In the Netherlands, Ship & Bunker reports hydrogen-powered inland shipping company Future Proof Shipping has filed for bankruptcy despite operating three zero-emission container vessels. The Rotterdam-based company entered bankruptcy proceedings on June 2, with the case transferred to the Central Netherlands Court the following day, according to the Dutch Central Insolvency Register. Future Proof Shipping […]
In Spain, El Estretcho Digital reports the Port of Algeciras is moving to extend its European Commission-backed green shipping corridor with Panama into Colombia, linking three countries around alternative fuels, port electrification and lower-emission shipping. Port, shipping and government representatives from Spain, Panama and Colombia met in Algeciras to align the existing Algeciras-Panama and Colombia-Panama […]
In Greece, Greek LNG trading joint venture Atlantic-SEE LNG Trade has doubled its 20-year purchase agreement with Venture Global to 1 million tonnes of US liquefied natural gas annually from 2030. Atlantic-SEE, owned 60% by Greece’s AKTOR Group and 40% by DEPA Commercial, previously agreed to buy at least 500,000 tonnes per year. The expanded […]
In the US, Washington state has launched its first technical assistance program for businesses, fleets, facilities, communities and tribal nations evaluating clean hydrogen and renewable fuels. The Resources for the End-Use Advancement of Clean Hydrogen program, or REACH, is being run by the Washington State Department of Commerce with the Washington State University Energy Program […]
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 […]
