In Hong Kong, OpenGov Asia reports the government will reimburse up to half of the port dues paid by ships bunkering, carrying or operating on specified lower-carbon maritime fuels under two incentive schemes launching June 16. Ocean-going vessels using LNG, methanol, ammonia, hydrogen or biodiesel blends containing at least 20% biofuel can receive refunds covering […]
In Spain, the ports of Barcelona and Shanghai have made their “sister ports” status official with a strategic agreement covering greener fuels, digital operations and stronger trade links between Asia and the Mediterranean. Signed on June 11 by the Port of Barcelona, Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission and Shanghai International Port Group, the agreement also covers […]
In Denmark, Bornholm Energy Island could turn offshore wind into a charging network for ships, supplying Port of Roenne and proposed Offshore Power Zones along busy Baltic Sea routes, according to a whitepaper from the port, Baltic Energy Island and Stillstrom by Maersk. Around 60,000 vessels pass Bornholm each year, including 37,000 cargo ships estimated […]
In Singapore, Seaspan Corporation and Hapag-Lloyd announced on June 3 the completion of the first of five vessel conversions under their methanol retrofit program with the delivery of the Seaspan Yangtze. The companies expect each retrofit to cut well-to-wake CO2-equivalent emissions by approximately 30,000 to 50,000 metric tonnes per vessel annually when operating on low-carbon […]
In Greece, the Italian classification society RINA awarded Type Approval certification to Baker Hughes for a gas turbine that can operate on natural gas and up to 100 percent hydrogen in marine propulsion, the companies announced on June 4 at Posidonia, the international shipping exhibition in Athens. The turbine, the NovaLT 16, was originally developed […]
In India, Agastya Green Fuels Private Limited signed a long-term offtake agreement with Sri Lanka’s SAR Maritime Agencies, for the supply of 250,000 metric tons per annum of green methanol compliant with the EU’s RED III rules for renewable fuels of non-biological origin. The methanol would be supplied from the planned Agastya Green Fuels Hub […]
In Greece, the American Bureau of Shipping approved an MIT concept for integrating a nuclear reactor into cargo ship propulsion, issuing approval in principle at Posidonia, the international shipping exhibition in Athens, for the design developed with HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering and Capital Maritime Group. The MIT reactor uses a synthetic fluid to […]
In the United States, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Caterpillar have developed a dual fuel combustion system that allows marine diesel engines to run on more than 75 percent methanol, the laboratory said on June 2. The system addresses methanol’s poor ignition in compression-ignition diesel engines, a barrier for inland and coastal vessels. The approach […]
In Denmark, the Global Maritime Forum announced on June 4 the formation of a consortium to establish a green shipping corridor between the Port of Açu in Brazil and the Port of Antwerp-Bruges in Belgium, carrying zero-carbon fuels on vessels powered by those same fuels. The consortium, facilitated by the Global Maritime Forum and RMI, […]
In Belgium, Exmar announced the midsize gas carrier Antwerpen was delivered on June 10, the world’s first oceangoing vessel able to both transport ammonia and use it for propulsion. The Belgian-flagged ship was built by HD Hyundai Mipo, now merged into HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, and can carry more than 46,000 cubic meters of ammonia […]
