Unibarge secures methanol bunker licenses for key European ports

Two vessels have already completed a bunkering operation barge In July 2024: Chicago, Unibarge’s 3,238 dwt bunker, and the 1,170 TEU boxship Eco Umande, operated by independent common carrier X-Press Feeders of Singapore. The latter one was dubbed to be the world’s first methanol dual-fuel engine conversion for a container vessel. In an operation conducted

TMS Group orders 10 LNG dual fuel boxships from Chinese shipyard

Greek shipping tycoon George Economou’s TMS Group has stated that it has ordered up to ten LNG-powered dual-fuel containerships from China’s Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard. It was announced that the Greece-based corporation had placed an order for six firm Neo-Panamax boxships and four optional ones in a transaction for a total of $1.4 billion. It

Zepp.solutions to supply hydrogen fuel cell systems for zero-emission river cruise vessel

Zepp.solutions, a Dutch pioneer in hydrogen fuel cell technology, has been selected as the fuel cell system supplier for the NERA-H2 project. This initiative, largely funded by the Dutch Maritime Master Plan, aims to introduce hydrogen as a clean energy source in the river cruise industry by developing a fully zero-emission demonstration vessel. With cities

COSCO SHIPPING names China’s first methanol dual-fuel containership

COSCO SHIPPING has named the country’s first dual-fuel containership, M.V. as ‘COSCO SHIPPING YANGPU’, which was also COSCO SHIPPING ‘s ninth anniversary, at Yangzhou. COSCO SHIPPING President Zhu Bixin, COSCO SHIPPING Executive Vice President and CFO Sun Yunfei, Yangzhou Municipal Party Committee Deputy Secretary and Mayor Pan Guoqiang, and representatives from COSCO SHIPPING Holdings and

Gasum uses bio-LNG to power Equinor’s tugboats

As part of their continued partnership to promote the use of bio-LNG, Finland-based energy business Gasum has supplied bio-LNG to two tugboats run by Norwegian energy giant Equinor. As per the deal, Gasum will use bio-LNG to bunker Equinor’s tugboats Bokn and Borgøy through 2025. The first Borgøy bunkering had already taken place in Kårstø

Port of Helsinki achieves carbon neutral goal in operations

At the start of 2025, Finland’s Port of Helsinki achieved the target of making its own operations carbon neutral but continues efforts to reduce the total emissions generated in the port area. In addition to obtaining the necessary energy from carbon-free sources, the Port of Helsinki has taken a number of steps to lower its

Hafnia and Cargill establish a new bunker firm

With the merger of Hafnia’s Bunker Alliance and Cargill’s Pure Marine Fuels, Seascale Energy will initially account for about 7.5 million metric tons of bunkering volume. The new joint venture, according to Cargill and Hafnia, is to guarantee reliable access to high-quality marine gasoline at low prices. According to the partners, this would be accomplished

NTPC Green Energy, BLP sign green hydrogen MoU 

NTPC Green Energy Ltd (NGEL) and Bharat Light and Power (BLP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly explore the off-take of green hydrogen and its derivatives from NGEL and its affiliates to third parties. Opportunities for selling captured carbon or biogenic carbon from NGEL will also be in scope. NGEL, or through its affiliates,

India to harness ocean waves for electricity generation

India is taking an important step toward clean energy innovation by generating electricity from ocean waves, according to Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri.   “With a vast coastline of 11,098 km spanning nine states and six other union territories, our untapped potential of ocean energy has been estimated at 40,000 MW,” he stated. As

Technip Energies opens new office in India

Technip Energies has announced a strategic expansion in India with the opening of a new office near Ahmedabad in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) and the inauguration of a Research and Innovation Centre set up within the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) Research Park in Chennai. These strategic initiatives strengthen Technip Energies’ presence