In Germany, thyssenkrupp Uhde announced it received a front-end engineering design contract award from Koppö Energia Oy for a green methanol plant in Kristinestad, Finland, to produce 450 metric tons per day of e-methanol from captured CO₂ and renewable hydrogen. The e-methanol will serve maritime and e-gasoline fuel markets. CO₂ will be captured at a […]
In the UAE, Hercules Tanker Management announced their vessel Mount Kibo was supplied with B30 marine biofuel in the Strait of Gibraltar by Hercules Sky, a sister vessel operated by energy partner Peninsula, marking HTM’s first biofuel delivery as part of its strategy to align with FuelEU Maritime regulations and new global fuel standards introduced […]
In Turkey, MarineLog reports four vessels began a $123.7 million retrofitting initiative led by Amsterdam-based Atal Solutions—with Damen Shipyards, Blue Astra Maritime Shipping, and others—to reduce CO₂, SOₓ, and NOₓ emissions, achieve fuel savings exceeding 25%, and bring the existing fleet closer to environmental compliance. Dry docking at Besiktas Shipyard is expected to take four […]
In Japan, Idemitsu Kosan and its subsidiary Idemitsu Tanker announced plans to build two 309,400-deadweight-ton very large crude carriers equipped with methanol dual-fuel engines, shaft generators, and two rotor sails—scheduled for delivery in 2028 and 2029—to reduce CO₂ emissions by over 40% compared to the IMO’s EEDI Phase 3 baseline. Each vessel, designed in collaboration […]
In China, Tencent News reports in Yichang, China, officials announced that the city has supplied 50.4 million kilowatt-hours of electricity to 48,000 docked vessels across 69 terminals—via 172 newly installed shore power units—since launching its “Electrify the Yangtze” strategy, replacing 11,700 tons of diesel and cutting 37,000 tons of carbon emissions. “In the past, when […]
In Korea, The Kyunghyang Shinmun reports On April 29, 2025, at the 10th Our Ocean Conference in Busan, South Korea and the United States agreed to establish a zero-carbon shipping corridor between Busan–Ulsan and Seattle–Tacoma by 2027, backed by a bilateral roadmap and multilateral support from port authorities, shipping lines, and classification societies aiming to […]
In Singapore, Swire Shipping launched its first biofuel-powered shipping services to the Pacific Islands, introducing B24 and B30 second-generation biofuel blends on three vessels—Apia Chief, Tonga Chief, and Kokopo Chief—as part of a voluntary program aimed at reducing emissions across key Asia-Pacific routes, in partnership with waste-based biodiesel producer Argent Energy and biofuel supplier BP. […]
In Korea, On April 26, 2025, at Incheon’s Songdo New Port, SK Incheon Petrochem launched Korea’s first domestically produced marine fuel blending 70% straight run fuel oil with 30% bio-residual oil—called B30—to align with shipping-sector decarbonization targets and reduce emissions by approximately 25%. The fuel was jointly developed with JC Chemical and certified to meet […]
In Norway, classification society DNV released a new white paper titled Safe introduction of alternative fuels, detailing a seven-step, structured process for shipowners worldwide to gain approval for ammonia- and hydrogen-fueled vessels under the IMO’s alternative design approval process, citing the lack of existing IMO regulation and emphasizing early engagement with flag states and DNV’s […]
In Japan, JGC Holdings signed a memorandum of understanding with U.S.-based Amogy to use its low-ruthenium ammonia cracking catalyst in a project targeting 100,000 tons per year of hydrogen production, with front-end engineering design set for fiscal year 2025 and production to begin thereafter under Japan’s NEDO hydrogen supply chain initiative. The system, developed in […]
