US becomes India’s fifth largest oil supplier

India’s oil imports from the US rose sharply in January from December, making the world’s largest economy the fifth largest oil supplier to India. According to news agency Reuters, India shipped 218,400 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil from the US compared to 70,600 bpd in December 2024. Refiners in India, the world’s third-biggest oil importer

Tesla to sell imported EVs in India from April: Report

American electric carmaker Tesla is looking to enter India this year and may start selling electric vehicles as soon as April, according to a report. Tesla plans to sell imported vehicles from its Berlin plant in India starting in April this year. It claimed that the EV maker is planning to offer cheaper EV models

India aims to produce 5 mn metric tonnes of green hydrogen by 2030

India is confirming its dedication to sustainable growth and innovation by achieving notable advancements in the global energy environment. An important forum for promoting international cooperation in the energy sector was the India Energy Week (IEW) 2025, which took place at the Yashobhoomi Convention Centre in New Delhi from February 11 to 14. The Federation

Ammonia advances as a fuel towards inclusion in 2030

Ammonia may soon be incorporated into the commercial bunker fuel mix by the end of the decade, according to recent advancements in propulsion technologies and bunkering infrastructure. At its Tamano Factory in Japan, Japanese shipbuilder Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (Mitsui E&S) has begun testing prototypes of the two-stroke ammonia dual-fuel engine manufactured by German engine

Steel cut for Rem Offshore’s underwater methanol construction vessel

Rem Offshore reported that it celebrated the steel cutting ceremony for Bn83/REM Ocean at Song Cam in Vietnam on February 11, two and a half months after signing the contract with fellow countryman Myklebust Verft. The first ship, REM Pioneer, assigned to Bn82, is already parked heavily on the slipway. The keel laying ceremony for

First all-electric ferry in world marks its tenth birthday

The electric propulsion system of MF Ampere, which was introduced on the Lavik-Oppedal route, has produced “exceptional” results and lessened the environmental effect of ferry travel. An important step toward decarbonizing Norway’s transportation sector was taken when CO2 emissions were cut by 2,700 tons per year. The operational cost of each voyage has been lowered

Austal Australasia to design and build a hydrogen powered high-speed ferry

The high-speed ROPAX catamaran, which is a part of Gotlandsbolaget’s “Horizon X” program, will be the biggest ship Austal has ever built. It will use a special, extremely effective combined cycle propulsion system that combines gas and steam engines, which is a first for high-speed ships globally. Using “green aluminum,” which is made using energy-efficient

Valencia port to support ship electrification project

The project, which is being coordinated by the Tecnalia Research & Innovation Foundation and involves Fundación Valenciaport, has a budget of approximately 7.5 million euros and is partially funded by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency’s (CINEA) Horizon Europe program. In order to eliminate the need for transformers and cooling systems on ships,

Evergreen orders $3 bn worth of LNG dual-fuel box ships

The Chinese shipyard Guangzhou Shipyard International under China State Shipbuilding Group Corp (CSSC) will construct five of the eleven 24,000-TEU LNG dual-fuel box ships that Taiwan’s Evergreen Marine Corp has ordered, with the remaining six being built by Hanwha Ocean Co. of South Korea. The overall amount of the order to the South Korean business

COSCO Shipping Energy Transportation orders six tankers

COSCO Shipping Energy Transportation declared that it would build six new tankers with an investment of RMB3.4 billion ($470 million). The new construction project consists of two 74,000 dwt methanol-fuel-ready tankers at COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Dalian) that will be delivered in 2027; two aframax 114,200 dwt methanol dual-fuel tankers and two 109,900 dwt LR2