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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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NewsFirst ship-to-ship LNG for cruise ship
Hamburg based LNG supplier Nauticor, a subsidiary of the Nordic energy company Gasum, has conducted the initial ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation for a newbuild cruise ship.
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NewsDeal to boost small-scale Baltic LNG bunker infrastructure
Hamburg-based Nauticor and a subsidiary of Novatek are to collaborate to expand LNG bunker infrastructure along the north German coast.
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NewsWes Amelie SNG trials could be expanded
An SNG drop-in fuel pilot project on the world’s first LNG retrofitted container feedership, Wes Amelie, later this year could be followed by further trials with SNG volumes possibly reaching 100%, writes Germany Correspondent Tom Todd.
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NewsFirst LNG bunkering in Rostock
In only the second ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation to take place in Germany, the world’s largest LNG bunker vessel ‘Kairos’, operated by Nauticor, has supplied DEME’s next generation offshore installation vessel ‘Orion’.
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NewsFirst German ship-to-ship LNG bunkering
Nauticor has successfully completed the first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation in a German port.
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NewsKairos supplies first LNG bunker in Baltic port
Leading LNG supplier Nauticor''s LNG bunker supply vessel, Kairos, has completed the first LNG refuelling in the Swedish port of Visby for the newbuild RoPax, Visborg.
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NewsLargest LNG bunker supply vessel ready
A new 7,500m3 capacity LNG bunker supply vessel has started its voyage from Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) in South Korea to its primary area of operation in Northwest Europe.
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NewsMilestone for bunkering LNG in the Lower Elbe
A new LNG bunkering operation aims to establish LNG as fuel for ships in Germany''s Lower Elbe region.
