Fure Valo Oslofjorden, Image by Furetank Swedish shipping company Furetank has signed a contract for the construction of two more dual-fuel tankers. The 17,999 dwt tankers have been ordered from China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Yangzhou, and they are set for delivery in fall 2024 and spring 2025 respectively. The
Industrial gas supplier Air Products plans to start construction of a second hydrogen liquefaction plant in Rotterdam. Courtesy of Air Products This is in addition to the company’s existing liquid hydrogen plant in Botlek, the Netherlands. Once operational in 2025, the new plant is to double Europe’s total current liquid hydrogen capacity. Liquid hydrogen produced
South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has received an order for the construction of two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. Courtesy of DSME The contract, worth KRW 595.9 billion (about $425 million), was signed with an undisclosed shipowner from Oceania on 21 September 2022, DSME said in
Energy storage solutions provider EnerVenue has signed a master supply agreement with Houston-based Green Energy Renewable Solutions, a company owned by Henrik Jensen and Jens Juul – owners and operators of Nicon Industries A/S, a manufacturer of steel and aluminium constructions in the wind, offshore and maritime industry. Under the agreement, Green
French waters offshore Saint-Nazaire are buzzing with inaugural activity today (22 September) as the country’s first offshore wind farm was officially put into operation and, in a separate event, the world’s first offshore green hydrogen production platform was launched. As reported by our sibling news site offshoreWIND.biz, French President Emmanuel
A pilot facility for the storage of fossil-free hydrogen gas, described as the first of its kind in the world, is now in operation in Luleå, Sweden. HYBRIT pilot facility. Courtesy of Vattenfall/Photo by Åsa Bäcklin The HYBRIT pilot facility is owned by a Swedish trio comprising of state-owned power
French green hydrogen technology developer Lhyfe, together with its partners, has inaugurated the world’s first offshore renewable hydrogen platform in France. Geps Techno’s platform with green hydrogen electrolyser onboard (Courtesy of Lhyfe) The world’s first offshore hydrogen production platform, developed by Lhyfe in collaboration with Chantiers de l’Atlantique, will become
More than 200 industry leaders have endorsed strategies from the Mission Possible Partnership (MPP) to decarbonise some of world’s hardest-to-abate, carbon-intensive industries in this decade. New plans released at New York Climate Week for production of near-zero emissions materials – aluminium, ammonia and steel – have won support from more
Texas-based engineering services company Jacobs has secured a contract with South Korean offshore wind farm project developer Elenergy to conduct a feasibility study for a new green hydrogen production and import facility in South Korea. The facility will provide locally produced and imported green hydrogen for South Korea and help
A broad coalition of 35 maritime companies supported by Transport and Environment NGO are urging the European co-legislators to add ships under 5,000 GT including offshore and service vessels into EU regulations targeting decarbonization of the shipping industry. A joint letter addressing the EU Parliament, Commission, and Council of the