South Korean shipbuilding giant HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) has secured an order for the construction of three very large ammonia carriers (VLACs). As informed, the company will build the three vessels for an unnamed shipping company from Central and South America. HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co.,
French green hydrogen producer Lhyfe and UK renewable energy developer Source Galileo have entered into a joint agreement to develop commercial-scale green and renewable hydrogen production units in the UK and Ireland. Illustration only; Courtesy of Lhyfe To this end, the companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), aiming to
Tens of thousands of new-generation clean jobs need to be created to support burgeoning hydrogen production and the carbon capture and storage (CCS) industry in the UK’s Teesside and Humberside regions, according to Jonathan Brearley, CEO of UK energy market regulator Ofgem. HyGreen Teesside. Courtesy of BP Following visits to CCS
Hong Kong-based bunker service provider Chimbusco Pan Nation Petro-Chemical (CPN) has supplied 800 metric tons of ISCC-EU certified B24 marine biofuel to a vessel owned by Japanese shipping company NS United Kaiun Kaisha. CPN The 181,400 dwt bulk carrier United Crown was bunkered with biofuel in Hong Kong on January
Denmark’s European Energy and Japan’s Mitsubishi HC Capital have entered into an agreement in which Mitsubishi will acquire a 20% stake in European Energy. Archive; Courtesy of European Energy Specifically, Mitsubishi HC Capital will subscribe to approximately 72 million new shares in European Energy, and additionally, will purchase around three
On January 13, 2024, China’s inaugural methanol bunkering ship, Hai Gang Zhi Yuan, embarked on its maiden voyage, following a conversion process at Zhoushan Putuo Changhong Shipbuilding Co. Image credit: Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard The 16,000 cbm vessel, previously known Jiuli 668, underwent a 113-day retrofit at the Chinese yard.
In a pioneering feat of engineering, Northern Lights, a joint venture company of energy giants Shell, Equinor, and TotalEnergies, shared a new milestone in the construction of the company’s liquefied CO2 (LCO2) carriers. Image credit: Northern Lights Namely, the company’s first two vessels have been installed with custom-built 7,500 cubic
Share this article Dutch engineering company H2SEA, in cooperation with the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), has performed an assessment of monopile-based support structures for hydrogen-producing offshore wind turbines. Image courtesy H2SEA H2SEA says that one of the main questions was if decentral hydrogen production on a monopile-based support
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has won a construction contract for two liquified petroleum gas (LPG)/ammonia carriers. Illustration/Courtesy of SHI The deal, valued at KRW 315 billion ($235 million), was signed with undisclosed shipowners in the Oceania region. Samsung said that the two VLACs are scheduled for delivery
