The FlexFueler 002 delivered LNG to the Current Spirit, a short sea crude oil tanker