Making a step further in taking concrete action to support decarbonisation, Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with industrial gases company Air Products to establish a sustainable supply chain for hydrogen. Courtesy of Hamburg Port Authority Under the MoU, the parties intend to collaborate on
Climate-smart Viking Glory completes journey home
Finnish shipping company Viking Line has welcomed its climate-smart flagship Viking Glory in the Port of Turku following the ship’s five-week journey home across the seas. Viking Glory. Courtesy of Viking Line According to the company’s update, the voyage has gone well and the Viking Glory’s arrival was celebrated on
Western Bulk takes delivery of 1st carbon offset bio-blend bunker fuel
Norwegian dry bulk shipping company Western Bulk has taken delivery of its first carbon offset bio-blend bunker fuel (B30) from TFG Marine, a marine fuel supply and procurement joint venture between commodity trader Trafigura and shipping firms Frontline and Golden Ocean. Photo: Western Bulk As informed, TFG Marine supplied 750
Wärtsilä awards Skarpenord contract for new LNG-fueled container vessels
Wärtsilä has awarded Scana-owned Skarpenord a contract to supply valve control systems to 12 new LNG-fueled container vessels. Bjørn Erik Eliassen, sales director in Skarpenord; Courtesy of Scana The contract value is close to 15 million NOK ($1.7 million). Skarpenord’s deliveries will start in the second quarter of 2022 and
Aker, Dan-Unity join forces for maritime CO2 transport
Norwegian Aker Carbon Capture and Danish Dan-Unity CO2 have signed a collaboration agreement to develop flexible CO2 transport solutions, aiming to establish a full carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) value chain. Under the agreement, the industry partners will explore the development potential of future CCS value chains by collaborating
World’s 1st LNG-fueled Newcastlemax bulk carrier arrives in Singapore
Australian firm BHP has welcomed the world’s first LNG-fueled Newcastlemax bulk carrier for bunkering in Singapore by Shell. Courtesy of BHP BHP has chartered five LNG-fueled Newcastlemax bulk carriers from Eastern Pacific Shipping for five years. It also awarded the LNG fuel contract to Shell. The 209,000-deadweight tonne vessel Mount
Shell says Prelude FLNG will remain closed in Q1 2022
Shell CEO Ben van Beurden said that the Prelude FLNG facility in Western Australia will remain closed for most of the first quarter of 2022. Courtesy of Shell Following the fourth-quarter 2021 results report, Shell CEO Ben van Beurden told news outlets that the company needs to carefully resolve the
Kawasaki chairman appointed Hydrogen Council co-chair
The Hydrogen Council made changes in leadership, appointing Yoshinori Kanehana, chairman of Kawasaki Heavy Industries a new co-chair of the Council along with Tom Linebarger. Large liquefied hydrogen carrier; Courtesy of Kawasaki Heavy Industries The Hydrogen Council is a global initiative that gathers industry players under a long-term ambition for hydrogen
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Danish consortium accelerates offshore wind-powered clean fuel project, eyes green jet fuel production by 2025
The partnership behind the Power-to-X project ‘Green Fuels for Denmark’ has decided to bring forward parts of the project two years earlier than previously planned. The new plan involves rolling out 100 MW of the project’s originally planned second phase’s 250 MW electrolysis in 2025 instead of 2027, as well