The decisive role of public-private partnerships in delivering net zero for shipping by 2050 was spotlighted by Christopher J. Wiernicki, ABS Chairman, President and CEO in his keynote address at the 2022 SHIPPINGInsight conference. “We are clearly in the early innings of a decade of change. For shipping, the challenge and opportunity lies in two
South Korean shipbuilding major Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has sought the services of a NASA supplier to fire up its own large liquid hydrogen carrier ambitions. DSME is partnering with CB&I, a subsidiary of US-based energy engineering company McDermott, to develop the ship type which moves cargoes at super chilled temperatures. CB&I has
Dutch fuel supplier Titan has moved to build what it says would be the world’s largest biomethane liquefaction plant (bio-LNG) in the Port of Amsterdam. Formerly known as Titan LNG, the company will build and operate a 200,000 tonnes per year plant, with production expected in 2025, in partnership with biogas supplier BioValue and Linde
NTPC and Siemens Ltd signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for feasibility to demonstrate hydrogen co-firing blended with natural gas in Siemens V94.2 gas turbines installed at NTPC Faridabad gas power plant. Under this significant collaboration, the two companies will jointly explore the pathways to reduce CO2 emissions from Faridabad gas power plant and further
Maersk has chosen ABS to class its latest order of six methanol-fuelled container ships due to be constructed at HHI. The 17,000 teu vessels are due to be delivered from 2025; Maersk now has 19 vessels on order under ABS class capable of running methanol in their dual-fuel engines. Methanol offers a pathway to zero
The Centre has extended the timeline for disbursement of loans up to March 31 under the ethanol blending programme interest subsidy scheme, notified first in 2018, to facilitate entrepreneurs to complete their projects while availing of government support. The Food Ministry issued a notification on October 6 stating the applicants who have submitted their applications
Japanese trading house Marubeni Corporation said it has carried out a trial voyage on one of its chartered vessels using a marine biofuel blend, which to the best of the company’s knowledge was the world’s first biofuel supply to an ethylene carrier. The 2020-built GasChem Dollart, operated by GasChem Services, was bunkered with B25 marine
Cepsa and the Port of Rotterdam are to work together to establish the first green hydrogen corridor between southern and northern Europe, ensuring a green hydrogen supply chain between two of Europe’s main ports, Rotterdam and Algeciras. The co-operation is part of Rotterdam’s ambition to supply Northwest Europe with 4.6m tonnes of green hydrogen by
Floating offshore wind technology provider Principal Power has signed a contract with ERM to advance the front-end engineering design (FEED) for a wind-to-hydrogen Dolphyn 10 MW demonstrator project off the coast of Aberdeen. ERM Dolphyn (deepwater offshore local production of hydrogen) has developed a concept design to produce large-scale green hydrogen from floating offshore wind.
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), the intermediate holding company of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group’s shipbuilding sector, said that it signed a consortium agreement to demonstrate fuel cells for ships with global energy company Shell, Doosan Fuel Cell, HyAxiom, and DNV. Hyundai Heavy Industries Group speeds up the era of eco-friendly ships by launching a