The Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has awarded a third LNG bunkering license to Total Marine Fuels.

An ammonia-fuelled tanker joint development project (JDP) based in Singapore has welcomed two new partners – the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and Yara International.

Ocean Network Express (ONE) has successfully conducted the trial use of biofuel to power a 4,803-teu container vessel in a decarbonisation move for shipping.

Malaysia’s Petronas and Japan’s Jera Co, Inc. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore the use of alternative bunker fuels such as LNG, ammonia and hydrogen.

The world’s largest LNG-powered bulk carrier HL-Green has completed its first LNG bunkering in Malaysia in operation, arranged by Peninsula Petroleum with Petronas Marine.

Bunker supplier Peninsula Petroleum has launched an LNG bunkering business as a growing number of its customers take delivery of dual-fuelled vessels.

Container line Hapag-Lloyd believes LNG as fuel is good choice at this time with the possibility of using synthetic gases at a later date, but in the future other fuels may also come to the fore.

Energy storage firm Corvus Energy is planning to start the development and production of large-scale maritime hydrogen fuel cell systems with Toyota as the supplier of the mass-produced fuel cell technology.

LNG as a transition fuel to reduce CO2 emissions is fast gaining traction as is evidenced by a growing number of dual-fuel newbuilding contracts and what has become a daily stream of announcements relating to bunkering and supply.

A joint study is underway in Singapore to explore the potential for ammonia to be used as a marine fuel.