Korean shipping company KSS Line has signed an agreement with Samsung C&T, the construction and trading arm of Samsung Group, for the maritime transportation of clean hydrogen and ammonia, the Korea Economic Daily reports. Under the terms of the deal, Samsung’s trading arm would build supply for the chemicals while KSS Line
RWE has won the permit to build a large-scale offshore wind farm at the Hollandse Kust West (HKW) VII site in the Dutch North Sea through the subsidy-free tender launched in the Netherlands in April. The Germany-based developer placed a bid through its project company Oranje Wind Power II and
Swedish Furetank and Canadian Algoma Central Corporation are expanding the FureBear joint venture to include eight dual-fuel product tankers to trade in Northern Europe. The 50/50 owned joint venture was announced in August with an order for four dual-fuel tankers and is now extended with four additional 17,999 dwt units.
The UK’s Port of Aberdeen has been awarded more than £200,000 from the UK Government to accelerate its drive to Net Zero by 2040. The ‘Port Zero’ feasibility study, which is part of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition Round 2 (CMDC2), will analyse future port power demands, assess low carbon energy
SEA-KIT International has secured funding through the second round of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC) to design a hydrogen-powered, zero-emission uncrewed surface vessel (USV). Source: SEA-KIT SEA-KIT and Bramble Energy will implement outputs from a Round 1 project that marinized a printed circuit board (PCB) hydrogel fuell cell into
Israeli company H2Pro and Moroccan renewable energy developer Gaia Energy have signed a strategic agreement for the co-development of a gigawatt-scale green hydrogen project. Courtesy of H2Pro (Credit: Bradley D’coutho) The agreement was signed during the UN Climate Conference COP27, which is being hosted by Egypt in Sharm El-Sheikh. Under
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has handed over Viking Neptune, a new cruise ship equipped with hydrogen fuel cells, to Swiss cruise line Viking. Credit: Fincantieri The delivery ceremony took place in Ancona today (10 November). Viking Neptune, the ninth vessel of its class, marks a quantum leap in the cooperation between
Yara Clean Ammonia, a subsidiary of Norwegian fertilizer company Yara International ASA, and Japanese shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have agreed to work together to strengthen ammonia supply chain. According to MOL, the collaboration includes but is not limited to using ammonia as a marine fuel. Demand for ammonia
Despite pushing forward new initiatives by the shipping sector to achieve zero emissions, 27% to 30% of vessels newly built between 2022 and 2050 will still require conversion to a different fuel in order to meet zero targets, a new whitepaper published by classification society Lloyd’s Register shows. The information
South Korean shipbuilding major Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has developed a liquid hydrogen fuel cell system for ship propulsion and received approval in principle (AiP) from the classification society DNV. As explained, the system uses the electric power generated by liquid hydrogen and polymer electrolyte fuel cells to propel a vessel.