Proman’s first methanol-fueled ship to dock in Trinidad and Tobago

Local media of Trinidad and Tobago reported on the Proman’s Stena Pro Patria vessel arriving in the country within a few months. The vessel is the first of three 49,900 dwt methanol dual-fuel MR tankers that Proman and Stena Bulk are building together. It launched in November 2021 at Guangzhou Shipyard, the first Chinese shipyard

HPCL eyes net zero carbon emissions by 2040

Indian state refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp is working on a plan for net zero carbon emissions by 2040, chairman M. K. Surana said on Monday. India, the world’s third-biggest greenhouse gas emitter, is aiming to reach net zero emissions by 2070. “HPCL is in the process of developing a validated roadmap with the help of

Ports of LA and Shanghai join forces to create green shipping corridor

The Port of Los Angeles (LA) has agreed to work with the Port of Shanghai to form a transpacific green shipping corridor as part of an effort to reduce emissions from one of the busiest cargo routes. Convened by the two ports and C40 Cities, the partnership will seek to develop a plan by the

Oasis Marine Power completes sea trials of world’s first offshore charging station

UK-based marine technology firm Oasis Marine Power Ltd said it has completed the first stage of testing of their offshore charging station, hailing the design a success. This product was the first design under development and is the first of its kind globally to reach sea trials. It offers to revolutionise renewable energy use for

Aura advances towards NetZero emission uranium production at Tiris

Aim-listed Aura Energy continues to advance towards net-zero emission uranium production at the Tiris uranium project, in Mauritania, with an initial study of Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions undertaken by consulting group Wood Group now complete, clearly defining a net-zero emission pathway for the project. Total baseline GHG emissions from the Tiris

Charting global shipping’s path to zero carbon

A knowledge partnership between the Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping and McKinsey explores what it will take for the maritime industry to decarbonize. Persistent logjams in the global supply chain have brought the shipping industry under intense scrutiny in recent months. Although much of the focus has been on devising solutions to

De-risking 2030 will help shipowners in 2050

Waiting until 2028, and then following the lead of others, is a very high-risk decarbonisation strategy. No single fuel and energy conversion technology is going to satisfy the requirements of every shipowner, so each must develop their own decarbonisation strategy and use 2030 targets to evaluate the solutions that could then take them through to

Indian refinery to produce bioethanol from bamboo

Sulzer technology is helping to convert bamboo into bioethanol in a pioneering Indian refinery. India’s national objective of achieving self-sufficiency in energy and reducing its fossil fuel footprint is being supported by Sulzer’s expertise in pump manufacturing and refinery processes. The country’s first biorefinery, Assam Bio Refinery, built by Chempolis technology, is a new joint

Senate Finance OKs mining mutual fund, bank fossil fuel boycott bills

Senate Finance sent President Craig Blair’s mining mutual insurance company bill to the Senate floor, along with the bill dealing with bank boycotts of fossil fuel companies. SB 1 is the mining mutual bill. It explains that the state funds reclamation at abandoned mines through a combination of bond proceeds and money from the Special

Getting to Zero Coalition calls for a CO2 price of $200 per tonne

The Getting to Zero Coalition, a group of leading maritime companies and environmental NGOs dedicated to reducing carbon emissions from shipping, has released a new report calling for carbon pricing of about $200 per tonne of CO2. To make green future fuels more cost-competitive with conventional HFO and VLSFO, the coalition says that a combination