Achieving a major step within the car carrier sector of the shipping industry, GoodFuels joined forces with car manufacturer Volkswagen Group, supplying their Bio-Fuel oil to Patara RoRo carrier.
In the ongoing road towards alternative fuels, Maersk announced the possibility of choosing a zero-emission alternative to fossil fuels rather than choosing LNG as a bridging fuel for the company’s fleet.
Global energy and commodity pricing service Argus Media along with the classification society DNV GL, joined forcers and launched industry’s first online platform for green ammonia.
The International Transport Forum (ITF) issued a report which analyzes prospects for energy use in the Nordic shipping sector and outlines potential solutions that could allow the region to pro-actively respond to the imperatives of energy diversification, the reduction of local pollutants and the abatement of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Zhangjiakou City Transport Construction Investment Holding Group (ZJK JT) and Shell will building a 20 MW renewable power-to-hydrogen electrolyser project and hydrogen refueling stations.
The use of ammonia as a fuel is expected to grow due to its zero-carbon content, easier distribution, storage and bunkering compared to hydrogen, and its suitability with existing and emerging technologies for propulsion and power generation, a new whitepaper by ABS suggests.
The Methanol Institute calls on delegates that will meet during the International Maritime Organization’s upcoming Maritime Safety Committee to approve amendments to the International Code of Safety for Ships using Gases or other Low-flashpoint Fuels Code (IGF Code).
Lloyd’s Register issued a Bunkering Technical Reference to help shipowners, ports and bunker suppliers understand the processes and procedures required for the safe use of methanol as a marine fuel.
Transport Canada awarded the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) for the development of an assessment tool to examine clean technologies that could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the release of other pollutants from marine vessels.
As the video shows, BW LPG successfully started sea and gas trials for Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) BW Gemini which has been retrofitted with pioneering LPG dual-fuel propulsion technology.
