Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through its Advanced Bioenergy Fund II (ABF II), has taken a Final Investment Decision on the Via Verde Italian biomethane platform, which comprises a development pipeline of 20 projects strategically located across Italian regions, including Lombardy, Abruzzo, and Campania. ABF II invests primarily in the development, construction, and operation of biogas plants across Europe, converting agricultural waste and other sustainable feedstock into biomethane. The Via Verde initiative is the fund’s first investment. Each biogas plant in the Via Verde network is expected to process approximately 60,000 to 100,000 tonnes of agricultural waste annually. Once the 20 […]

Credit specialist Chris Morgan, most recently Credit Manager at Shipergy, has taken up a new role as Group Risk Officer at Bunker Partner FZCO, based in Dubai. As previously reported by ship.energy, at the end of September Propeller Fuels announced its acquisition of Shipergy, the tech-led bunker trading company launched in 2022 as part of Signal Group and co-founded by Daniel Rose. Under the terms of the transaction, the assets of Shipergy, including its trading operations, client relationships and technology, transferred to Propeller on 1 October. Morgan’s career to date has included stints at some of the most high profile […]

Volare Shipping, the new oil tanker shipping company established by commodity trader Trafigura, has completed the private placement of 30,698,864 new shares, and the first day of share trading on Euronext Growth Oslo is expected to be ‘on or around’ 5 October. In a statement issued today, Volare Shipping said its new issued and paid-up share capital is $691,213,794.43759, comprising 70,319,479 ordinary shares, with no par value. As reported by ship.energy, Volare Shipping’s fleet will initially consist of six very large crude carriers (VLCCs) that are already on the water and eight newbuild vessels on order. Trafigura has also disclosed […]