DB Schenker and Volvo Cars have embarked on a partnership for more sustainable ocean freight, shipping 12,000 standard containers (TEU) with automotive spare parts on vessels using biofuel. DB Schenker The program started in June and connects, among others, Volvo Cars’ Gothenburg production plant with the ports of Savannah, Newark,
Dynagas LNG Partners, an owner and operator of LNG carriers (LNGCs), has entered into time charter party agreements with Rio Grande LNG, a subsidiary of NextDecade Corporation, for two LNGCs, adding approximately $270 million to its existing revenue backlog. Archive; Courtesy of Dynagas The 2007-built LNG carrier Clean Energy has
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Port of Antwerp-Bruges, North Sea Port and Port of Ostend have officially been recognized as a Hydrogen Valley at the European level. Illustration; Archive; Courtesy of Clean Hydrogen Partnership The Hydrogen Valley certificate was issued by the Clean Hydrogen Partnership and Mission Innovation who maintain an online map with the
Svitzer, a global towage provider and part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, has signed a 15-year agreement to service Gastrade’s Alexandroupolis Independent Natural Gas System (Alexandroupolis INGS) LNG terminal, the first offshore LNG project in Greece. Courtesy of Gastrade Specifically, Svitzer will set up towage services and support for advanced LNG operations
German engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES) has completed the first running of a test engine on ammonia at its Research Centre Copenhagen (RCC). MAN ES The company revealed that the successful combustion was performed on a MAN B&W two-stroke 4T50ME-X type and produced positive results with particularly promising
U.S.-based energy company NextDecade has made a positive final investment decision (FID) to construct the first three liquefaction trains (Phase 1) at the company’s 27 million tons per annum (MTPA) Rio Grande LNG (RGLNG) export facility in Brownsville, Texas. Illustration; Archive; Courtesy of NextDecade Specifically, the company executed and closed
Denmark’s shipping company Celsius Shipping has hosted a naming ceremony for the latest liquified natural gas (LNG) tanker Celsius Geneva in South Korea. Celsius Shipping Built by Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), the vessel incorporates latest environmentally friendly technologies. It features a cargo capacity of 180,000. According to the data provided
European shipping emissions grew 3% last year as the industry edges closer to pre-pandemic levels, a new analysis by NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) shows. Illustration; Image by offshore Energy The analysis says that European shipping emitted over 130 million tonnes of CO2, with cruise ship emissions well up on
Japan’s energy company Inpex Corporation has announced the beginning of construction of surface plant facilities of the Kashiwazaki clean hydrogen/ammonia project to be implemented at its Higashi-Kashiwazaki gas field in the Hirai district of Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. According to Inpex, the project is the first in Japan to