MAN and EPS ink MOU on crew training for handling ammonia as fuel

MAN Energy Solutions and Singapore-headquartered Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) covering the development of crew training for handling ammonia as fuel on vessels.

Signed at the Posidonia event in Athens by EPS CEO Cyril Ducau and Bjarne Foldager, country manager, Denmark, at MAN Energy Solutions, the MoU will enable EPS personnel to be trained alongside MAN Energy Solutions’ engineers on the safe handling of ammonia for its dual-fuel engines. It...

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MoUs Signed for World’s First Ammonia Dual-Fuel Vessels For Decarbonization

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Eastern Pacific Shipping signs MOUs on development of world’s first ammonia dual-fuel vessels accelerating the maritime industry’s decarbonization efforts

EPS-managed ships

Collaboration on the development of ammonia burning engine to a new fleet of EPS- managed vessels

  • Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS),
  • MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES),
  • HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI),
  • yards from the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC)  

The three memorandums of...

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CoolCo Secures Multi-Year Forward Time Charter Deal

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Cool Company (CoolCo) has entered into a new time charter agreement for one of its TFDE vessels, says an article published on Offshore-energy.

Vessel’s current charter

The multi-year charter with an undisclosed energy major starts early next year, upon redelivery from the vessel’s current charter. It will add backlog through to 2027, CoolCo said.

The company did not reveal additional details about the agreement.

Contract demonstrates

“We are delighted to have secured this...

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OCI Bullish on Marine Methanol Demand, To Provide Direct Supply

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Dutch fuel and chemical producer OCI will directly supply methanol as marine fuel to meet demand from the shipping industry, having committed to a charter project for a dual fuel-barge, according to its head of methanol business, reports Platts.

The company has partnered with Unibarge to retrofit an existing, conventional 2,800-dwt barge into what they say will be Europe’s first methanol bunker barge capable of running on methanol and conventional fuels, which...

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