WinGD expects to deliver first ammonia dual-fuel engines in 2025

WinGD said on Tuesday it was on track to deliver its first X-DF-A dual-fuel ammonia engines by Q1 2025 following combustion tests in December 2022. The Swiss marine power company said its ammonia dual-fuel engine development plans were backed by “concrete orders”. Last month WinGD inked an agreement with AET Tankers and sister company Akademi

Chile’s mining sector spearheads green hydrogen revolution

Chile’s mining industry is eager to use green hydrogen to facilitate decarbonization. Examples include an Anglo-American megaproject in Metropolitan and Valparaíso regions, and Antofagasta Minerals’ participation in developing a hydrogen powertrain to be used in mining trucks. But green hydrogen could also be useful to power heating and drying processes or smelting and refining facilities,

LR identifies stumbling blocks for widespread adoption of methanol as marine fuel

As the shipping industry is seeing increased interest in methanol as a marine fuel, a new report from Lloyd’s Register (LR) has found pricing, availability and carbon accounting to be the main obstacles to its widespread adoption. The report called “Fuel for Thought: Methanol” has identifed that the main challenges for the industry’s adoption of

India sets sights on home-mined minerals to boost clean energy plans

In eastern India, the country’s largest chromium deposit has been mined for essential ore for the past 60 years. While the industry contributes to the country’s mineral supply chain, it also leads to environmental damage. Farmers in neighboring villages, like Kaliapani, complain that their fertile fields are stripped of soil due to mining activities. The

India’s coal mining bet stumbles as wary banks weigh rising risks

Of the 87 mines auctioned to private companies in the past three years in a push called “Unleashing Coal” – part of India’s energy self-sufficiency plans – only four are operating, with the rest awaiting financing, a federal coal ministry official said, asking not to be named. Coal officials and banking executives in the world’s

Evergreen to overtake Hapag-Lloyd as it orders 24 dual fuelled ships

In filings to the Taiwan Stock Exchange last night, the Taiwanese liner operator said that its Singapore-registered subsidiary, Evergreen Marine (Asia) has ordered 16 of the ships from Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea, while the other eight ships will be built by Japan’s Nihon Shipyard. EMC said that the total contract value ranges from

Zemba to invite bids For zero-emission shipping services

The Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA), which is seeking to fast-track the commercial deployment of zero-emission shipping, has announced plans to issue requests for proposals (RfP) for zero-emission container shipping services to be delivered by 2025. Launched in March, ZEMBA was co-founded by the Aspen Institute, Amazon, Patagonia and Tchibo. It is an initiative

Hapag-Lloyd to retrofit 15 vessels

The conversion will be carried out by MAN PrimeServ, the after-sales division of MAN Energy Solutions. Each conversion is estimated to provide for CO2 reduction of 50,000-70,000 tonnes a year when the vessel is operated on green methano

Port of Esbjerg gets funding from PensionDanmark

The future investments, which the collaboration is centred around, are expected to take place in three phases, with the expanded production facilities for offshore wind turbines constituting the first part and expected to be ready for use in 2027.

Public backs hydrogen and biofuels for shipping decarbonization

The study involving the University of Southampton also found that nuclear was preferred to the heavy fuel oil (HFO) currently used in the global shipping industry, although both were perceived negatively. Ammonia had the least public support.