Greek shipowner Danaos Corporation has placed a $188.4 million order for the construction of two methanol-ready 8,258 TEU containerships at Yangzijiang shipyard in China. Danaos-owned CMA CGM Nerval/Illustration. Image by Kees Torn on Flickr under CC BY-SA 2.0 license The latest fleet renewal move brings the company’s orderbook to twelve ECO methanol-ready
Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has teamed up with Australian energy major Woodside and South Korea’s HD Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) and Hyundai Glovis to study the development of shipping solutions for bulk marine transportation of liquid hydrogen. CG rendering of the liquefied hydrogen carrier
Belgian shipping major Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) has launched its mandatory public takeover bid on all shares in Euronav that are not already directly or indirectly owned by CMB or its affiliates. Image courtesy: Euronav The move comes after CMB, Euronav’s biggest shareholder, struck a deal with Frontline in October
Singapore-based Seatrium, formerly Sembcorp Marine, has renewed its long-term favored customer contract (FCC) with GasLog LNG Services and Shell International Trading and Shipping Company (STASCO) to provide ship repairs, refurbishment and upgrading for their LNG carriers. Courtesy of Seatrium The contract will see Seatrium provide ship repair services from 2024
French LNG containment specialist GTT has received an order from a Chinese shipyard for the tank design of eight new very large liquefied natural gas carriers (LNGCs). Archive; Courtesy of GTT GTT said it will design the tanks for these eight LNG carriers, which will each offer five tanks with
Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Delfin LNG, a subsidiary of Delfin Midstream, and Gunvor Group, through Gunvor Singapore, have entered into a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export deal that includes executed sales and purchase agreements (SPA) for long-term liquefaction offtake. Illustration only; Archive; Courtesy of Delfin Midstream Under the SPA, Chesapeake will
HAV Hydrogen, a subsidiary of HAV Group, has received NOK 12.4 million (around $1.18 million) in funding from Innovation Norway to build, test, and certify a full-scale prototype of a containerized hydrogen (H2) energy system for ships called Zero Emission Pod. Courtesy of HAV Group ASA The Zero Emission Pod
FirstBio2Shipping, a bio-LNG project developed by Dutch companies Attero, Nordsol and Titan, is nearing production of the first bio-LNG to be supplied to the maritime sector. Courtesy of Nordsol On February 13 Nordsol shared a social media update stating that good progress was made in the construction of the bio-LNG
Hamburg-based H2Global, a foundation dedicated to accelerating the emergence of markets for clean hydrogen and other low-emissions technologies, and the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the field of clean hydrogen. Courtesy of JOGMEC The MoU was signed
The maritime industry’s fervor for alternative fuels shows no signs of abating as we enter 2024. According to data from DNV-Maritime, since the beginning of the year, 23 methanol-fueled ships have been to the Alternative Fuels for Shipping Index (AFI) database. The ordering has been dominated by the containership sector