Spanish ferry operator Baleària has started LNG propulsion conversion of the Hedy Lamarr ferry at the West Sea shipyard in Portugal, the last of the six retrofit operations. Courtesy of Baleària With this, Baleària will have completed its fleet plan of nine vessels that can navigate on LNG. Of these,
To reduce the number of harmful emissions produced during the longest autonomous mission at sea, Sea Machines Robotics is using renewable Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) biofuel. Photo: Sea Machines Sourced by Bunker One in Denmark, biofuel is powering its autonomous Nellie Bly tugboat. Operating under the project name The Machine
Japanese oil and gas producer Inpex and gas company Osaka Gas will launch a technical development business on the practical application of a CO2-methanation system toward the carbon neutralization of gas. Illustration only; Courtesy of Inpex The initiative is based on a project that the New Energy and Industrial Technology
Harwich Haven Authority (HHA) recently announced the start of a massive dredging scheme, the €140 million worth Harwich Haven Channel deepening project. Royal Boskalis Westminster and Van Oord are the joint venture contractors of the project, which is scheduled to be completed over the next two years. The dredging project
ABB Turbocharging, a division of Swiss technology company ABB, has received a contract to supply turbochargers for six new 174,000 cbm liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers which will be chartered by oil and gas major Shell. As informed, ABB’s A200-L turbochargers will be used on MAN Energy Solutions’ 5G70ME-C10.5-GA engines
Canadian clean energy company Huron said that preliminary engineering and design has begun on a large-scale Air to Fuels facility in British Columbia that would produce transportation fuel out of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Illustration only; Courtesy of Huron Huron‘s partners on this project include the Upper Nicola Band, Oxy Low
Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has ordered cryogenic fuel tanks design of two LNG-fueled container vessels from French containment specialist GTT. Illustration only; Courtesy of HHI The two new vessels will each with a capacity of 15,600 containers. They will feature LNG tanks, each holding up to 12,800 cubic
Houston-based Occidental has agreed to sell its interests in two Ghana offshore fields for $750 million to Kosmos Energy ($550 million) and Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) ($200 million). The sale to Kosmos closed upon signing and the sale to GNPC is expected to close in the fourth quarter of
Norwegian maritime cleantech company TECO 2030 ASA has signed a supply frame agreement with the Dutch shipowner Chemgas Shipping BV for the delivery of fuel cell modules. The letter of intent between the two companies was signed in September 2020. Photo: TECO 2030 The modules, with a combined capacity of up