Liquid Natural Gas – Page 8
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NewsHSD Engine awarded service contract for Nakilat LNGCs
Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat) has awarded HSD Engine a long-term service agreement to supply spares and maintenance services for the engines onboard Nakilat’s wholly owned fleet of LNG carriers.
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NewsMethane emissions initiative gains new members
Seven new members have joined a major initiative aimed at reducing methane emissions in the maritime industry
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NewsMatson opts for third dual-fuel retrofit
Matson Navigation has exercised an option to convert the main engine aboard the containership Kaimana Hila to a dual-fuel ME-GI unit capable of running on LNG.
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News‘Made In Italy’ Reaches A New Scale
Set to become the largest-ever vessel constructed in Italy, the 175,500gt cruise ship Sun Princess reinforces the country’s standing as a European bastion of the shipbuilding industry, focused on high added-value production.
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NewsFirst Singaporean LNG Bunkering For PCTC
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and FueLNG, a joint venture between Keppel O&M and Shell, have concluded the first refuelling of an LNG-fuelled Pure Car and Truck Carrier (PCTC) with LNG in Singapore’s port waters.
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NewsClassNK AiPs for GTT’s latest alt fuels development projects
ClassNK has issued four Approvals in Principle (AiPs) to GTT, following latest development projects in alternative fuels, which were handed over during a ceremony in Tokyo on 6 March 2023.
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NewsOwners Cautious Despite Recent Fall In LNG Price
The volatility of LNG prices since the outbreak of the confl ict in Ukraine means that sophisticated ship owners and operators are reassessing price indices
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NewsNew LNG Carrier Enters Polish Trade
Poland’s increased recourse to gas imports to meet the energy needs of a growing economy is being facilitated by commitments to a series of newbuild LNG carriers.
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NewsMethane slip reduction targeted in EU-funded Green Ray project
A consortium including technology group Wärtsilä has secured European Union funding to develop solutions minimising methane slip from marine engines.
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NewsMHI-MME successfully trials ORC waste heat recovery system with LN2
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Equipment Co., Ltd. (MHI-MME) successfully conducted demonstration tests of a modified 100kW ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) system with cryogenic liquid nitrogen (LN2) in January 2023.
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NewsDigitalisation solutions and hydrogen broaden GTT’s focus areas
GTT, the LNG containment specialist, is expanding its strategic focus to include digitalisation solutions as well as hydrogen solutions, Anouar Kiassi, GTT’s vice president of Digital & Information explains to The Motorship in an exclusive interview.
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NewsWoodward SOGAV gas admission valve awarded IGF Code compliance
Woodward has added a new SOGAV (solenoid-operated gas admission valve) to its product line after it achieved Zone ‘0’ IGF Code compliance.
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NewsMAN ES Optimises ME-GA Engine Performance
MAN Energy Solutions is rolling out an optimisation programme to improve the performance of its dual-fuel, low-pressure ME-GA engine before the first reference for its new two-stroke offering enters service.
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NewsLNG Barge Deal Boosts German Yard
Resurgent German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has landed a major deal for a series of LNG bunker tankers. Three 4,500m3-capacity newbuilds have been ordered by a consortium made up of the German companies Nordic Hamburg Shipmanagement and Wessels Marine and the Dutch firm Titan Clean Fuels.
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NewsBoost To Spanish LNG Bunkering Role
Spanish shipbuilding has given new dimension to its capabilities by delivering a 5,000m3-capacity LNG bunker tanker, the first-ever produced by the industry. The 93m Haugesund Knutsen will supply LNG to gas-fuelled cruise ships, ferries and other vessels calling at Spanish ports.
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NewsWärtsilä to supply propulsion solutions for innovative fast ferry
Wärtsilä has announced that it has been awarded the contract to supply dual-fuel engines and high-performance axial flow waterjets for a new High-Speed Ro-Pax ferry. The ship, TBN Margarita Salas, is being built at the Astilleros Armon Gijon yard in Spain on behalf of the Spanish shipping company Baleària.
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NewsLNG Capesize+ newbuild completes first mission
First of ten LNG Capesize+ newbuilds is helping Anglo American achieve its net zero goal by 2040
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NewsMalaysia Builds LNG Carrier Influence
A further stage in the expansion of the Malaysian-owned LNG carrier fleet has been signalled by the construction in South Korea of the 174,000m3-capacity sisters Seri Damai and Seri Daya.
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NewsHigh-End Cruiser From Genoese Yard
Italy’s shipbuilding industry has again shown its mettle in luxury passenger vessel construction by landing a yacht-type cruise vessel order from a joint venture market entrant.
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NewsGTT Looks To Extend Digital Twin Model Functionality
GTT announced that it has been awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) by Lloyd’s Register for the use of its ‘Sloshing Virtual Sensor’ to optimise LNG membrane tank maintenance.
