CMB.TECH has announced that the Mineral Europa – billed as ‘the world’s first ammonia-powered dry bulk vessel’ – has successfully completed its sea trials and has set sail on its maiden voyage to Australia. In a noticed posted on LinkedIn today (9 October), CMB.TECH said that the Mineral Europa ‘marks the beginning of what can be the fifth propulsion revolution in shipping and proves that large ocean-going ships can be powered by ammonia, without CO₂ emissions from combustion. And this is only the beginning. By 2029, 21 ammonia-powered vessels are scheduled to join the CMB.TECH fleet. ‘Mineral Europa is the […]

The Galveston Wharves has approved a lease and development agreement with Power LNG LLC for a 30-acre site on Pelican Island, on the deep-water Galveston Harbor in Texas, where the company plans to build a small-scale LNG production, storage and fuel bunkering facility. According to a statement issued earlier this week (8 October) by The Galveston Wharves, the city entity overseeing the area, Power LNG is planning to develop an LNG facility capable of producing approximately 400,000 gallons per day. The facility will use two parallel liquefaction trains, each capable of producing about 200,000 gallons per day, with the potential […]

Platform supply vessel (PSV) Viking Energy has moved one step closer to receive its first ammonia bunkers. As previously reported by ship.energy, the LNG-powered vessel is being converted to run on ammonia as part of the Apollo-project, co-funded by the EU’s Horizon Europe programme and led by Maritime CleanTech. In a statement issued on Wednesday (7 October), the project announced that Azane Fuel Solutions has received approval from the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection (DSB) to carry out a test bunkering of up to 73 tonnes of ammonia to the vessel. The operation, which is scheduled to take place either […]