Sweden-based producer of biogas Scandinavian Biogas Fuels International AB has decided to invest approximately NOK 170 million (about $20.7 million) in a liquid biogas plant (LBG) in Skogn, outside Trondheim, Norway. On site, the company said it already has the world’s largest plant to produce liquid biogas. The new plant will be
ONE claims success in 2nd biofuel trial
Supplying the advanced biofuel to MOL EXPERIENCE; Image credit: ONE Singapore-based Ocean Network Express (ONE) has completed the second trial of sustainable marine biofuel onboard the M/V MOL Experience. This time around the trial involved a three times higher mixing ratio in biofuel content. M/V MOL Experience was refuelled with
Aker wins FEED for Norwegian e-Fuel plant
Oil services provider Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Nordic Blue Crude (NBC) for front-end engineering and design (FEED) of a new e-Fuel facility at Herøya in Porsgrunn, Norway. Courtesy of Aker Solutions The e-Fuel plant is planned to produce CO2-neutral fuel by using green hydrogen and furnace gas
Hyundai Samho nets order for LPGC quartet
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. has won orders for four LPG carriers worth $328.7 million (KRW 364.4 billion). The orders are spread across two contracts, one with a shipowner from Liberia, and the second one with a shipping partner from Asia. Each company has booked two newbuilds.
Hudong Zhonghua delivers LNG-powered CMA CGM Concorde
Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, has named and delivered CMA CGM Concorde. The 23,000 TEU containership is the seventh of nine giant LNG-powered containerships French shipowner CMA CGM has on order in China. Measuring 400 meters in length and 61 meters in width, the ships are the
WinGD completes TAT for 7-cylinder dual-fuel engine
Marine engine developer WinGD has completed a successful Type Approval Test (TAT) for their X82DF dual-fuel engine. Courtesy of WinGD X82DF is a seven-cylinder dual-fuel engine, and will be the first to power a VLCC with LNG, the company claims. The engine features the new control system WinGD Integrated Control
Titan LNG’s second FlexFueler springs into action
Titan LNG, a Dutch independent LNG supplier, has completed a bunkering operation with its recently commissioned FlexFueler 002. Courtesy of Titan LNG The operation was completed at the North Sea Port on the Everingen Anchorage. The FlexFueler 002 delivered LNG to the Current Spirit, a short sea crude oil tanker
South Korea to develop testbed for eco-friendly ships
The South Korean government unveiled plans to develop a testbed to accelerate the development of carbon-neutral vessels. Over the next five years, South Korea will invest a total of KRW 36.4 billion (about $33 million), the country’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) said in a statement. Scheduled to be
Novatek bags long-term Arctic LNG 2 offtake deals
Novatek informed on Wednesday that the Arctic LNG 2 project has concluded 20-year LNG sales and purchase agreements with all the project’s participants. Courtesy of Novatek The deals cover the total LNG production volume of the Arctic LNG 2 project. The LNG sales from Arctic LNG 2’s first liquefaction train
Millennium proposes $15 B LNG-to-power project in Vietnam
Millennium Energy Vietnam, a member of the U.S.-based Millennium Petroleum Group, has proposed to develop a $15 billion LNG project in Soc Trang province. Cortesy of soctrang.gov.vn The proposed LNG project includes a power plant with a total capacity of 9600 megawatts, located in Soc Trang province, a southern Vietnamese
Carbon Clean, Liquid Wind team up on production of eMethanol
Carbon capture technology provider Carbon Clean has entered into an agreement with power-to-fuels developer Liquid Wind to develop a carbon-neutral marine fuel. Under the terms of the deal, Carbon Clean’s technology will capture biogenic carbon dioxide emissions from a local industrial site. Within the Liquid Wind facility, the CO₂ will