Toyota India, ISMA to co-promote ethanol usage

Toyota Kirloskar Motor has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) to create awareness and promote the use of ethanol as a sustainable biofuel in India. The MoU was exchanged in the presence of Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, along with the other key government officials and

Algoma and CSL order four new methanol carriers

Algoma Central Corporation and CSL have ordered four new methanol-ready self-unloading bulk carriers at Jiangsu Yangzi-Mitsui Shipbuilding (YAMIC). The order placed at the joint venture between China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding and Japan’s Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding has been split between the partners, who together form the CSL International Pool. The 72,250 dwt newbuilds will replace the three

Carisbrooke Shipping partners with Carnot for hydrogen engine trial

Carisbrooke Shipping has partnered with Carnot whose consortium has been awarded £2.3m ($2.75m) to develop a zero-emission 50kW hydrogen auxiliary engine demonstrator. Following design, simulations and s testing, the single-fuel hydrogen engine will be integrated into a containerised system and mounted on the deck of one of Carisbrooke’s vessels for a 40-day sea trial in

Stadtwerke bags order for hydrogen buses

The German carrier Stadtwerke Aschaffenburg Verkehrs GmbH has opted for 12 Solaris hydrogen buses: 10 Urbino 12 hydrogen and 2 Urbino 18 hydrogen units. This is Solaris’s first order for the 18-meter hydrogen-powered buses that were launched in autumn last year. The ordered buses will roll out onto the streets of this German city as

ADNOC delivers first LNG cargo to Germany

ADNOC and RWE Aktiengesellschaft (RWE) has announced the successful delivery of the first shipment of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the Elbehafen floating LNG terminal in Brunsbüttel, Germany. Produced by ADNOC Gas at Das Island, Abu Dhabi, the shipment of 137,000 cubic meters of LNG is

VPS takes over emissions measurement company

The acquisition of Emsys Maritime complements the growing digital decarbonisation service offering from VPS.

Uniper sells marine fuel trading business in UAE

Uniper has reached an agreement to sell its United Arab Emirates-based crude oil processing and marine fuel trading business, Uniper Energy DMCC, to a consortium of Montfort Group and the Private Office of Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum. The agreed purchase price has not been disclosed, and the acquisition is expected to be completed in

Costa to partner with Proman to decarbonise cruise industry

Italy-based cruise operator Costa Group, part of Carnival Corp, and Switzerland-headquartered methanol producer Proman will seek to progress the adoption of methanol as a marine fuel for the cruise industry under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) unveiled by the companies. Methanol is a cleaner-burning fuel and is increasingly produced through lower-carbon, biogenic or hydrogen-based pathways,

Newtrace to develop membraneless electrolysers

Newtrace to develop a new class of membraneless electrolysers to make a dent in the green hydrogen market, which currently is a miniscule portion of the 6 to 7 million tonnes of hydrogen produced in the country annually, all from fossil fuels. Prasanta Sarkar and Rochan Sinha co-founded Newtrace to develop a new class of

Hydrogen valleys development in Kochi

Kerala hopes to develop hydrogen valleys in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram and achieve 30% green hydrogen blending in the total hydrogen usage in the State by 2027. This was revealed in a preliminary draft drawn up for a Kerala green hydrogen policy. The draft was circulated for discussion at a workshop on ‘Hydrogen Valley in Kerala’