Tag: alternative fuels

The EU has launched a call for proposals under the Connecting Europe Facility – Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility (AFIF).

NorthStandard P&I Club addresses challenges regarding charter terms and other contractual issues, when adopting methanol as an alternative maritime fuel. 

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), ITOCHU Corporation, HIF Asia Pacific, and JFE Steel Corporation have agreed to conduct a feasibility study regarding carbon capture and synthetic fuels.

Glomar Offshore has reportedly achieved a 28% reduction in CO2 emissions by transitioning from traditional fuels to GoodFuels HVO30, a marine biofuel blend.

Liquid Wind, together with Alfa Laval, Carbon Clean, Siemens Energy and Topsoe, announce the eFuel Design & Performance Centre (DPC) in Hørsholm, Denmark.

WinGD and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co. have completed the initial design of an ammonia fuel supply system (AFSS) for vessels powered by WinGD’s X‑DF‑A ammonia-fueled engines.

ABS has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore, for its design of a dual-fuel methanol, heavy-duty, offshore wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV).

Global demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is estimated to rise by more than 50% by 2040, as industrial coal-to-gas switching gathers pace in China and South Asian and South-east Asian countries use more LNG to support their economic growth, according to Shell’s LNG Outlook 2024.

Danaos Corporation has disclosed that, in February 2024, the company expanded its order book by incorporating two additional 8,258 TEU newbuildings at Yangzijiang shipyard.

HAV Hydrogen has secured NOK 12.4 million in funding from Innovation Norway to build, test, and certify a full-scale prototype of its Zero Emission Pod, a containerized hydrogen energy system for ships.