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Norway Releases Hydrogen Roadmap To Support Country’s Ambitions

17 June 2021

Five hydrogen hubs to be developed.
One-two industrial projects to be established by 2025.
Natural gas exports could be more cost effective.

According to an article published in ICIS, The Norwegian Government released its hydrogen roadmap on 11 June, outlining key policy plans up to 2030 that will support the country’s ambition to have an established hydrogen market by 2050.

Key Takeaways in Roadmap

Within the roadmap, which builds on Norway’s hydrogen strategy released in 2020, there are three...

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Norwegian Player CRYO Plans To Extend Towards LNG Bunkering

5 September 2019

CRYO Shipping is planning to explore various ventures to analyze alternative marine fuels.
The company plans to align their supplies with the business model of each individual client to make LNG available in any port.
Along with LNG marine fuel, the company can supply biogas and is developing a hydrogen bunkering service.

According to an article published in ship and Bunker News, Norwegian liquified natural gas bunker player CRYO Shipping has set out its stall for the alternative marine fuel’s...

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Norwegian Shipping Association: Laid-up vessels and rigs to decrease

2 April 2019

According to Norwegian Shipowners’ Association’s Outlook Report for 2019, shipowners expect increased profitability and more new employees this year. Despite highly challenging markets in recent years, both the transport segments and the offshore segments expect better profitability in 2019.

Specifically, the Norwegian shipping companies in foreign trade reached a total turnover of NOK 229 billion in 2018, an increase of 11% from the previous year.

In the meantime, global shipping presented a...

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Low lube oil pressure resulted to Viking Sky blackout

28 March 2019

The Norwegian Maritime Authority resulted to the fact that low lubricating oil pressure was most probably the cause of the engine failure aboard the 2017-built cruise ship Viking Sky. The Authority collaborated with the ship’s classification society, Lloyd’s, and the company in order to identify the reasons the vessel suffered a power blackout.

Specifically, the Authority reported

For the present, our conclusion is that the engine failure was directly caused by low oil pressure.

In addition, the...

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Norwegian Arctic coast busy on natural gas tankers

22 January 2019

An overall of 14 LNG carriers crowded at loading and reloading facilities in northern Norway on January 16. The number of the vessels reflects the busy days both Honningsvåg and Hammerfest, two towns located along the coast of the Barents Sea. are experiencing.

Mainly, six tankers conducted ship-to-ship reloading of LNG in the Sarnes Fjord by Honningsvåg.

The STS is the biggest operation of its kind that took place in the area, as local STS operations started in late November 2018.

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