Russia’s largest shipping company PAO Sovcomflot and compatriot oil company PAO Gazprom Neft have carried out the first-ever bunkering of a marine vessel with liquified natural gas (LNG) in the history of the country’s transport industry. The bunkering operation involved Sovcomflot’s crude oil tanker Korolev Prospekt which was refueled by
Offshore wind developer Ørsted has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Energy Dome, an energy storage solution provider, to run a feasibility study on the deployment of a 20MW / 200MWh energy storage facility. Courtesy of Energy Dome The partners plan to deploy the energy storage facility using Energy
The consortium comprising RWE and Neptune Energy has awarded contracts to Siemens Gamesa and Dutch engineering companies H2SEA and Enersea to support concept engineering work as part of the feasibility study for the H2opZee green hydrogen project in the Netherlands. H2opZee, announced earlier this year and planned to be built
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Keppel New Energy and DNV have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a strategic collaboration to explore the feasibility and implementation of an ammonia-fired gas turbine on Jurong Island, Singapore. Under the MoU, the three companies will work together to perform a high-level quantitative risk
Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), its group company MOL Techno-Trade (MOLTT) and Akishima Laboratories (Mitsui Zosen) have formed a strategic partnership to progress fuel efficiency of MOL Group-operated vessels and minimise vessels’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Illustration. Courtesy of MOL With the technology playing an increasingly critical role
DNV has secured a contract to provide the evidence required to demonstrate the safe use and conversion of the local transmission systems (LTS) high-pressure pipelines for transporting 100% hydrogen in the UK. The gas distribution company SGN manages around 3,100 kilometres of the LTS pipelines in the UK and is
Following a recent impact of a typhoon in China, BP’s new Tortue FPSO, built for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) LNG project in Mauritania and Senegal, has been returned to the quayside of the COSCO shipyard with no significant damage reported so far. The construction of the floating production, storage
Green corridors are coming forth as the central link that is expected to facilitate the shipping industry’s transition to alternative fuels and full-scale decarbonization. Several green corridors are already in the making linking ports within Europe or those connecting Europe with Asia and America. In August, the world’s two top
UK-based maritime design and applied technologies company Artemis Technologies, a spin-off from the Artemis Racing America’s Cup sailing team, has unveiled the design of its new 100% electric EF-24 passenger vessel, targeting the global high-speed ferry market. Courtesy of Artemis Technologies This ferry is among several zero-emission vessels being developed
UK government plans to accelerate various energy projects, including five oil and gas developments as well as several carbon capture and storage (CCS), hydrogen, and offshore wind projects. The United Kingdom currently faces a period of high inflation and the government has already taken steps to address high energy bills