Government to develop decarbonisation plan for transport
THE FEDERAL government is developing sectoral decarbonisation plans, with on sector being transport. Climate change and energy minister Chris Bowen announced the initiative on...
Abbot Point hydrogen hub plan takes step forward
A CONSORTIUM of South Korean companies has signed a heads of agreement to develop a project to export renewable hydrogen and green ammonia from Queensland to South Korea. The...
CMA CGM partners with local port authority for pollution prevention
THE CMA CGM Group has launched a program called Prévention de la Pollution in collaboration with SODEMO, a semi-public company tasked with the development and maintenance of Port...
Ro-ro ship transports turtles for migration research
THE RO-RO vessel Galaxy Ace recently transported 25 loggerhead turtles and the staff of a Japanese aquarium as part of a research project. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines teamed up with the...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 56
THE FEDERAL government officially declared an offshore wind zone off the Hunter coast this past week, during a visit to Newcastle....
Contract awarded for WA oil field decommissioning works
WOODSIDE Energy has awarded McDermott with a contract for offshore decommissioning work off Western Australia. McDermott, an engineering company headquartered in Texas, is to...
NZ port receives shore-power funding
CENTREPORT has received $500,000 in funding to install shore power at a ferry wharf in Wellington. The funding is from New Zealand’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority....
Japan’s first LNG bunker barge launched
KEYS Bunkering West Japan recently named and launched a new LNG bunkering vessel. Keys Bunkering is a joint venture between Kyushu Electric Power, NYK Line, Itochu Enex and Saibu...
Port of Newcastle unveils 30 clean energy partnerships
THIRTY organisations have agreed to support the Port of Newcastle’s development of a clean energy precinct, the port has announced. Some of the partnership agreements were signed...
Offshore wind zone declared for Hunter coast
THE FEDERAL government has officially declared an offshore wind zone off the Hunter coast. The declared area stretches over 1800 square kilometres of Pacific Ocean between Swansea...
Maersk takes delivery of first methanol containership
MAERSK has taken delivery of its first containership that can run on green methanol. HMD Hull #4168 was built by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. and Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. in...
IMO adopts a new GHG reduction strategy
MEMBER states of the International Maritime Organization adopted the 2023 IMO Strategy on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships. The revised strategy includes what the IMO called...
Svitzer tugs to run on vegetable oil
SVITZER has signed an agreement to fuel a fleet of tugs with hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO). The towage provider on entered an EcoTow agreement with South Hook, an LNG terminal...
ICTSI launches decarbonisation initiative
INTERNATIONAL Container Terminal Services has launched an initiative to define its decarbonisation strategy. The Climate Change Action Initiative involves developing a roadmap...
MPA and LR to collaborate on Silk Alliance green corridor
THE MARITIME and Port Authority of Singapore and Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub have agreed to work towards creating a green corridor for the so-called Silk...
