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DNV approves SeaTech, Oceania design for Pilbara ammonia bunker vessel

DNV approves SeaTech, Oceania design for Pilbara ammonia bunker vessel

June 26, 2025 |

In Norway, DNV awarded an Approval in Principle to SeaTech Solutions and Oceania Marine Energy for a 10,000-cubic-meter ammonia bunkering vessel to be deployed at the Port of Dampier, Australia, as part of a low-emissions fuel strategy aimed at supplying bulk carriers operating between the Pilbara and North Asia. The 130-meter vessel is designed to […]

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Catalina Express, Incat Crowther team up on LA clean ferry

Catalina Express, Incat Crowther team up on LA clean ferry

June 26, 2025 |

In Los Angeles, Catalina Express and Incat Crowther announced that they will build a $30 million renewable diesel-powered passenger ferry as part of the Port of Los Angeles’ LA MER emissions reduction project, jointly funded by a $15 million grant from the California Air Resources Board and $15 million in matching funds from Catalina Express. […]

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Korea launches ammonia wastewater standards group with major shipyards

Korea launches ammonia wastewater standards group with major shipyards

June 26, 2025 |

In Korea, the Korean Register launched a working group with HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, HD Hyundai Samho, Samsung Heavy Industries, Hanwha Ocean, and the Korea Testing & Research Institute to draft international discharge standards for toxic ammonia wastewater from ammonia-fueled ships. Ammonia is gaining attention as a zero-carbon marine […]

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Mission Possible Partnership tracks $230 billion in decarb projects

Mission Possible Partnership tracks $230 billion in decarb projects

June 26, 2025 |

As of June 2025, the Mission Possible Partnership is tracking 658 industrial decarbonization projects worth $230 billion across shipping, aviation, steel, cement and concrete, chemicals, and aluminum, with a small percentage having reached final investment decision, according to its latest Global Project Tracker update. For shipping decarbonization projects, just 5% have reached FID, 17 are […]

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Core Power awards student ideas in nuclear shipping

Core Power awards student ideas in nuclear shipping

June 26, 2025 |

In the UK, at Core Power’s first Academic Resource Program conference online on June 25, students from Europe and North America presented eight research projects exploring how advanced nuclear technologies could power the future of shipping. Three researchers were awarded prizes: for emergency shutdown, energy storage, and ship-reactor integration. Etienne Vaquier of the University of […]

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Staten Island Ferry starts switch to renewable diesel

Staten Island Ferry starts switch to renewable diesel

June 18, 2025 |

In New York City, a 336,000-gallon delivery of renewable diesel this month marked the beginning of the Staten Island Ferry’s full transition from petroleum fuel, part of a citywide push to cut emissions by 50 percent by 2030. The ferry, which carries over 45,000 riders each weekday between St. George Terminal in Staten Island and […]

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Vane Brothers and Shell complete first biofuel delivery to cruise ship in New York

Vane Brothers and Shell complete first biofuel delivery to cruise ship in New York

June 18, 2025 |

In New York, Marine Insight reports In early June at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal, maritime service firm Vane Brothers and Shell completed a bio-blended marine fuel delivery to the cruise ship Silver Shadow, marking their first such operation in New York and a step toward expanded biofuel access in U.S. ports. The bunkering was supported […]

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LNG Canada may begin production this weekend, launching $40 billion export terminal

LNG Canada may begin production this weekend, launching $40 billion export terminal

June 18, 2025 |

In Canada, Oilprice dot com reports LNG Canada may begin producing liquefied natural gas for export as early as this weekend, with cooldown operations on the facility’s first processing train scheduled to finish between June 16 and 19, according to industry sources cited by Reuters. The $40 billion project would become Canada’s first operational LNG […]

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Trigon approves $750 million LPG export terminal in Prince Rupert

Trigon approves $750 million LPG export terminal in Prince Rupert

June 18, 2025 |

On June 11 in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Trigon Pacific Terminals announced a $750 million final investment decision to build a 2.5 million metric ton per year open-access LPG export facility, with operations expected to begin by late 2029 pending regulatory approvals. The facility will expand Canada’s energy export infrastructure at the Port of Prince […]

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Pilbara Ports unveils clean fuel strategy backed by ammonia producers

Pilbara Ports unveils clean fuel strategy backed by ammonia producers

June 18, 2025 |

In Australia, on June 17, Pilbara Ports released a strategy to establish the country’s first clean fuel bunkering hub, aiming to cut emissions from the region’s 7,700 annual bulk carrier visits by up to 94%, from over nine million tonnes of CO₂ to less than 560,000 tonnes, by transitioning to low-carbon ammonia fuel. The plan […]

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