Rhys Berry is a News Editor at Bunkerspot. He covers a diverse range of topics including energy policy and regulation, renewable energy, and logistics technology, with a particular focus on the intersections of energy and mining, telecommunications, and transportation. Rhys's insights and analyses have been featured in prominent publications such as Bunkerspot, World Wealth Journal, and ship.energy.
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By: Rhys Berry
MacGregor has signed contracts with China Merchants Jinling Shipyard to supply what it describes as a ‘comprehensive scope of RoRo equipment’ for TT-Line’s two new battery-hybrid LNG ferries. As previously reported by ship.energy, the Germany-based shipping company signed an order for one 240-metre ‘Green Ship 2.0’ vessel last December and confirmed an order for a second vessel
Some 52 vessels were added to DNV’s Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) platform in August, the highest monthly total since October 2024. Last month’s total follows another active month in July, when 47 vessels were added to the database, the class society said in a statement sent to ship.energy this morning (3 September). LNG-fuelled vessels accounted
Lloyd's Register (LR) and the Marine Design and Research Institute of China (MARIC) have secured Approval in Principle (AiP) for a new 114,000 DWT product and crude oil tanker designed to accommodate future conversion to LNG, methanol or ammonia. In a statement sent to ship.energy today (3 September), LR said that by incorporating conversion readiness
ISWG-GHG 22: ‘Genuine willingness’ for further NZF progress, observes Chair
Norway-based Kongsberg Maritime has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Finnish azimuth propulsion systems designer and manufacturer, Steerprop. In a statement sent to ship.energy today (7 September), Kongsberg Maritime, which became a stand-alone company earlier this year, highlighted that the acquisition gives it access to a ‘well-established Arctic propulsion portfolio’ and strengthens its
The global LNG bunker vessel (LNGBV) fleet may need to more than double by the end of the decade in order to keep up with demand from LNG-powered vessels, a new white paper from class society DNV has found. The white paper, Gas bunker vessels: facilitating the transition to alternative fuels, estimates that between 165 and
By: Rhys Berry
Bayer and Finnish energy company Neste have finalised a commercial agreement to jointly scale the German multinational’s newgold winter canola which can be used as a feedstock for renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel. In a statement issued yesterday (9 September), Bayer said the collaboration will enable it to significantly expand acres of winter canola in the
Oman’s Asyad Group has announced it has signed an agreement with Moon Rock Research & Development LLC (MRD) to assess the feasibility of implementing an onshore power supply system for vessels at ports. Asyad Drydock in Duqm is set to be the first site evaluated under the initiative, which was signed at the Gulf Green
Japanese shipowner IINO Kaiun Kaisha (Iino Lines) and United Arab Emirates-based energy and trading company BGN have signed a time charter (TC) contract for a 90,000 cubic metre (cbm) capacity LPG dual-fuel very large gas carrier (VLGC). The vessel will be constructed at South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and is scheduled for delivery
The Port of Long Beach has recorded its busiest August on record and the fifth-strongest month in its 115-year history. The Californian port moved 919,992 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) last month, up 2% from August 2025. Imports rose 3.6% to 456,100 TEUs, exports were up 4% to 99,754 TEUs and empty containers dipped 0.39% to
