South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries has been in talks with Russian contractors to build icebreaking LNG carriers for $2.6 billion. Courtesy of Samsung Heavy Yonhap reports that the shipbuilder said it is in final talks with Russian contractors. The negotiations concern building the vessels that would transport the LNG
Australian energy transition company Global Energy Ventures has secured funding support to evaluate the technical and commercial feasibility of exporting green hydrogen from the Gascoyne to Asia-Pacific using its compressed hydrogen shipping solution. As disclosed, provision of funding will be made by the Western Australia government in accordance with the
The first, fully-electric road ferries to sail in North America are now on their way from Damen Shipyards Galati, Romania, to Lake Ontario, Canada, to begin operations, the shipbuilder said. Photo: Damen Ordered by the Ministry of Transportation, Ontario, Canada, the Amherst Islander II and Wolfe Islander IV, 68 and
Malaysian energy giant Petronas has teamed up with Japanese energy company ENEOS Corporation to develop a clean hydrogen supply chain between the two countries. Illustration only; Courtesy of Petronas Petronas, through its subsidiary Petrogas Gas & New Energy (PGNESB), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ENEOS. The goal is
Scottish Orbital Marine Power is set to lead a pan-European consortium to deliver the €26.7 million FORWARD-2030 project dedicated to accelerating the commercial deployment of floating tidal energy. The consortium will receive €20.5 million of grant support from the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme to develop a multi-vector
Italian energy player Edison has unloaded the first refueling of LNG at the new small-scale LNG terminal in the port of Ravenna. Courtesy of Edison On 9 September, Edison started the first discharge of LNG in the small-scale coastal depot in Ravenna. Depositi Italiani GNL owns the new depot for
Norwegian shipping company Siem Offshore confirmed on Saturday that its dual-fuel platform support vessel (PSV) Siem Symphony was upgraded with a hybrid battery package. The latest battery upgrade is in line with Siem’s strategic focus on reducing its environmental footprint. According to the vessel owner, the battery upgrade makes this
Japan’s oil and gas producer Inpex will deliver a carbon-neutral LNG cargo from the Ichthys LNG Project to compatriot gas company Toho Gas. Ichthys LNG; Courtesy of Inpex The shipment of carbon-neutral LNG will arrive at Chita LNG terminal in Japan’s Chita City on 18 September 2021. The cargo comes
Classification society ABS, shipbuilder Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding (HZS) and technology company Wärtsilä have partnered up to develop “a flexible, future-ready and modular” concept for a future multi-fuel electric liquefied natural gas carrier (LNGC). Image Courtesy: ABS Using advanced multi-physics modeling and simulation, the joint development project (JDP) will apply various decarbonization
The world’s first IMO Type B very large ethane carrier (VLEC), Pacific Ineos Belstaff, has been launched at Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai, China, classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) said. The first from a batch of four largest VLECs ever commissioned, the 99,000 cbm dual-fuel vessel is designed for long-haul