J. Lauritzen, a Danish investment company focused on maritime industries, has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with Japanese shipbuilder Tsuneishi Shipbuilding for the construction of methanol dual-fuel bulk carriers. Courtesy of J. Lauritzen The LoI includes the construction of minimum two methanol dual-fuel 81,200 dwt Kamsarmax bulk carriers which
Turkish Uzmar Shipyard has held a steel-cutting ceremony for Turkey’s first dual-fuel tugboat, being built for BOTAŞ Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS), the state-owned crude oil and natural gas pipelines and trading company. Image credit: Botas The shipyard will build two Voith tractor-type propeller tugboats that will be able to run on liquified natural gas
Fortescue Future Industries (FFI), a global green energy company, has secured renewable power for its proposed Holmaneset green energy project by entering into a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Statkraft, a supplier of renewable energy. Courtesy of Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) Under the conditional agreement, Statkraft is expected to
Singapore shipowner Consort Bunkers has signed a contract with China Merchants Industry Nanjing Jinling Shipyard for six 6,500-ton methanol fuel bunkering ships. Illustration/M/T Mari Couva Methanol Dual Fuel Vessel; Image by Waterfront Shipping The 6,500-ton methanol fueling ships have a total length of 103.88 meters, a molded width of 19.00
Norway’s H2Carrier and Sweden’s Trelleborg Gas Transfer have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on ship-to-ship ammonia transfer solutions. Courtesy of H2Carrier The two companies will collaborate in developing a safe, reliable, and efficient solution for side-by-side offloading of ammonia when operating the P2XFloater™ on sheltered near-shore projects.
Alternative fuel ships have accounted for around 60% of new orders since the start of 2022 in GT, primarily driven by LNG dual-fuel vessel orders, and increasingly methanol, and now account for 5% of fleet GT and 47% of orderbook, data from Clarksons shows. Illustration. Courtesy of Jiangnan Shipbuilding Looking
Yara Clean Ammonia, a subsidiary of Norwegian fertiliser company Yara International, and Enbridge, a Canadian pipeline and energy company, have signed of a letter of intent to jointly develop and construct a world scale low-carbon blue ammonia production facility as equal partners. Courtesy of Enbridge According to Yara, the proposed
Japanese shipbuilder Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has delivered the 84,000 cbm dual-fuel liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier, Captain Markos, to US-headquartered LPG shipping company Dorian LPG. Courtesy of Dorian LPG The vessel, delivered on 31 March, is Dorian’s first dual-fuel very large gas carrier (VLGC) and will join the Helios LPG Pool,
German shipyard Meyer Werft has laid keel for Disney Treasure, the second LNG-powered cruise ship it is building for US-based Disney Cruise Line. Keel laying for Disney Treasure. Courtesy of Meyer Werft According to Meyer Werft, the keel laying ceremony took place on 31 March to celebrate the start of
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