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The Port of Antwerp-Bruges has announced the completion of the first methanol bunkering to take place at the Belgian port.

New investment from Shell Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Shell, and Norwegian venture and growth capital firm Idékapital takes the value of the industrial software company Kongsberg Digital to $540 million.

Smart Green Shipping (SGS) has informed Bunkerspot that it will be working with Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS) as part of the Winds of Change project.

Netherlands-based Tune Chemical Tankers has placed an order with Tersan Shipyard in Turkey for the construction of four (2+2) methanol-fuelled chemical tankers.

The Port of Barcelona's Board of Directors have approved the start of the procedure for building a battery of seven underground conduits that will connect the Energy and Adossat wharves and support its plans for onshore power supply (OPS).

Announcing the completion of its acquisition of La Méridionale, CMA CGM says it intends to order two LNG-powered, methanol-ready vessels in support of its plans for the freight and passenger shipping company to provide ‘one of the first “green corridors” in the Mediterranean.

Unmanned Air System (UAS) manufacturer Schiebel, under contract to the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), is providing ship emission monitoring for the German Federal Police and Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency using its CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS.

Hanseatic Energy Hub GmbH (HEH) has chosen the Spanish transmission system operator Enagás as its industrial partner for the operation of its LNG terminal at the Stade industrial park in Germany.

Bunker One says the signing of a long-term charter for the NORE tanker, together with the receipt of bunkering permits, marks a ‘major step’ for the company in offering future methanol bunkering in Scandinavian waters and Northwest Europe.

Fjord Line has announced that the MS Stavangerfjord has returned to service following a retrofit that has seen the LNG-fuelled vessel fitted with an engine which enables it to run on LNG and marine gasoil (MGO).