Newbuild ordering in the tanker industry is picking up momentum with 17 new tanker orders placed last week, shipbroking reports show. Illustration; Image credit Euronav Several big industry names make up the list of buyers, including Euronav, Maran Tankers, and Capital Gas, signaling renewed confidence in the industry’s future. The
TotalEnergies Marine Fuels, a bunkering unit of French energy giant TotalEnergies, and the Cruise Divison of MSC Group have completed the first LNG bunkering operation at the Port of Marseille Fos in Southern France for the MSC World Europa cruise ship. MSC World Europa and Gas Vitality. Courtesy of TotalEnergies
Singapore-based ship management company Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has reportedly placed an order for four very large carriers (VLGCs), splashing $100 million apiece. Eastern Pacific Shipping According to broker reports, the company has placed an order for two dual-fuel 93,000 cbm VLGCs at Hyundai Samho and two more at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI).
The companies BP, Gasunie, Nowega, NWO, Salzgitter, Thyssengas, and Uniper are connecting their hydrogen projects in north-west Germany to network Wilhelmshaven as a future location for hydrogen import and production with the industrial consumption centres in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony. Courtesy of Uniper According to Uniper, in Wilhelmshaven, BP
Italian operator of roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) ferries Grimaldi Group has selected Swiss energy storage solutions company Leclanché to supply battery systems for two of its latest hybrid vessels. Courtesy of Leclanché Leclanché will supply lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery systems for the tenth and eleventh vessels (both 5 MWh each) in Grimaldi’s Eco
In the aftermath of the energy crisis sweeping across the globe, gas has entrenched its position as the energy king. However, in the energy transition blueprint for the sustainable future, hydrogen has carved a niche for itself and is gaining more ground, as the climate crisis and weaponisation of gas,
Italian oil and gas company Eni has inaugurated the Congo LNG, the country’s first natural gas liquefaction project and one of Eni’s supply diversification initiatives. Illustration only / Archive / Courtesy of Exmar The President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso and the CEO of Eni Claudio
German engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES) has revealed that its MAN 175D engine is formally approved for operation on biofuels. MAN Energy Solutions As informed, the approval applies to all standard biofuels such as hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) and fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) fuels up to a content
Australia-based energy company Woodside and Keppel Data Centres, the data centre arm of Keppel Corporation, have signed a non-binding heads of agreement (HOA) to evaluate the potential supply of liquid hydrogen to Singapore from Woodside’s production facilities. H2Perth concept image. Courtesy of Woodside The liquid hydrogen would be supplied from
A new alliance between actors in carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been launched, Danish Shipping, one of the initiators of the new alliance said. Horisont Energi (Illustration) Named Carbon Capture & Storage Europe, the alliance brings together a wide range of companies and organisations. The coalition members are: Aker
Dutch shipbuilder Holland Shipyards Group has started working on the second hydrogen-driven vessel retrofit for compatriot marine transportation service provider Future Proof Shipping (FPS). FPS Waal. Source: Holland Shipyards Group With the first vessel FPS Maas in the final phase of retrofit, the shipbuilder has now begun works on the retrofit of
