Petrobras has issued a call for proposals (CFP) for the long-term procurement of biomethane. In a statement sent to ship.energy on Friday (30 October), the Brazilian national oil company said that prospective suppliers may submit bids for contracts of up to 10 years. Petrobras said that it has launched the initiative in order to meet its obligations under the Future Fuels Law (Law No. 14,993/2024), which established a national programme for the decarbonisation of natural gas producers and importers. The company said that it now ‘intends to assess market conditions for potential contracts for supply starting in 2027, with possibilities […]

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy has announced that the Maritime Administration (MARAD) has approved a deepwater port licence application for ST LNG LLC’s $8.2 billion project that will be built 10 miles offshore from Matagorda, Texas. In a statement issued on Wednesday (28 October), the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) said that, at full capacity, the deepwater port will include 20 platforms, four LNG floating storage units, four mooring systems, and 7.7 miles of pipeline. It will feature four 2.1 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) liquefaction systems and, according to the DOT statement, ‘expand America’s LNG export capacity by […]

There is growing interest in the role of AI and digital systems as decision-support tools in bunkering, but widespread adoption will take time and require more trust, amid consensus that commercial and operational decisions will remain in human hands. These sentiments were among the key takeaways from the ARACON session ‘A different mindset: stress-testing and reframing commercial and operational processes’, organised by ship.energy in Rotterdam last week (22 October). The panel brought together representatives from counterparty and credit risk, compliance, know your customer (KYC) due diligence and AI and digital driven maritime software platforms to discuss how digitalisation and AI […]