Latest Fuels & Lubricants – Page 52
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NewsApproval in principle for LNG bunkering vessel cargo handling system
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) has received approval in principle from Lloyd’s Register for a cargo handling system design for a 6,600 m³ LNG bunkering vessel.
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NewsLNT Marine offers IMO containment systems
LNT Marine will provide IMO type A and type C LNG containment systems and fuel tanks post-service integration.
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NewsCGL carrier design to set transport standards
A project for two large Compressed Gas Liquid (CGL) carriers aims to set new standards in CGL cargo transportation.
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NewsRetrofit to LNG enables emissions reduction
An LNG engine conversion project has enabled a ship to reduce its SOx emissions by 99%.
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NewsNew approach to predicting LNG boil-off rate
Classification society ABS and gas carrier owner and manager GasLog LNG Services have demonstrated a new approach to evaluating LNG boil-off rate as part of joint development project.
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NewsFLNG hull design receives ABS AIP
A floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) hull design has demonstrated its safety and class compliance with ABS approval.
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NewsCutting through the hydrogen hype
Hydrogen appears to be one of the most promising clean fuels with potential shipping application, but it also raises serious technical challenges. Catherine Austin examines recent progress towards an emerging marine fuel.
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NewsGothenburg gas bunkering helps clean shipping
Ship operators will have another North Sea LNG option from 2018 after Swedegas signed a contract with MAN Cryo to equip a bunkering facility in Gothenburg.
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NewsGermany launches gas-fuelled ships incentives
Germany’s Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) is to offer grants for companies building or retrofitting ships to use LNG as a fuel.
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NewsPerformance security with LNG service contract
GE’s Marine Solutions will undertake a 10-year agreement to maintain four TMS Cardiff Gas Ltd. (TMS) LNG vessels.
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NewsLubrication system reduces fuel consumption
Shipowners could reduce fuel consumption by 1.5% with a onboard blending lubrication system.
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NewsCarrier demand masked by LNG oversupply issue
The recent focus on LNG market oversupply and the growth in export capacity is masking the continuous increase in demand.
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NewsFSRUs key to enabling new LNG markets
The increasing role of Floating Storage Regasification Units is making some feel very upbeat about the LNG market.
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NewsMarket leaders build on proven systems
Against the backcloth of the growing volume and increasing diversity of LNG trade by sea, and the bid by shipowners and charterers for greater operating flexibility and unit cost efficiency, development and refinement of cargo containment systems continues apace. David Tinsley reports.
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NewsVersatile LNG carrier series for Malaysia
Bucking the trend, MISC has opted for spherical cargo tanks and steam turbine propulsion in its new stage of LNG carrier fleet development, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsLNG coalition urges shippers to speed up emissions compliance
A 28-strong LNG coalition is urging shippers to speed up air quality improvements to ready itself for the 2020 Sulphur Cap.
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NewsGFS 2017 Conference programme released
On board the Viking Mariella, delegates at GFS this year will gain valuable insight, from feedback by operators, about the use of low flash point fuels and the development and use of alternative fuels, together with the viability and likely take-up of ‘future’ fuels.
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NewsLNG coalition boosted with new members
The clout of a multi-sector industry LNG coalition working towards accelerating the widespread adoption of LNG has been boosted with the support of three big names in the industry.
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NewsIMO regulations fuelling LNG vessel use
LNG will be used to fuel a German research vessel for the first time to meet the IMO''s Tier III regulations.
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NewsTalusia Optima lube approval
Total Lubmarine’s Talusia Optima lube has now been approved for use by the big three major 2-stroke engine manufacturers.
