Fratelli Cosulich selects shipyard for its first ammonia bunker vessel

Fratelli CosulichFratelli Cosulich Bunkers Singapore has signed a memorandum of understanding with Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering Co (CIMC SOE), a subsidiary of CIMC Enric Holdings, for the construction of an ammonia bunker tanker. The deal comes almost a year after the Italian owner teamed up with compatriot classification society RINA and Singapore’s ship

Mexico to build LNG hub

Mexico plans to build an LNG export hub worth between $4 billion and $5 billion in the Gulf of Mexico that will help serve European demand. The planned LNG facility in the port of Coatzacoalcos, in the eastern state of Veracruz, would transport gas by boat to Europe. Mexico does not yet commercially export LNG,

Prime Capital’s JV to build green hydrogen plant in Finland

Prime Capital is establishing a joint venture to build and operate a green hydrogen and methane plant in Finland, with a total capacity of over 1GW. The Prime Green Energy Infrastructure Fund (PGEIF), managed by Prime Capital, has entered into a joint venture with CPC Finland to develop the project with an electrolyser capacity of

Luftcar plans to develop hydrogen fuel cell for advanced air mobility

LuftCar announces plans to develop HYDROB, a hydrogen fuel cell – battery hybrid propulsion system for the Advanced Air Mobility market. HYDROB will serve to give enough vertical thrust to lift vehicles up to 8500 lb. GVW. and cover distances up to 500 miles. LuftCar, partnered with Bosch Aviation and a few other automotive fuel

Gas crisis puts LNG cargo trade concentrated in major traders’ hands

Increasing LNG cargo prices have squeezed out dozens of smaller traders, concentrating the business in the hands of a handful of international energy majors and top global trading houses. This grip is not expected to ease until 2026 when more liquefied natural gas (LNG) starts to materialise and lower prices, adding to supply worries for

Windcat Workboats orders six hydrogen-powered CTVs

Crew transfer vessel operator Windcat Workboats, part of Antwerp-based shipping and logistics group Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB), together with its joint venture partners Thomas Services Maritime (TSM) and FRS Offshore, will be adding six additional hydrogen-powered vessels by 2024. The new order follows the launch of the world’s first hydrogen-powered CTV, the Hydrocat 48, and

CMEC for more LNG carriers

China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) has returned to Dalian Shipbuilding Industry (DSIC) for more dual-fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. The Shanghai-listed energy transport unit of China Merchants Group has exercised an option for the construction of two additional 175,000 cu m ships, and also signed a letter of intent with DSIC for up to

Worlds’s first offshore hydrogen production unit launched

The world’s first offshore hydrogen production unit has been inaugurated in the port of Saint-Nazaire, France, ahead of its official trials off the Atlantic coast. The unit, called Sealhyfe, will, following a phase of dockside tests, connect to BW Ideol’s landmark floating offshore wind turbine operating at the Ecole Centrale de Nantes (ECN) SEM-REV test

H2X Warrego hydrogen fuel cell Ford Ranger hits the road

The first prototype of the hydrogen fuel cell Ford Ranger ute dubbed the Warrego by its developer, the Australian start-up H2X Global, has hit the road in the Netherlands. And to prove it, H2X has issued two videos, one showing the previous-generation Ranger dual-cab ute in action and the other adding a look under the

IEA recommends countries to work together on hydrogen

The IEA’s new Breakthrough Agenda Report contains four key priority areas for hydrogen and projects annual value chain investment could top as much as $130bn through to 2030. Demand creation, standards and certification, research and innovation and financial and technical assistance are the ‘big four’ that stand out in the report as immediate priorities for