Celebrations of International Day of the Seafarer

The theme adopted for this year’s celebration by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) was ‘MARPOL at 50 - Our Commitment goes on’ with campaign hash-tag as ‘Oceans Worth Protecting’.

India sends first consignment of methanol to Bangladesh

The export of methanol, which is less polluting alternative fuel than octane and diesel, has started from India to Bangladesh.

GCMD and NYK agree to collaborate on low-carbon shipping

NYK will join the GCMD as a strategic partner, after previously conducting trials on biofuels and starting projects on ammonia bunkering.

Sealhyfe pilot facility comes online

The offshore green hydrogen pilot production facility, dubbed Sealhyfe, has been in the works for a few years now. Lhyfe teamed up with Capital Energy to make the one-megawatt (1 MW) electrolyzer in just 16 months and then tested it extensively in the Port of Saint-Nazaire between September 2022 to May 2023

Volvo Cars shifts to renewable fuels for shipping its vehicles

Volvo Cars said that it transports tens of thousands of containers of production material each year and that the switch would achieve an immediate reduction in fossil CO2 emissions from intercontinental ocean freight by 55,000 tonnes over a year.

Subsea 7 to work together with EnBW for green offshore concepts

Under a memorandum of understanding the two partners will explore the technical and commercial elements of green offshore hydrogen production, from both pilot and commercial scale facilities, considering bottom-fixed and floating options.

Petrobras begins B24 marine bunker fuel testing

It is the second test by the company on this type. However, this time, the percentage of biodiesel is higher than in the first test, when the percentage was 10% by volume

Joint research team seeks to enhance production efficiency of fuel cells

the research team developed and utilized the function of maintaining machining accuracy by automatically correcting the work area through the same axle of the scanner and the vision system of the external angle in real-time.

Posco plans to invest hugely on batteries and hydrogen

The group – which has been taking steps to diversify beyond steel – will spend more than 60 per cent of the total locally, creating about 330,000 jobs annually.

LNG bunkering business launched in Japan

The business was adopted as a project eligible for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism’s LNG bunkering hub development programme.