In Singapore, Manifold Times reports The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation has released a pivotal guidebook on ammonia bunkering operations, aiming to enhance safety and competency in the maritime industry as it transitions to using ammonia as a marine fuel. Published on August 21, 2024, the guidebook offers a detailed competency framework derived from GCMD’s […]
In Singapore, food giant Ajinomoto has introduced mooncakes and ice cream sandwiches featuring proteins produced using fermentation and carbon dioxide as feedstock. Dubbed Solein, the proteins are manufactured by Solar Foods and replace dairy in the Traditional Flowering Mooncakes and Ice Cream Sandwiches. Ajinomoto plans to sell the two products for a limited time under […]
In Singapore, TotalEnergies Marine Fuels supplied its first B100 biofuel bunker on August 5 in Singapore, marking a significant expansion in its low-carbon fuels offer as it supports the decarbonization goals of global shipping. TotalEnergies Marine Fuels used an IMO Type II chemical bunker tanker, MAPLE, owned by Global Energy Group, to transfer 700 metric […]
In Singapore, Seatrium Limited and Nanyang Technological University have launched the Seatrium New Energy Laboratory in Singapore, focusing on advancing sustainable energy solutions for the Offshore and Marine sector. The partnership, solidified through a Memorandum of Understanding, aims to address critical challenges in maritime decarbonization, offshore renewables, and digitalization. The lab will explore innovative technologies, […]
In Singapore, TotalEnergies Marine Fuels delivered 700 metric tons of 100% Used Cooking Oil Methyl Ester in Singapore to Hyundai Glovis’ vessel, Glovis Cosmos. This is the first time TotalEnergies has supplied a biofuel bunker composed entirely of UCOME, a second-generation, waste-based fuel sourced in Southeast Asia and certified under the International Sustainability & Carbon […]
In the Netherlands, Offshore Energy reported that Singapore-based shipping company Swire Shipping, part of Swire Group, has completed a sustainable B24 biofuel trial on its transpacific service. MV Suva Chief, a containership on the Sun Chief Express Ocean service, was bunkered in Hong Kong with sustainable B24 biofuel, a blend of sustainable biodiesel of waste […]
In Singapore, TFG Marine, a marine fuel joint venture founded by Trafigura, Frontline, and Golden Ocean, has signed a long-term time charter agreement with Consort Bunkers for four newbuild methanol carriage-ready bunker tankers. The 6,500-dwt IMO type 2 tankers are being built by Merchants Jinling shipyard in Nanjing, China. Operated by Consort Bunkers for TFG […]
In Singapore, Google, PacificLight Energy (PLE) and Rexus Bioenergy (RExus) have entered into a 10-year collaboration under which PacificLight will offtake renewable energy generated from RExus’s Waste Wood-to-Energy (WWtE) Plant and supply it to Google. The renewable energy generated by the new WWtE plant will be certified under the International Renewable Energy Certificate (I-REC) standard. […]
In Singapore, Clifford Capital and Pentagreen Capital, the sustainable infrastructure debt financing platform established by HSBC and Temasek, recently announced a joint green loan collaboration of $30 million with BE C&I Solutions Holding Pte. Ltd. (“BECIS”) to catalyse the construction of distributed sustainable bioenergy projects across Southeast Asia and India. The borrowing entity is BECIS […]
In Singapore, MarineLink reported that the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonization in Singapore (GCMD) announced that it had completed the final trials of biofuels for ships, with German container company Hapag-Lloyd as well as energy giant BP. The report noted that GCMD started a project in 2022 to test various biofuel blends and reduce carbon […]
