LNG

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

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.

6th March 2023

New LNG Carrier Enters Polish Trade

6th March 2023

LNG

LNG

A consortium including technology group Wärtsilä has secured European Union funding to develop solutions minimising methane slip from marine engines.

28th February 2023

Methane slip reduction targeted in EU-funded Green Ray project

28th February 2023

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

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.

28th February 2023

MHI-MME successfully trials ORC waste heat recovery system with LN2

28th February 2023

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

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…

23rd February 2023

Digitalisation solutions and hydrogen broaden GTT’s focus areas

23rd February 2023

LNG

LNG

Woodward has added a new SOGAV (solenoid-operated gas admission valve) to its product line after it achieved Zone ‘0’ IGF Code compliance.

21st February 2023

Woodward SOGAV gas admission valve awarded IGF Code compliance

21st February 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

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.

20th February 2023

MAN ES Optimises ME-GA Engine Performance

20th February 2023

LNG

LNG

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…

13th February 2023

LNG Barge Deal Boosts German Yard

13th February 2023

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

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…

9th February 2023

Boost To Spanish LNG Bunkering Role

9th February 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

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…

6th February 2023

Wärtsilä to supply propulsion solutions for innovative fast ferry

6th February 2023

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Anglo American’s new LNG dual-fuelled Capesize+ has loaded its first cargo of iron ore from its Kumba operations in South Africa.

3rd February 2023

LNG Capesize+ newbuild completes first mission

3rd February 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Built by Samsung Heavy Industries for Kuala Lumpur-based MISC, the new membrane-type LNGCs have been committed to trade with ExxonMobil subsidiary SeaRiver Maritime (SRM) under 15-year timecharters. At the time of writing,…

3rd February 2023

Malaysia Builds LNG Carrier Influence

3rd February 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Under the code name Project Sama, the 183m newbuild of some 23,000gt has been booked from the T.Mariotti Shipyard at Genoa by Neptune Company, a partnership between hotel and resort group Aman…

2nd February 2023

High-End Cruiser From Genoese Yard

2nd February 2023

LNG

LNG

The AiP has validated the use of GTT’s ‘Sloshing Virtual Sensor’ for sloshing activity assessment to optimise the LNG membrane tank maintenance frequency.

31st January 2023

GTT Looks To Extend Digital Twin Model Functionality

31st January 2023

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wärtsilä is to supply the LNG fuel gas supply system (FGSS), propulsion control system (PCS) and alarm monitoring and control system (MCS) for four new dual-fuel container ships.

30th January 2023

Wärtsilä to supply FGSS for new LNG dual-fuel vessels

30th January 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Bermuda-based bulk carrier company Himalaya Shipping has announced that Mount Norefjell, the first of a series of 12 dual-fuel Newcastlemax bulk carriers under construction at New Times Shipbuilding in China has successfully completed…

24th January 2023

First of series of 12 dual-fuel bulkers completes sea trials

24th January 2023

LNG

LNG

GTT has succeeded in an appeal to the Supreme Court of Korea requesting that implementation of a lower court’s ruling against GTT be suspended.

23rd January 2023

Korean Supreme Court suspends GTT licence ruling before appeal

23rd January 2023

LNG

LNG

GTT has obtained Approval in Principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register for an innovative digital solution for sloshing activity assessment, which is designed to optimise the maintenance of LNG membrane tanks.

19th January 2023

AiP for LNG membrane tank maintenance optimisation tool

19th January 2023

LNG

LNG

Houlder, the design and engineering consultancy, is collaborating with Blue Sea Power, an Athens-based gas-to-power company, to develop three floating LNG-to-power barges (FSRPs).

17th January 2023

Floating LNG-to-power barge project offers solution for disconnected islands

17th January 2023

LNG

LNG

TotalEnergies has confirmed that commissioning work at the Deutsche Ostsee LNG import terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been completed, before an official inauguration on 14 January.

13th January 2023

Commissioning of FSRU at German LNG import terminal

13th January 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

ABS and HD Hyundai have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) covering a range of autonomous projects to extend autonomous navigation technology into critical vessel machinery at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas…

9th January 2023

ABS and HD Hyundai advance autonomous project collaboration

9th January 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Hafnia is preparing to take delivery of Hafnia Languedoc, the first of four new dual-fuel LR2 product tankers under construction at Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI). 

5th January 2023

Hafnia prepares for first DF LR2 product tankers

5th January 2023

LNG

LNG

ABS has awarded a Statement of Fact (SoF) to Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for successfully demonstrated its own Boil-off gas Recovery System (BReS). The announcement was made on 20 December 2022.

4th January 2023

Statement of Fact for Korean BOG recovery system

4th January 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Celsius Tankers has signed a contract with China Merchants Heavy Industry Jiangsu (CMHI) for four LNG carriers (LNGC), with an option for another four.

4th January 2023

Celsius turns to China for 4+4 LNGC order

4th January 2023