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Paxocean, Hong Lam Marine and Bureau Veritas partner to develop design for ammonia bunker vessel

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has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Singapore-based bunker vessel operator Hong Lam Marine and classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) jointly to develop an ammonia bunker vessel design. A subsidiary of Kuok Singapore Limited, PaxOcean owns and operates five shipyards located in Singapore, China and Indonesia.

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Berge Bulk & ABS to study retrofit of bulk carrier for methanol-fueled propulsion

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Singapore—based Berge Bulk, one of the world’s leading independent dry bulk shipping companies, and ABS signed a joint project agreement to conduct a detailed feasibility study for the conversion of methanol-fueled propulsion system and aim to kickstart in Q1 2024.

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Airbus and Linde to cooperate on hydrogen infrastructure for airports

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The agreement follows a cooperation agreement signed in Singapore in February and covers collaboration on global supply chains for hydrogen, from production to airport storage, including the integration of refuelling into normal ground handling operations.

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Rio Tinto US Borax becomes first open pit mine to transition to renewable diesel

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This conversion to renewable diesel supports Rio Tinto’s global decarbonization objectives, which include a 50% reduction in Scope 1 & 2 emissions by 2030, and a commitment to reach net zero by 2050. This transition includes all the heavy machinery on the property from haul trucks to loaders; the renewable diesel is even used in blasting.

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NUS team discovers bacterium that produces only biobutanol directly from cellulose

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A team of engineers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) recently discovered that a naturally occurring bacterium, Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum TG57, isolated from waste generated after harvesting mushrooms, is capable of directly converting cellulose to biobutanol. Credit: National University of Singapore.

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MISC, Samsung Heavy, Lloyd’s Register and MAN partner to develop ammonia-fueled tanker

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The energy conversion rate of this system is higher than that of biomaterial-based systems, but the production pathway cannot tap into potential energy sources such as waste biomass. Moller - Maersk and Lloyds Register found that alcohols, biomethane and ammonia are the bets positioned for zero net emisisons shipping. Earlier post.).

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CO2 reforming of DME as novel pathway for hydrogen production

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Researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China) and Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) have demonstrated CO 2 reforming of dimethyl ether (DME) over a Ni/?-Al The conversion of DME is 100% and the conversion of CO 2 is about 70%, while the selectivities of CO and H 2 exceed 60% and 70%, respectively, at 650 °C.

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