Liquid Natural Gas – Page 25
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NewsFirst ME-GI engine with new PVU unit completes sea trials
The first ME-GI engine to feature MAN Energy Solutions’ newly-developed Pump Vaporizer Unit (PVU) has successfully completed LNG gas trials in South Korea, MAN ES has announced.
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NewsAiP from LR for SHI LNG tanker
Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering has been granted approval in principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register for a medium-size tanker equipped with a high-pressure LNG dual-fuel system.
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NewsMAN ES targets 4-stroke DF methane slip reductions
MAN Energy Solutions has issued a white paper addressing how it is addressing the challenge of methane slip from its portfolio of two-stroke and four-stroke engines. The company continues to guarantee methane slip of between 0.2-0.3 g/kWh from its two-stroke ME-GI engines over their load range.
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NewsLNT Marine in JDP for Wuhumax 40,000cbm LNGC
LNT Marine has signed a Joint Design Project agreement with SDARI and Wuhu Shipyard to develop a design for a 40,000cbm LNG carrier. The shallow draft ''Wuhumax'' design will be optimised for operations in the Yangtze River, and will feature LNT Marine''s LNTA-BOX (Type A) containment system.
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NewsShell inks long-term charters for six new LNG carriers
Shell has signed long-term charter agreements for six newbuild 174,000cbm LNG carriers. The six vessels will be built at Samsung Heavy Industries and Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries, with the first deliveries scheduled for mid-2023.
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NewsTitan LNG looks beyond LNG barging capacity expansion
As the expansion of LNG bunkering infrastructure across northern Europe accelerates, attention is turning to expanding supply at smaller ports. Titan LNG''s Commercial Director Michael Schaap offers his perspective, having recently received an EUR11m grant to expand its network of bunker barges to cover Lubeck and Zeebrugge.
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NewsLBG offers possibility of further emissions reductions
The environmental requirements of operating in the Wadden Sea – a Unesco World Heritage Site – meant that sustainability had been a focus for Doeksen throughout the project, managing director Paul Melles told The Motorship.
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NewsNewport offers LNG conversion services
Newport Shipping offers a full range of services for LNG conversions for clients to meet the challenge of achieving the International Maritime Organisation’s decarbonisation goals.
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NewsFirst truck-to-ship LNG bunkering in Germany
On 27 July Gasum conducted the first truck-to-ship liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering operation in Germany, delivering fuel to the first LNG-fuelled research vessel.
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NewsSilverstream in eight newbuild LNGC deal
Silverstream Technologies has secured a new deal to install its air lubrication technology on board eight newbuild LNG carriers being constructed at Hyundai Heavy Industries and Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries in South Korea.
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NewsEU funding for Titan LNG project
Titan LNG has been granted €11 million in funding from the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the grant scheme supporting transport infrastructure, connectivity and the switch to greener fuels for transport.
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NewsABS classification for ITB LNG bunker barge
The first LNG bunker barge on North America’s west coast, which is expected to serve shipping from 2023, is to be built to ABS class.
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NewsKANFER SHIPPING TO MARKET LIQUID METHANE BUNKER VESSEL
Norway-based Kanfer Shipping has entered into an exclusive agreement to market CGR Arctic Marine''s 96-metre 6,000cbm Liquid Methane Bunkering Vessel (LMBV)
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NewsLNG COLD ENERGY RECOVERY POTENTIAL STUDY
The potential benefits of LNG cold energy recovery via an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) unit have been theoretically evaluated for a container ship and a ferry, with promising fuel saving potential.
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NewsKnutsen inks technical service agreement with GTT
Leading independent tanker owner and operator Knutsen OAS Shipping signed a technical service agreement with Gaztransport & Technigaz’s (GTT) covering a fleet of 17 vessels.
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NewsBreakthrough in LNG bunkering in Canada
Cryopeak and ITB have developed a design for an articulated tug and barge (ATB) which is planned to be in operation in 2023.
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NewsBSM launches liquid cargo training centre
Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) has launched a new liquid cargo training facility at its Maritime Training Centre in Cyprus to support its growing global LNG shipping operations.
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NewsGTT receives order for three LNGC
GTT has received an order from the Chinese shipyard HudongZhonghua Shipbuilding Co. for the tank design of three new LNG carriers (LNGC) on behalf of the Chinese ship-owner COSCO Shipping.
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NewsGTT Training strikes LNG training deal
UK-based GTT Training Limited has agreed an LNG training partnership with Wavelink Maritime Institute (WMI) of Singapore.
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NewsCompact Reliq reliquefaction solution launches
Wärtsilä has launched a Compact Reliq reliquefaction plant. The system extends the company''s existing boil-off gas (BOG) reliquefaction solution to smaller size gas carriers and LNG bunker vessels, and is also intended to meet growing demand for retrofit solutions.
