The UK Government has allocated £33 million (€38.6 million) for new technologies to 33 projects across all twelve regions of the UK to deliver demonstrations, factory trials, and feasibility studies. Image credit UK Govt The funding awarded through the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC) totals now £128 million, to support
The performance tests confirming the requirements of LNG production of above 3.4 million tons per year (mtpa) at Eni’s Coral Sul floating LNG (FLNG) facility offshore Mozambique have been finalized. Coral-Sul FLNG; Source: Eni French engineering company Technip Energies, a leader of the TJS Consortium which also includes JGC Corporation
History was made at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) in Ulsan, South Korea as the world’s first large methanol-enabled container vessel was named. Anne Maersk, Image credit: Maersk The 16,000 TEU containership was named Ane Mærsk after Ane Mærsk Mc-Kinney Uggla, the Chair of the A.P. Moller Foundation and
Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has launched an LNG bunkering vessel ordered by compatriot Anhui Changjiang LNG, an operator of the Wuhu LNG Terminal in Anhui Province. Courtesy of Hudong-Zhonghua The 14,000 cubic meter LNG bunkering vessel was launched on January 24, 2024. The ship will now undergo
Hamburg-based energy company Mabanaft has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with compatriot cruise company TUI Cruises to supply green methanol in the future. Mabanaft As explained, the MoU marks the beginning of a long-term strategic partnership between Mabanaft and TUI Cruises. As part of the agreement, Mabanaft is set
Japanese companies Tokyo Gas and Kyuden, along with Vietnam’s Truong Tan Vietnam Group, have established the Thai Binh LNG Power joint venture (TBLP) to work on an LNG-to-power project in Thai Binh Province, Vietnam. Illustration only; Archive; Courtesy of Tokyo Gas The venture will develop, construct and operate a floating
Four Japanese companies — Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), Japan Engine Corporation, IHI Power Systems, and Nihon Shipyard — have signed a series of contracts to build the world’s first ammonia-fueled medium gas carrier (AFMGC) equipped with Japan-made engines. NYK The contracts were finalized in December 2023. To be built
Finland-based shipping company ESL Shipping has joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), committing to setting both near-term and long-term science-based emission reduction targets aligned with the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Copyright ESL Shipping In 2021, ESL Shipping announced its climate targets, aiming to
Two U.S.-flagged containerships, Maersk Detroit and Maersk Chesapeake, operated by Maersk Line, Limited, a U.S. subsidiary of A.P. Moller-Maersk, were targeted by anti-ship missiles while transiting the Bab el-Mandeb on January 24, 2024. Image credit Maersk The attacks were confirmed by Maersk saying that the two vessels were part of ‘a