AXPO TO PROVIDE LNG BUNKERS IN ITALY
Swiss company Axpo has signed a ten-year deal to charter an LNG bunkering vessel, under an agreement with Italy’s Gas and Heat SpA and the San Giorgio del Porto shipyard, both experienced in cryogenic storage and vessel conversions. The ship is expected to begin...
FMD SIGNS ALTERNATIVE FUEL MoU WITH US LAB
US engine company Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the US Department of Energy’s largest multidisciplinary laboratory have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development and integration of...
MOL COMMITS TO DECARBONISATION WITH GCMD
The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) and Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) have signed a five-year Impact Partnership agreement at the GCMD office in Singapore. Decarbonisation in the maritime industry is seen as a challenge that needs to be achieved through...
COSCO LAUNCHES ELECTRIC CONTAINER SHIP
Cosco Shipping Development, a company in China’s COSCO group, has floated out its first all-electric container ship from the No 1 dock at Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry (Yangzhou). According to the company, the successful launch of the ship marks an important...
ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY STERN BEARINGS FOR COAST GUARD SHIPS
The first of two newbuild vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) to be built at Irving Shipbuilding’s Halifax Shipyard will feature seawater-lubricated bearings from Canadian company Thordon Bearings. The vessels are modified versions of the Harry DeWolf-class of...
MITSUI FUEL SYSTEMS FOR LNG-FUELLED BULKERS
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding has contracted Japanese company Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding (Mitsui E&S) to supply two WT-3 high-pressure boil off gas (BOG) compressors for the LNG fuel supply systems for 210,000 dwt LNG-fuelled bulk carriers to be built by...
TOPSOE TECHNOLOGY FOR CANADIAN GREEN HYDROGEN PROJECT
Carbon emission reduction company Topsoe has signed an agreement with Canadian company World Energy GH2 to provide Topsoe’s dynamic ammonia loop technology for Canada’s largest, and one of the world’s first-to-market, renewable hydrogen projects – Project...
WFS TO DISTRIBUTE INFINEUM MARINE ADDITIVES
Speciality chemicals company Infineum has entered into a strategic agreement with World Fuel Services (WFS) under which WFS will act as global distributor for Infineum’s Marine Fuel Additives product line. Andrea Ghione, Marine Venture Manager, Infineum said: “At...