Clean energy solutions provider Unitrove on Friday (23 July) said it has launched a campaign to decarbonise the global maritime sector by delivering the world’s first liquid hydrogen bunkering facility for fuelling zero-emission vessels.
Liquid hydrogen is often stored at the cryogenic temperatures of −253 °C (−423 °F) and has been used for decades as the propulsion fuel of choice for launching rockets and satellites into space.
The group said that it is only now being seriously explored for commercial heavy-duty mobility applications.
Steven Lua, CEO commented: “We already see very early signs of light-duty vessels being battery-driven or powered by compressed gaseous hydrogen, but liquid hydrogen will allow us to serve the heavier portion of the shipping fleet where we hope to have a much larger impact. We are also exploring options including ammonia, liquid organic hydrogen carriers, and solid hydrogen in the form of sodium borohydride.”
“However, we understand that priority is currently being given to the development of international standards and regulations for pure hydrogen, and this could play a significant factor in the long run.”
“We believe that hydrogen will be recognised as a global commodity that will be traded in the same way that natural gas is today.”
“The bunker fuel market is worth an estimated $120bn, so there is a huge opportunity not only in environmental and social terms, but also financially.”
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Published: 27 July, 2021
‘We see SGMF as a valuable source for networking and promotion, […] and we believe our membership will aid in expanding our reach global visibility,’ it said.
Retrofitting project will commence in 2021 and will be completed in early 2022, making the Harvey Gulf PSVs the most fuel efficient in the Gulf of Mexico.
The drafted amendments to the MARPOL convention would require ships to combine a technical and an operational approach to reduce their carbon intensity, it said.
Development in quick response to customer demand for future ammonia-fueled ships and to contribute to the safe introduction of ammonia as a bunker fuel.
The LNG bunkering inland waterway tank barge receives its class approval from Bureau Veritas, it says.
Classification society states contribution to Poseidon Med II and Elemed projects within the region.
Additional topics of bunker contamination and OCM services discussed at VPS’ Fuel Management Challenges – The Year of 2021 & Beyond webinar on 23 September; Manifold Times summarises the session.
‘The JMs have failed to discharge their duties by blindly helping the Banks mount a false case against the Defendant,’ wrote defence lawyers representing former IPP Director Dr Goh Jian Hian in court statement.
Lead prosecutor Andreas Myllerup Laursen aims for a fine and a prison sentence in the so-called Syria case scheduled to commence in Odense, Denmark on 26 October, writes the Danish publication.
In a modern re-telling of the story of David versus Goliath, local bunker barge owners/charterers successfully resisted claims brought in the Singapore courts by Phillips 66 for misdelivery of bunkers.
Bunker barge owners and operators; traders and suppliers; banks, including players in other countries, will have to re-examine respective operations, advises Helmsman Associate Director Jonathan Tan.
Vopak BL was a non-essential document with no contractual force and had no effect as a contract of carriage or as a document of title, states written Judgement issued by Singapore Court of Appeal.
