In China on July 29, COSCO Shipping Development ordered four bulk carriers from Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding, each designed with space reserved for either methanol or ammonia fuel systems. The ships will be leased long-term to COSCO Shipping Bulk and continue a cooperation first established in 2019 between the shipping group, Beihai, and CSSC Trading. The […]
In New York, Fortune reports that the world’s first hydrogen-powered superyacht is up for sale. The 390-foot Breakthrough, built by Dutch shipyard Feadship, is listed at $645 million and is set to be shown at the Monaco Yacht Show in September. Commissioned but reportedly never used by Bill Gates, the yacht features a hospital, cinema, […]
In India, the Solar Energy Corporation of India reports that India’s green ammonia auctions have hit new lows, with prices dropping to ₹51.8 per kilogram in its latest tender. The winning bid came from NTPC Renewable Energy for Krishana Phoschem’s 70,000-ton-per-year plant in Meghnagar, Madhya Pradesh. Just days earlier, Oriana Power secured a price of […]
In Denmark, Christiania Energy marked July with a trio of B30 biofuel bunkering operations, supplying 140 metric tons each to the CGAS Leopard and CGAS Tiger in Rotterdam, and 60 metric tons to the NQ Lilium in Aveiro. The deliveries were made in partnership with Christiania Gas and Christiania Shipping and reflect the firm’s expanding […]
In the UK, two industry coalitions, ZESTAs and the SASHA Coalition, have joined forces to push maritime decarbonization into regulatory reality. Together they represent 70 companies backing hydrogen, battery-electric, and wind propulsion as the shipping sector’s clearest route to absolute zero emissions. Their aim: to close the gap between what’s technically possible and what’s politically […]
In California, Carbon Ridge announced the successful deployment of the maritime industry’s first centrifugal carbon capture system aboard a commercial vessel. The system was installed in July at Besiktas Shipyard in Turkey on the STI Spiga, a long range product tanker owned by Scorpio Tankers. The system, known as OCCS, captures carbon dioxide from engine […]
In Texas, Riveria Maritime News reports Golden Pass LNG has filed to import a single liquefied natural gas shipment for cooldown purposes, a technical step signaling the Texas terminal may finally be ready to begin commissioning. The cargo, if approved, would arrive in October and be re-exported after chilling down the facility’s first liquefaction train. […]
In Alaska, a new report is calling on the International Maritime Organization to act fast on black carbon emissions from Arctic shipping before warming spirals further out of control. Released July 30 by Pacific Environment, On Thin Ice warns that emissions of black carbon from ship engines are accelerating Arctic melt. The pollutant darkens snow […]
In Washington D.C., Florida Congresswoman Laurel Lee and Texas Congressman August Pfluger introduced a bill to codify a recent Department of Energy rule on LNG bunkering. The Cutting LNG Bunkering Red Tape Act would enshrine in law a February 2025 DOE decision that ship-to-ship transfers of liquefied natural gas used as marine fuel are not […]
In Korea, Sisa Journal reports the Korean government has proposed a major shipbuilding partnership to the United States, positioning industrial cooperation as a tool in ongoing tariff negotiations. The plan, known as MASGA or Make American Shipbuilding Great Again, was announced by Trade and Industry Minister Kim Jung-gwan. Rather than matching the $550 billion and […]
