France’s Genevos and Netherlands-based Koedood Marine Group have signed a letter of intent (LOI) to explore the deployment of hydrogen fuel cell systems for inland and coastal maritime transport. The LOI was signed by Phil Sharp, co-founder and CTO of Genevos, and Toon Muhlheim, Business Development Director of Koedood Marine Group during the Advanced Maritime Technology Expo & Conference in Amsterdam last month. In a social media post today (15 July), the companies said the collaboration will explore how ready-to-use marine fuel cell systems can support shipowners and shipyards in the transition towards zero-emission operations. ‘Koedood has a strong reputation […]

US grain trader Bunge Global SA has agreed to supply 300,000 metric tonnes of certified soybean oil annually to Acelen Renewables for the production of over 1 million metric tonnes of renewable diesel (hydrotreated vegetable oil) and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at Acelen’s planned biorefinery in the state of Bahia in Brazil. Acelen, launched by Mubadala Capital, will invest more than $3 billion in the biorefinery which will have the capacity to produce 1 billion litres of SAF and HVO each year. The facility is slated to begin operations in 2029. The agreement is the largest of its kind for […]

Germany’s CM Technologies (CMT) has announced it has supplied its integrated onboard fuel/oil testing and analysis kits to a fleet of 300 containerships and bulk carriers managed by a German ship management company. In a statement issued on Monday (13 July), CMT said that the fleet-wide rollout, implemented progressively over the past decade, has established a common testing platform for the unnamed shipowner, enabling ‘consistent fuel and lubricating oil analysis’ across its fleet regardless of vessel type, trade route or operating profile. ‘Rather than being treated solely as a vessel-level engineering function, fuel and oil analysis is becoming part of […]