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One of the two U.S. Navy destroyers that transited Hormuz briefly on Saturday (USN)

Trump Announces U.S. Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz

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Net Zero by 2050? This Decade's Fuel Choices Will Decide

Published Apr 12, 2026 2:24 PM by Daniel Bischofberger

Green-hydrogen based synthetic fuels are stalled by a coordination problem across industries. Pooling demand and investment across sectors could unlock the production scale needed for shipping and other hard-to-abate industries, while strengthening energy security in the transition to net zero. The debate over whether net zero is possible by 2050 may continue for years, while global emissions and temperatures continue to rise. But the question of green hydrogen’s role in achieving it has swung from hype to skepticism to a...

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Fresh Thinking for the Strait of Hormuz: the Plan Emerges

Published Apr 12, 2026 11:36 AM by The Maritime Executive

The talks taking place in Islamabad, from the global maritime community perspective, had one critical issue to resolve: getting the traffic flowing once again through the Strait of Hormuz. Unfortunately, this was not the issue at the top of Iran’s agenda, and the prospects of progress always looked slim. We now know that the talks in Islamabad have collapsed. Worryingly, Iran presented "technical" reasons why the Strait could not be reopened: they claimed not to have recorded where the mines...

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Iran Crisis Puts China's UN Diplomacy to the Test

Published Apr 12, 2026 11:34 AM by The Lowy Interpreter

[By Courtney J. Fung and Andrea Ghiselli] China and Russia this week vetoed a UN Security Council Resolution on the Strait of Hormuz crisis, which began when Iran closed the Strait in response to US and Israeli attacks almost six weeks ago. The politicking around the Bahrain-led draft, and in parallel to the debate at the UN, highlights a change in China’s engagement with international crises, and underscored the pragmatism that guides its actions. The UNSC resolution was a watered-down...

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Buildout Continues of Emerging Category of CO2 Carriers for CCS

Published Apr 12, 2026 11:12 AM by The Maritime Executive

A new segment of shipping, purpose-built CO2 carriers designed to support the emerging efforts at carbon capture and storage (CCS), continues to grow. The first of the commercial operations is beginning, and the sector is driving the development of the ships. Northern Lights, a partnership between Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies was the first to enter the segment, starting commercial operations in 2025. It was designed with an initial capacity of 1.5 million tonnes per year and has already announced plans...

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China Commissions Wind Farm At Its Deepest Offshore Position

Chinese officials highlighted the commissioning of its newest offshore wind farm, which is also setting a record for the country’s deepest fixed-bottom wind turbines and is located far out to sea. They highlighted the complex geology and challenges of extreme sea conditions in developing and operating the 504 MW wind farm, the Huaneng Shandong Peninsula North L Site. The wind farm was developed by the state-owned China Huaneng Group and will be managed and operated by the Yantai Power Plant....

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Meyer Werft Presents “Vision” for a Battery-Electric Cruise Ship

The German shipbuilder Meyer Werft, well known for its innovation in cruise ship design and construction, is presenting a new concept for the world’s first 100 percent battery-electric cruise ship with a size of more than 80,000 gross tons, which it aptly named Project “Vision.” It reports that the concept study demonstrates how sustainable innovations can redefine the future of the cruise industry while emphasizing the technology concepts that already exist to make a large, battery-electric cruise ship a reality....

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Carbon carrier vessels for CCS storage

Buildout Continues of Emerging Category of CO2 Carriers for CCS

A new segment of shipping, purpose-built CO2 carriers designed to support the emerging efforts at carbon capture and storage (CCS), continues to grow. The first of the commercial operations is beginning, and the sector is driving the development of the ships. Northern Lights, a partnership between Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies was the first to enter the segment, starting commercial operations in 2025. It was designed with an initial capacity of 1.5 million tonnes per year and has already announced plans...

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Net Zero by 2050? This Decade's Fuel Choices Will Decide

Green-hydrogen based synthetic fuels are stalled by a coordination problem across industries. Pooling demand and investment across sectors could unlock the production scale needed for shipping and other hard-to-abate industries, while strengthening energy security in the transition to net zero. The debate over whether net zero is possible by 2050 may continue for years, while global emissions and temperatures continue to rise. But the question of green hydrogen’s role in achieving it has swung from hype to skepticism to a...

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