German shipbuilder Meyer Group and its counterpart Fassmer have decided to jointly acquire compatriot ship design company Neptun Ship Design. Courtesy of Fassmer The Rostock-based company will continue to operate independently and in its current structure. Moreover, additional jobs are to be created to strengthen the engineering office, Meyer and
Innosea, the international engineering, design and R&D consultancy within marine renewable energy sector, has expanded its European presence to the Spanish market. Jordi Serret, head of Innosea’s Spanish office (Courtesy of Innosea) Innosea’s presence in Barcelona is the company’s first in Spain. It adds to parent company ABL Group’s wider
Global engineering company Wood will provide services for Total Eren’s H2 Magallanes project, a large-scale green hydrogen production facility in Southern Chile. Courtesy of Total Eren Paris-based Total Eren is developing a large-scale green hydrogen project named H2 Magallanes. The project is totaling up to ten gigawatts of wind installed
ANL, a subsidiary of French container and logistics shipping giant CMA CGM Group, has completed the first biofuel trial on a containerised shipping vessel within Oceania. Photo: ANL The trial, undertaken on ANL’s AAX1 service was a 42-day rotation, commencing in Brisbane, travelling via Southeast Asia and then onto key
Shell-led joint venture LNG Canada has appointed Jason Klein as its new CEO, effective 13 April 2022. Jason Klein; Courtesy of Canada LNG Jason Klein joins LNG Canada from Shell Canada, where he served as VP Canada Integrated Gas; he was accountable for developing Shell’s Integrated Gas business, including oversight
Classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has granted approval in principle to Japanese firms K Line and JGC for a new FLNG hull design. An LNG Carrier (for illustration purposes); Courtesy of K Line Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) and JGC jointly developed a new concept of a floating
German steel producer Salzgitter Group will supply pipes linking up with the Wilhelmshaven LNG terminal. Illustration only; LNG Wilhelmshaven; Courtesy of Uniper Transmission system operator OGE has commissioned Salzgitter AG’s subsidiary MGR with the delivery of line pipes for the Wilhelmshaven-Pipeline Link. The laying of the pipeline at short notice serves
Norwegian green hydrogen company Gen2 Energy AS has signed a contract with compatriot ship designer and system integrator Sirius Design & Integration AS for the design of two specialized ships for the transport of large quantities of containers with compressed hydrogen. Courtesy of Gen2 Energy The two container carriers of
Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded approval in principle (AiP) to China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC) for the country’s first Newcastlemax bulk carrier concept to be powered by ammonia. Prior to granting the approval, LR reviewed the suitability and risks of the design including ammonia as one of