The two first electric Voith Schneider Propellers (eVSP) ever manufactured will be soon installed in a new commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) being built by Gondan Shipbuilders for Østensjø Rederi. According to the shipyard, the eVSPs arrived last week at its main facilities in Castropol, Asturias, in Spain, and are
Danish bunker services provider Monjasa has moved one of its bunker tankers from Dubai to Panama in order to enable outer anchorage bunker supplies off Christobal. As explained, this will result in significantly less idle time for larger ships taking bunkers in the Panama Canal. The 8,839 dwt Monjasa Supplier
MAN Energy Solutions has been contracted to engineer and provide supply services to an LNG truck loading infrastructure project for GEK TERNA Group’s construction company TERNA. Courtesy of DESFA The pilot station is part of the Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator (DESFA) development program for the Revithoussa LNG terminal at
An Israeli newcomer to the hydrogen industry, H2Pro has set sights on cutting the costs of green hydrogen production. Courtesy of H2Pro The company, founded in 2019 by hydrogen experts from Technion, (Israel Institute of Technology), said it has secured $22 million through series A2 financing. The round was led
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded an Approval in Principle to Exmar’s ammonia fuelled 40,000 m3 midsize gas carrier (MGC). The vessel was designed by China-based Jiangnan Shipyard while Wärtsilä Gas Solutions provided all input for the ammonia fuel gas supply system. The evaluation included an overall examination of fundamental aspects of
Avenir LNG, a joint venture consisting of Stolt-Nielsen, Hoegh LNG and Golar LNG, has taken delivery of its second 7,500-cbm LNG bunkering vessel Avenir Accolade. Courtesy of Avenir LNG Following delivery from Keppel Offshore and Marine, Nantong, the Avenir Accolade will enter a 3-year bareboat charter to LNG PowerLimited, a
U.S. LNG infrastructure company Sempra LNG joins the Collaboratory for Advancing Methane Science (CAMS), a research consortium created to better understand methane emissions. Courtesy of Sempra LNG Created in 2018, CAMS goes after scientific studies that address methane emissions along the natural gas value chain, from production to end use.
Although many shipyards around the globe have been facing order stagnation caused by COVID-19 crisis, the situation seems to be different for South Korean shipbuilders that just secured another round of containership orders. On 9 March 2021, Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) revealed in a stock exchange filing a KRW 794.2
U.S. oil major Chevron has reaffirmed its lower budget plans, doubled its savings estimate from the takeover of Noble Energy, and set new goals for reducing carbon emissions with expectations to invest about $3 billion in the coming years to further its energy transition efforts. At its annual investor meeting
Gasum, the Nordic energy company, obtained a distribution license for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in France. Courtesy of Gasum The new LNG distribution license, obtained on 17 February 2021, will allow Gasum to deliver to maritime customers in France and to offer LNG to a larger number of customers. The