SolarMarine Energy, an Irish start-up based in Co Mayo, has designed an innovative floating hybrid renewable energy system which could offer sustainable low carbon solution for Irish coastal communities. Floating Solar Energy Hybrid Project illustration (Courtesy of The Marine Institute) The research and development project, dubbed Floating Solar Energy Hybrid
Canadian shipping company Canada Steam Ship Lines (CSL) and compatriot salt manufacturer K+S Windsor Salt Ltd. (Windsor Salt) have entered into a strategic partnership to build a new, eco-friendly self-unloading ship. The 26,000 dwt newbuild is intended for operation in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Great Lakes region. The keel laying
Seaspan Corporation, a Hong Kong-based owner and operator of container vessels and a subsidiary of Atlas Corp, has ordered ten 15,000 TEU LNG-fuelled dual-fuel containerships from South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI). The newbuilds will be chartered out to Israel’s container shipping company ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM) and will
Following two years of research and confidential preparation, 30 European energy companies launched a hydrogen initiative named HyDeal Ambition. Courtesy of Enagas The goal of the partnership is to deliver 100 per cent green hydrogen across Europe before 2030. The project participant, Spain’s energy major Enagás said, the production of
Global Energy Group (GEG) has signed an agreement with ScottishPower’s newly established Green Hydrogen Business to explore the best solution to power the operations at the Port of Nigg with green hydrogen. The companies will undertake a feasibility study to assess the full potential range of processes that could be
Classification society RINA and the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) have signed a joint development project (JDP) agreement to develop a ship design capable of being fuelled by either ammonia or methanol. Image Courtesy: RINA Within the agreement, SDARI will focus on the ship concept development and design
Indonesia-based PaxOcean’s PT Graha Trisaka Industri shipyard signed a contract with Taiwan Navigation for the construction of five tugboats. Courtesy of PaxOcean The tugboats are set to serve the liquefied natural gas terminal currently under construction at the Kwun Tong Industrial Port. The five tugboats are based on the Robert
Vallianz Holdings Limited has entered into a binding two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SeaTech Solutions International to develop environmentally-friendly harbour tugs. The all-electric tugs are based on SeaTech’s EVT-60 design, powered by clean energy with an aim of zero carbon emission. Measuring an overall length of 26 meters and
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line) has concluded a shipbuilding contract with China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Nanjing) for four LNG-fueled PCTCs. Courtesy of NYK These four vessels will be delivered from 2022 to 2023 and are planned to be assigned to transport vehicles mainly to and from Europe and/or to the
The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported a drop in weekly LNG exports, while Henry Hub price jumped. Courtesy of Cheniere In the latest Short-Term Energy Outlook for this week, EIA reports the Henry Hub spot price rose from $2.91 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) last Wednesday to a weekly