Danish container shipping heavyweight A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) has placed an order for six mid-sized container vessels with Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group. Image credit Maersk The company said that the six 9,000 TEU vessels will all have dual-fuel engines able to operate on green methanol and fuel oil. The ships
Starting today the freight transport between Italy and Greece, the regular ro-ro line operated by the Grimaldi Group between Venice, Bari and Patras, will be served by two of the company’s “green giants”, the hybrid vessels Eco Catania and Eco Malta. Image credit: Grimaldi The Neapolitan shipping group, in synergy
Japanese LPG trader and importer Astomos Energy Corporation and compatriot energy company Inpex Corporation have completed the supply of B24 biofuel bunker to a Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) chartered by Astomos. The endeavor marks the first-ever biofuel supply to a VLGC in the Middle East. Lucaste peace; Image credit NYK
Italian energy giant Eni has inked a sale and purchase agreement to acquire Neptune Energy Group Limited while the oil major’s majority-owned Vår Energi simultaneously signed an inter-conditional sale and purchase agreement to acquire Neptune’s Norwegian business for an aggregate enterprise value of $4.9 billion. The only part of Neptune’s
LNG-powered cruise ship Silver Nova has concluded the initial phases of its sea trials, bringing the vessel closer to completion. Courtesy of Silversea Cruises The vessel will now undergo final touches before being delivered later this year. Silver Nova belongs to a newbuild project known as Project Evolution, and it is the
Yara Clean Ammonia (YCA), a subsidiary of Norwegian fertiliser company Yara International, and marine fuels trader Bunker Holding Group have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development of the market for clean ammonia as a shipping fuel. Courtesy of Yara The MoU will see the two
Human-caused global warming has increased the intensity and duration of heat waves all around the world. Scientists indicate that the heat waves will become even more intense in the future. As the world struggles to take a fresh breath from record-breaking high temperatures, the offshore energy sector is trying to
Concrete has been poured for the construction of a floating tugboat maintenance facility that is set to be the home base for the “greenest tugboat fleet in the world,” Canadian shipowner Seaspan informed. Courtesy of Seaspan HaiSea Marine, majority owned by the Haisla First Nation in partnership with Seaspan, contracted
Share this article MV Sea Change, the first hydrogen fuel cell-powered ferry in the United States, has been fueled on the San Francisco waterfront as it continues its sea trials ahead of being put into regular operation. The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) announced this fueling
US-based Venture Global LNG and Germany’s Securing Energy for Europe (SEFE) have entered a long-term sales and purchase agreement (SPA) under which SEFE’s subsidiary WINGAS will purchase 2.25 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from CP2 LNG, Venture Global’s third project, for 20 years. Illustration; Courtesy
Share this article BW Batangas, a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) that will be deployed at First Gen Corporation’s LNG import terminal in the Philippines, has arrived in Batangas. Image: First Gen According to First Gen’s social media update, the FSRU arrived in Batangas Bay on 16 June. Prior
Japanese shipping heavyweight Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and energy company Chevron Singapore have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a strategic alliance aimed at lowering the carbon intensity of the marine energy industry. MOL Under the agreement, the partners will conduct joint research on next-generation fuels in various regions