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Frontline announces sale of its five oldest VLCCs

Frontline plc (Frontline) (NYSE: FRO – OSE: FRO) on Friday (Jan12) announced that it has entered into an agreement whereby the Company will sell its five oldest VLCCs, built in 2009 and 2010, for an aggregate net sale price of $290 million.  …
Jan 15, 2024 / Curious

Naming and Maiden Voyage of CCS Ultra-deepwater Ocean Drilling Vessel Dream

On December 18th, the ocean drilling vessel Dream constructed and surveyed by China Classification Society (CCS) was named and made its maiden voyage in Nansha District, Guangzhou, which marks a crucial step in China’s deep-sea exploration capacity …
Jan 10, 2024 / Vessels

MOL and Bapco Energies Sign MoU for Development of Cross Border CO2 Transport and Sequestration

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Bapco Energies B.S.C. (Bapco Energies) announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for development of cross border carbon dioxide (CO2) transport and sequestration with the goal of …
Dec 6, 2023 / Curious

KR awards AiP to Hanwha Ocean’s Onboard CO2 Capture System

KR, in collaboration with the Marshall Islands Registry, is pleased to announce the granting of an Approval in Principle (AiP) for an Onboard CO2 Capture System (OCCS) developed by Hanwha Ocean during Kormarine 2023 in Busan, South Korea. With the …
Nov 1, 2023 / Curious

Allseas set for key role in Netherlands’ first major CO2 transport and storage system

Allseas will play a key construction role in the realisation of the Porthos carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the Port of Rotterdam, the first development of its kind in the Netherlands. Porthos, a partnership between EBN, Gasunie and the …
Oct 25, 2023 / Curious

Porthos to develop the first CO2 storage project in the Netherlands

Porthos has taken a final investment decision to develop the first major CO2 transport and storage system in the Netherlands. In 2024 construction will begin in Rotterdam, with the Porthos system expected to be operational by 2026. The Porthos …
Oct 19, 2023 / Curious

LR awards Approval in Principle for ERMA FIRST’s Carbon Capture & Storage System

Post combustion CCS system absorbs CO2 from a vessel’s exhaust gas that is heated to capture CO2 and then liquefied and stored cryogenically onboard. Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to ERMA FIRST for its amine …
Oct 10, 2023 / Curious

Wärtsilä offers onboard carbon capture and storage feasibility studies

Technology group Wärtsilä is now offering carbon capture and storage (CCS) feasibility studies to shipowners and operators, in another milestone on its journey to research, develop and bring to market maritime CCS technologies. The studies have …
Aug 29, 2023 / Vessels

China Classification Society (CCS) Issued Type Approval Certificates to Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) for Two New Ships

Recently, Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd. held a technical exchange seminar in Shanghai with the theme of “Collaborative Innovation and Leading Low-Carbon development” to celebrate its 95th anniversary. During the seminar, …
Aug 17, 2023 / Curious

China Classification Society (CCS) worked with all parties to build the world’s first 700TEU pure battery-powered container ship

Recently, the first pure battery-powered 700TEU container ship N997 successfully delivered. It was built by COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Yangzhou) Co., Ltd. As the world’s first large river-sea pure battery-powered container ship, the 700TEU pure …
Aug 11, 2023 / Curious