The European Commission has awarded funding to a research project to investigate the feasibility and potential of combining an offshore wind turbine directly with an electrolyzer and transporting renewable hydrogen to shore. Known as the OYSTER project it is designed to demonstrate a combined wind...
Liquefied natural gas shipping company Flex LNG is expanding its fleet of vessels on the water earlier than planned. The post Flex LNG brings forward newbuild delivery appeared first on Offshore...
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has entered into an agreement with a marine energy development company, Bombora Wave Power, seeking to identify the potential for wave energy projects as either standalone sites or combined with offshore wind farms. The new project is part of an initiative to...
The University of Antwerp (UAntwerp) and the Port of Antwerp have been jointly testing 3D sonar sensors -- innovative technology for autonomous inland shipping. The post Antwerp tests 3D sonar...
As a possible sign of improvement in the ro-ro transportation market, Norway’s Wallenius Wilhelmsen announced plans to reactivate vessels the company had laid-up in mid-2020 in response to the impact of the pandemic on global trade. Citing reduced capacity and rising rates in the charter market,...
Geneva-based commodity trader Trafigura is investing up to €30 million into Belgium’s largest Battery […] The post Trafigura to invest up to €30 million to develop battery energy storage...
Japan Marine United Corporation (Japan Marine United Co., Ltd) has delivered a new 3,055 TEU container ship to Wan Hai Lines. Wan Hai Lines has ordered a total of eight container vessels, with a design capacity of 3,055 TEU, from Japan Marine United Corporation with construction...
Ship classification society Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) said that the installation deadlines based on […] The post ClassNK: Large number of ships still waiting for 2022 to install BWM...
Seeking to protect the Philippines from a new variant of COVID-19, Philippines authorities announced that they have suspended crew changes for two weeks for foreign nationals from certain countries, while also tightening the restrictions for Filipinos and travelers from the United States. First identified in...
Flex LNG, a pure-play LNG carrier company, has kicked off 2021 with the expansion of its fleet. The post Flex LNG takes delivery of its eleventh newbuild appeared first on Offshore Energy. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other...
