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
The acquisition of Emsys Maritime complements the growing digital decarbonisation service offering from VPS.
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
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has sent a submission to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) fleshing out its fund and reward proposal to get the industry on a green track, after previous decarbonisation plans from the lobby group had failed to garner interest in recent years. The revamped proposal calls for shipowners to make
Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has announced the successful installation of Value Maritime’s Filtree system onboard its managed vessel Pacific Cobalt in Rotterdam. The Filtree system, which filters sulphur and 99% of particulate matter, includes Value Maritime’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) module that can capture up to 40% of CO2 emissions from the vessel’s main
A UAE-based shipping company and Japan’s Eco Marine Power (EMP) will jointly carry out a study of solar power in an attempt to improve onboard energy efficiency. The study will focus on the potential of zero-emission power sources, including Aquarius Marine Solar Power, EnergySail and Aquarius Marine Renewable Energy. EMP will install and investigate the
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 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
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’
The European Commission proposed new legislation for heavy-duty vehicles like trucks, city buses and long-distance buses. The legislation calls for a rapid phase-out of all fossil fuel vehicles in these categories and a 90% emission reduction by the year 2040. Even more, pressing is the deadline of 2030, by which all new city buses should