Environment
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Port of Corpus Christi to develop infrastructure for green hydrogen production
The Port of Corpus Christi Authority has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Ares Management Corporation to develop…
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Demonstration shows ease of methanol bunkering by barge
Waterfront Shipping, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Methanex Corporation, has demonstrated the ease of barge-to-ship bunkering as part of the launch…
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Canadian researchers tout nuclear-renewable hybrid solution for shipping
A team of researchers from Ontario Tech University in Oshawa, Canada, claims that a small-scale nuclear reactor used in combination…
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Singapore firm presses ahead with air lubrication system
Classification body Bureau Veritas (BV) has awarded approval in principle (AIP) to the air lubrication system developed by Singapore-based GILLS,…
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Kawasaki Heavy supersizes hydrogen carrier designs with 160,000 cu m breakthrough
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) is developing a large, 160,000 cu m liquefied hydrogen carrier using four cargo containment system (CCS)…
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Europe presses ahead with marine battery R&D
Current Direct is a new three-year project which has received grant funding from the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme. The…
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Greece calls for charterers to pay for impending European maritime carbon scheme
Greece’s shipping minister, Ioannis Plakiotakis, has written to the European Commission, demanding that charterers stump up cash when shipping joins…
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CO2 emission rules should target fleets not individual ships: Danish Shipping
The roadmap for reducing CO2 emissions from shipping could be best achieved by choosing a fleet-based approach to efficiency requirements…
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MOL to set up hydrogen-ready gear at Kobe terminal
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and Mitsui E&S Machinery have agreed to commence a joint study to introduce hydrogen-fueled cargo…
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Port of Antwerp to lead PIONEERS consortium
The Port of Antwerp is the lead body in a new European Union-funded project called PIONEERS (PORTable Innovation Open Network…
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Hyundai Heavy pursues green hydrogen project in Sea of Japan
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has partnered with nine companies, including state-run Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC), on…
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EU postpones climate and energy legislation
The European Union has been forced to postpone its energy and climate legislation, which is highly likely to include CO2…
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Siemens Energy eyes e-methanol with Liquid Wind investment
Germany’s Siemens Energy has invested in Swedish power-to-fuel player Liquid Wind with aim to produce e-methanol as fuel for the…
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Carbon neutral project kicks off at Esbjerg
Denmark’s Port of Esbjerg has announced a joint co-innovation project with digital technology company Atos to create a carbon neutral…
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TECO 2030 bets on maritime carbon capture and storage
Norwegian engineering firm TECO 2030 and its Austrian partner AVL are moving to the next phase of onboard carbon capture…
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Economics of ammonia-ready ships questioned
Asiatic Lloyd has signed for two firm ammonia-ready 7,100 teu boxships. The deal with Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co for the…
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Lightering of rammed suezmax off Qingdao almost completed
Attempts to unload the cargo from an NGM Energy-owned suezmax tanker that leaked oil into the Yellow Sea near the…
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Aker Clean Hydrogen mulls new production facility in Norway
Aker Clean Hydrogen and the municipality of Aukra are exploring opportunities to establish a hydrogen production facility on the island…
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Titan LNG to build new bunker barge
Dutch fuel supplier Titan LNG has launched a tender for a new LNG bunker barge which will supply LNG as…
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Shipping’s decarbonisation requires both the IMRB and an MBM
John Butler, president and CEO of the World Shipping Council, writes for Splash today, laying out the liner lobbying group’s…
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