Hyundai Heavy Industries has secured three 82,000 cubic meters LPG carrier from CMM of Greece worth $280 million. The newbuildings will measure 225m long, 36.6m wide, 22m deep with service speed of 16.75 knots and will be delivered by 2008. They will be the largest of their type built to date and this contract follows an order for two similar vessels from a Norwegian company earlier this month. HHI's current order back log for LPG carriers increased to 17, which is over 60% of the world's LPG carrier market.
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Using an abundant, if toxic, resource to power the maritime fleet. A mature future fuel already in use - but will it become dominant? Numerous NGOs protested against the IMO earlier this year putting biofuels in its Global Fuel Standard, but the “fuel versus food” debate seems to have been solved by deriving fuels from waste. Technically the cleanest possible fuel source available to the maritime world and one that has the longest history, dating back to the 1950s. Why is it not in common, non-military use? LNG is currently the most popular lower carbon fuel, but with bio and e-LNG it could move beyond its current transition fuel status supported by extensive existing infrastructure. Read More Read More Read More Read More Read More
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