In Italy, Eni and MSC Cruises have completed a 2,000-hour trial running one engine of the cruise ship MSC Opera on pure hydrogenated vegetable oil, with no engine modifications required, confirming the biofuel’s drop-in compatibility with existing marine engines. The trial recorded a 16 percent reduction in nitrogen oxide emissions and an 80 percent reduction […]
In South Korea, the Ministry of Trade and Industry unveiled a national shipbuilding strategy on May 13 targeting core technologies across seven vessel types, leading with liquefied natural gas carriers, ammonia vessels, hydrogen carriers and liquefied carbon dioxide carriers, alongside electric propulsion ships, offshore wind support vessels and polar icebreakers. The plan commits up to […]
In South Korea, Busan Port Authority plans to construct a 37,000 cubic meter liquefied natural gas storage tank and a 150,000 cubic meter green methanol storage tank at Busan New Port by 2032, positioning the port as a regional green fuel bunkering hub. The facilities, to be built within the New Port southern container terminal […]
In China, Pengpai News reports Shanghai startup Huacanke Ship Technology has completed ground testing of a hydrogen internal combustion engine paired with organic liquid hydrogen storage, claiming the world’s first such system designed for inland waterway vessels. The system uses organic liquid hydrogen, a non-toxic medium stored and transported at ambient temperature and pressure, dispensable […]
In China, Dazhong Daily reports CSSC Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding and China Shipbuilding Trading held a joint naming ceremony for five ammonia-ready vessels for Belgium’s CMB.TECH at a ceremony on May 7. The Morini, a 319,000 deadweight ton very large crude carrier and the fourth in a series built for CMB.TECH, will be delivered 10 months […]
In China, CACEM reports Orient Overseas Container Line has named the world’s largest methanol dual-fuel container ship, OOCL Wisdom, at a ceremony on May 8 at Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering in Jiangsu province. The 24,168 twenty-foot equivalent unit vessel carries the world’s largest methanol dual-fuel propulsion system, with main engines, auxiliary engines and boilers […]
In Norway, DNV reports that 38 alternative-fueled vessels were ordered in April 2026, bringing the year-to-date total to 83 after a weak first quarter. LNG led with 20 orders across car carriers, container ships, crude tankers, and cruise vessels. Fourteen orders were for LPG and ethane carriers, and four ammonia-fueled bulk carriers rounded out the […]
In the United Kingdom, gCaptain reports that the IMO’s Net-Zero Framework emerged intact from MEPC 84 in London after a week of negotiations, with carbon pricing remaining at the center of the proposal despite a coordinated push by the United States and allied states to weaken or reopen it. The U.S., Saudi Arabia, and UAE […]
In South Korea, Today Energy reports that Hanwha Ocean has received an order for three very large ammonia carriers from an African shipowner valued at approximately 507.4 billion won ($350 million at current rates), with deliveries scheduled through January 2030. The order brings Hanwha Ocean’s cumulative ammonia carrier orderbook to 10 vessels. The company received […]
In Canada, FortisBC Energy reports completing its 10,000th LNG refuelling event for marine vessels, a decade after launching bunkering operations at the Port of Vancouver in 2016. Recent firsts recorded at the port include Canada’s first ship-to-ship LNG transfer, the first LNG bunkering of a car carrier, and the first cruise ship bound for Alaska […]
