Malta-headquartered commodities and oil trader Alkagesta has informed ship.energy that Clean Caspian has completed initial laboratory tests that have identified two formulants for oil spill remediation. In a statement sent to ship.energy today (23 September), Alkagesta said the new formulants are: Oil-Collecting Reagent 1, which is focused on containing spills; and Flocculant-Coagulant 1, which is geared towards dispersing spills. Aynura Mammadov of the University of Padova in Italy and Narmin Ismayilova of Baku Engineering University have been the lead researchers on the Clean Caspian startup project, which was established this year with backing from Alkagesta. Mammadova commented: ‘For us, Clean […]

Höegh Autoliners and China Merchants Group (CMG) have signed a contract to build six additional dual-fuel LNG, ammonia-ready Aurora Class vessels. As previously reported by ship.energy, the Oslo-headquartered shipowner, which has also secured an option for four additional vessels on the same terms as the four firm orders and reserved construction slots for a further four vessels, announced its intention to order the pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) last month. As with the previous 9,100 CEU (car equivalent unit) Aurora Class vessels, the latest PCTCs will be built by China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. (CMHI) and delivered […]

H2SITE has secured €3.4 million in funding from Norway’s Enova for its HydraNord Power initiative to develop a commercial-scale onboard ammonia-to-power system for the maritime sector. Enova’s primary responsibility is to manage the Climate and Energy Fund on behalf of the Norwegian government. Led by H2SITE, HydraNord Power will convert ammonia into high-purity hydrogen directly onboard vessels. The system will produce up to one tonne of hydrogen per day and supply maritime fuel cells delivering 700 kW of net electrical power. H2SITE describes the new project as ‘a step-change in scale’ for the company for H2SITE as it builds on […]