Twenty-five airports in the country are using 100 per cent green energy, while another 121 airports will be made carbon neutral by 2025, Union Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia announced. Scindia made the comments in his virtual address at the two-day EU-India aviation summit. The summit will focus on EU-India air transport relations and the mutually
A first shipment of independently-certified low-carbon ammonia has arrived in Japan for use as fuel in power generation. The shipment is the result of a successful multiparty collaboration across the low-carbon ammonia value chain. The ammonia was produced by SABIC Agri-Nutrients with feedstock from Aramco, and sold by Aramco Trading Company to the Fuji Oil
Bunkering specialist Peninsula has encouraged its fleet by adding a 2021-built chemical tanker to its operation in the Gibraltar Strait. The company has taken delivery of the 9,100 dwt Hercules Sky, allowing the supply of ISCC-certified (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification) sustainable marine fuel as B100 (100% biofuel) or blends thereof in Gibraltar, Algeciras and
Shipyards ought to expect imminent signings of many carbon dioxide (CO2) tankers to match all the planned CO2 storage projects pencilled in around the world. Brokers Gibson has warned that if many of the CO2 projects currently undergoing feasibility studies get approved, there could be a shortage of shipping capacity. Currently, just two CO2 carriers
Lego, a Daish toymaker, agreed to buy e-methanol for use in its colorful plastic bricks. E-methanol is a lower-carbon alternative to conventional plastic ingredients.The company has agreed to start using e-methanol when the world’s first large-scale plant starts operations next year. European Energy, which is developing the plant in Aabenraa, Denmark, said Danish drugmaker Novo
Bear Head Energy Inc. has received environmental assessment approval to move forward with a green hydrogen and ammonia production, storage and loading facility in Point Tupper, Nova Scotia, formerly an LNG export facility. The project was given the green light by provincial Minister Timothy Halman of the Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change. The Canada
Jeena and Company, a global leader in freight forwarding and supply chain solutions, on Earth Day 2023 announced its long-term commitments towards achieving a sustainable future for the logistics industry. The company has adopted sustainability as a core initiative this year across service verticals, business operations, internal communication as well as partner services. Over the
In its bid to streamline the issuance of permits for tourist vehicles and minimise the hassle that tourist vehicle operators face, the road transport ministry has notified issued this notification. Furthermore, the ministry has also made it mandatory for authorities to issue the permits for “All India Tourist Permit” AITP vehicles within seven days from
The government has set a target to increase the share of natural gas in the country’s energy mix to up to 15 percent by the year 2030, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri said. According to Puri, energy security will remain vulnerable until alternative fuels are not developed indigenously, based on
Malaysia’s top shipping line MISC has clinched what it says is its first sustainability-linked loan.The company with more than 100 ships in its fleet, sealed an 11-year, $527m syndicated loan through its subsidiaries in Singapore, for the financing of six very large ethane carriers (VLECs). The ambitious environmental key performance indicator (KPI) is benchmarked to