LNG

NEWS

NEWS

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has become the first shipbuilding company to receive an Approval in Principle (AiP) under Bureau Veritas’ Cyber Managed Prepared notation for its design of an LNG carrier. 

12th November 2021

BV cyber AiP for SHI LNGC design

12th November 2021

NEWS

NEWS

QatarEnergy has placed the first batch of LNG shipbuilding orders with Korean shipyards as part of its historic shipbuilding programme to meet future LNG carrier requirements.

8th November 2021

QatarEnergy places LNG orders with Korean shipyards

8th November 2021

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Researchers from Korea Maritime & Ocean University have developed two organic Rankine cycle (ORC) heat recovery systems to improve the energy efficiency of LNG-fuelled ships running dual-fuel engines.

5th November 2021

New ORC heat recovery systems boost energy efficiency of dual-fuel engines

5th November 2021

NEWS

NEWS

GTT has received an order from its partner, the Chinese shipyard Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group, for the tank design of a new LNG carrier on behalf of the leasing entity of the Chinese…

5th November 2021

GTT to design tanks for new CSSC Group LNG carrier

5th November 2021

LNG

LNG

Simplicity lays the groundwork for reliability in the Alfa Laval Gas Combustion Unit (GCU), which has long set the standard for boil-off combustion on LNG carriers (LNGCs). Through design enhancements and connectivity,…

3rd November 2021

Alfa Laval strengthens its LNG portfolio with the Gas Combustion Unit 2.0

3rd November 2021

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Andrew Scott, Business Development Director at Babcock LGE, shares his thoughts on the emerging alternative fuel markets and gives an insight into the market leading technology of LGE in an exclusive interview…

3rd November 2021

Babcock LGE discusses multi-fuel future for shipping industry

3rd November 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The first day of The Motorship Propulsion and Future Fuels Conference 2021 brought together ship owners, ship operators and industry leaders to discuss the challenge of decarbonisation and strategies to meet existing…

3rd November 2021

PROPULSION & FUTURE FUELS 2021: REGULATORY ISSUES TO FORE ON DAY ONE

3rd November 2021

LNG

LNG

The German Government is putting up €86 million over two years to encourage the construction of LNG bunker ships in home shipyards.

2nd November 2021

Germans put up €86 million for LNG bunkerships

2nd November 2021

LNG

LNG

The potential for renewable methane to replace fossil natural gas as a fuel for heavy-duty vehicles and ships in Germany is vast, according to a study by NOW GmbH and the Hamburg…

2nd November 2021

New study highlights the potential of renewable methane in Germany

2nd November 2021

LNG

LNG

The 18,600m³ bunker vessel Gas Vitality has been officially named at a ceremony held at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in China. The vessel will be the first LNG bunker vessel to be based in France, and will be…

26th October 2021

Naming Ceremony for France’s First LNG Bunker Vessel

26th October 2021

LNG

LNG

Estonian energy company Elenger has added ship-to-ship bunkering to its services, after taking delivery of its first bunker vessel in the port of Rotterdam. The 6,000m3 Optimus will be the first LNG bunkering vessel to…

26th October 2021

New Elenger bunker vessel extends LNG bunker network to Gulf of Finland

26th October 2021

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Høglund has been awarded the contract for the retrofit of an automation and Fuel Gas Supply System (FGSS) solution for United States shipping company Sunrise Reliance LLC.

26th October 2021

Høglund awarded FGSS and automation contract for Sunrise Reliance feeder

26th October 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Avenir LNG has reached a new stage in its development of a fleet of dual-purpose, liquefied natural gas supply and bunkering tankers through the delivery from China of the 7,500m3-capacity Avenir Aspiration. 

22nd October 2021

Another Link In Med LNG Supply Chain

22nd October 2021

LNG

LNG

The LNG propulsion market is picking up for very large crude carriers (VLCCs) as new orders signal recognition of the benefits.

21st October 2021

Benefits Of Running On LNG Stack Up For Large Crude Carriers

21st October 2021

SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

The LNG carrier is scheduled for delivery to Maran Gas Maritime in 2023 and will be built at Samsung Heavy Industries’ yard in Geoje, South Korea.  GE’s scope of supply includes two sets…

19th October 2021

GE Power to provide SeaGreen PTO for Maran Gas LNG carrier

19th October 2021

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

On Wednesday 29 October, on the sidelines of the first bunkering of a commercial vessel with renewable synthetic natural gas (SNG), Dr Lauber gave The Motorship an exclusive interview, in which he…

18th October 2021

PODCAST: MAN plots a course for hydrogen vectors for shipping amid a transforming market

18th October 2021

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

GTT has been chosen by its partner the Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to design the cryogenic fuel tanks of two LNG-fuelled container vessels.

15th October 2021

GTT fuel tanks for LNG-fuelled cargo ships

15th October 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Shipowners will need to be ready to meet the evolving requirements of the IMO’s Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) to ensure their assets remain viable, and a new LNG carrier design is under…

6th October 2021

LNG CARRIER DESIGN FOR EVOLVING CII RATINGS EXPECTED EARLY 2022

6th October 2021

LNG

LNG

WinGD will supply dual-fuel X-DF engines in connection with the building of 4 × 174,000cbm LNG carriers under construction for Russian producer Novatek.

4th October 2021

WinGD X-DF engines for Novatek LNGCs

4th October 2021

LNG

LNG

On 29 September, a 1,036 teu containership, ElbBLUE, bunkered 20 tons of green SNG (Synthetic Natural Gas) at Elbe port in Brunsbüttel, Germany. The bunkering represented the first time that synthetic fuel…

30th September 2021

Green synthetic LNG bunkering first in Germany

30th September 2021