CIP ACQUIRES MAJORITY STAKE IN PLANNED U.S. BLUE AMMONIA PROJECT
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, a well-known investment group specialized in energy infrastructure assets and in particular within renewables and the greenfield segment, acquired a majority stake in a blue ammonia project being planned for the...
SENER DESIGNS NEW BIOFUEL TANKER ABLE TO CAPTURE CO2 FROM OTHER VESSELS
Technology and engineering group Sener has completed the conceptual design of a new model of sustainable tanker that can carry heavy fuel oil (HFO), very low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO), biofuels and marine gas...
ABERDEEN EXPLORES UNDERSEA HYDROGEN STORAGE FOR OFFSHORE PRODUCTION
One of the innovation projects being funded by a Scottish government initiative to support the development of hydrogen as an energy source will explore the concept of subsea storage as a means to support...
U.S. MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH MARINERS AVAILABLE TO MOBILIZE SEALIFT FLEET
The readiness of U.S. sealift capability has been in decline for years, but it is beginning to reach a critical point, U.S. Maritime Administrator Rear Adm. Ann Phillips (USN, ret'd) told a House subcommittee...
ESPO CALLS FOR INCLUDING EUROPE’S WIND & GREEN ENERGY PORTS IN TEN-T
The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) is warning that a proposed revision to the EU's cornerstone Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) policy could put seaports that focus on offshore wind at a disadvantage, particularly when...
SWEDEN’S STOCKHOLM NORVIK PORT SETS SIGHTS ON BECOMING CCS NODE
The Swedish Energy Agency has granted funding for a feasibility study to establish a logistics node for captured carbon dioxide (CO2) at Stockholm Norvik Port.
The initiative, named Norvik Infrastructure CCS East Sweden (NICE), aims...
DP WORLD: DIRECT CARBON EMISSIONS DOWN BY 5 PER CENT IN 2022
DP World cut direct carbon emissions from its global operations by 5% last year, according to its latest Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) report, reflecting progress towards its 2040 carbon-neutral target.
The ESG report, published...
CHINA CONNECTS DEEPWATER FLOATING WIND PLATFORM TO WENCHANG OILFIELD
China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has grid-connected its Haiyou Guanlan deepwater floating wind turbine and integrated it into the power grid of the Wenchang oilfield.
Earlier this month, CNOOC announced the 5-kilometre dynamic subsea...
ANOTHER SOLSTAD VESSEL MAKES ‘CONSIDERABLE’ FUEL AND EMISSION CUTS
Solstad Offshore’s construction vessel has managed to save “considerable amounts” of fuel and reduce emissions on its way home from a project in West Africa, the Norwegian company reported.
The 157-meter-long Normand Vision managed to...
HUTCHISON PORTS COMMITS TO NET-ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2035 ACROSS THREE UK PORTS
Global port developer and operator Hutchison Ports has set a target of 2035 for its three UK ports to achieve Net-Zero for Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions.
The three ports are the Port of...