LNG – Page 48
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NewsDNV GL adds gas bunkering notation
A new class notation for gas bunker vessels has been developed to ensure safe fuel transfer operations from one ship to another in and around ports.
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NewsNew LNG bunker barge concepts from Jensen
Jensen Maritime, part of Crowley Maritime Corporation, has unveiled two new, fully-customisable LNG bunker barge concepts, said to be ideal for ports not located near an LNG terminal.
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NewsConstruction begins for Tallink LNG fast ferry
Construction of Tallink Group’s new generation LNG-powered fast ferry has begun at Meyer Turku shipyard.
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NewsLNG cargo vessel conversion
Keppel Shipyard has secured a contract with Totem Ocean for what it calls the world''s first conversion of a large roll-on/roll-off cargo vessel to operate on a dual-fuel diesel LNG propulsion system.
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NewsNewbuild LNG carriers for BP Group
A joint venture of K Line LNG Shipping (UK) Limited and Chandris Hellas Inc has entered into a long-term charter agreement with the BP Group for two new LNG carriers.
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GTT nets LNG carrier order
GTT is to supply its Mark III Flex technology for an LNG carrier (LNGC) being built by Japan’s Imabari Shipbuilding Co Ltd.
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NewsGTT North America prepares for LNG lift-off
As GTT North America prepares to deliver the first LNG bunker barge in the US, general manager Aziz Bamik speaks to The Motorship about the milestone project and how the company plans to develop along with the continent’s burgeoning LNG market.
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NewsNext-generation LNG carrier concept revealed
A project between DNV GL, Hyundai Heavy Industries, GTT and ship owner GasLog has concluded with an LNG carrier concept offering claimed energy efficiencies of around 8%, with a 5% increase in cargo capacity.
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NewsInternational yards target BC Ferries conversions
Shipyard companies from Canada, Italy and Poland are lining up to convert BC Ferries ro-ro vessels for dual-fuel operation, with a contract to be awarded later this year.
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NewsABS class for LNG carrier
ABS will provide approval of a containment system and classification for a new medium-sized LNG vessel to be built in China for Sino-Norwegian company Landmark Capital.
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First Russian LNG bunker vessels planned
United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) is to build three LNG bunker vessels for a new LNG plant under construction by LNG-Gorskaya, Russian marine news service IAA PortNews has reported.
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NewsGTT receives Hyundai FSRU order
LNG membrane containment system provider GTT will supply its Mark III Flex technology to a new floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) to be built by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).
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NewsLNG Ro-Pax of the future
Deltamarin unveiled what it calls its new LNG ro-pax vessel of the future, ‘DeltaChallenger’, during the Nor-Shipping 2015 exhibition in Oslo.
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NewsHamburg cruise ship gets barge powered
An AIDA cruise ship has become the first vessel at the Port of Hamburg to receive environmentally-friendly power from the Becker Marine Systems’ HUMMEL LNG Hybrid Barge.
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NewsDSME monitors LNG carrier performance
Software provider NAPA and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering have launched a performance monitoring system tailored to DSME gas carriers.
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Moran Towing secures LNG fuelling patent
US-based Moran Towing Corporation, a partner of Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG), has been granted US Patent 8,967,174 for ‘Articulated conduit systems and uses thereof for fuel gas transfer between a tug and barge’.
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NewsEighth ship for Cameron LNG project
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line), Mitsui and Imabari Shipbuilding have entered into a long-term Time Charter contract for the USA Cameron LNG Export Project.
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NewsWinterthur demonstrates new DF engine
Winterthur Gas and Diesel (WinGD) has demonstrated a run of the first large bore model from its new range of Wärtsilä X-DF low-speed two-stroke engines that it says is in response to LNG carrier demand.
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NewsWorld’s ‘first’ LNG containership launched
‘Isla Bella’, said to be the world’s first LNG-powered containership has been launched by owner TOTE.
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News'Kvitbjørn' completes longest LNG-fuelled voyage
Nor Lines’ ''Kvitbjørn’ has become the world’s first vessel to operate between Asia and Europe running solely on LNG and propelled by a Rolls-Royce pure gas engine.
