LNG

Wärtsilä has been chosen to supply a broad scope of technology for a new barge which will supply LNG cruise ships on the US east coast.

Technology group Wärtsilä will gain the first marine reference for the dual-fuel, LNG-burning version of its new Wärtsilä 31 medium-speed engines onboard the new ferry being built for Finnish operator Viking Line…

A diverse, multi-fuel scenario for shipping and the future fuel mix were discussed at the Gas Fuelled Ships conference.

MAN Diesel & Turbo has secured multi-ship repeat retrofit business from containership operators in the US and Germany.

Winterthur Gas & Diesels X-DF dual-fuel two-stroke technology will be used for nine CMA CGM 22,000 teu newbuilds.

Wärtsilä’s joint venture company CSSC Wärtsilä Engine will deliver 16 engines for four new LNG carriers.

MAN Diesel & Turbo will support ten engine conversions to LNG with up to €2m to improve environmental efficiency.

Skangas has bunkered LNG using its new bunker vessel Coralius to a tanker at the Port of Gothenburg for the first time.

LNT Marine will provide IMO type A and type C LNG containment systems and fuel tanks post-service integration.

A project for two large Compressed Gas Liquid (CGL) carriers aims to set new standards in CGL cargo transportation.

An LNG engine conversion project has enabled a ship to reduce its SOx emissions by 99%.

Classification society ABS and gas carrier owner and manager GasLog LNG Services have demonstrated a new approach to evaluating LNG boil-off rate as part of joint development project.

A floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) hull design has demonstrated its safety and class compliance with ABS approval.

Ship operators will have another North Sea LNG option from 2018 after Swedegas signed a contract with MAN Cryo to equip a bunkering facility in Gothenburg.

Germany’s Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) is to offer grants for companies building or retrofitting ships to use LNG as a fuel.

GE’s Marine Solutions will undertake a 10-year agreement to maintain four TMS Cardiff Gas Ltd. (TMS) LNG vessels.

The recent focus on LNG market oversupply and the growth in export capacity is masking the continuous increase in demand.

The increasing role of Floating Storage Regasification Units is making some feel very upbeat about the LNG market.

Against the backcloth of the growing volume and increasing diversity of LNG trade by sea, and the bid by shipowners and charterers for greater operating flexibility and unit cost efficiency, development and…

Bucking the trend, MISC has opted for spherical cargo tanks and steam turbine propulsion in its new stage of LNG carrier fleet development, writes David Tinsley.

A 28-strong LNG coalition is urging shippers to speed up air quality improvements to ready itself for the 2020 Sulphur Cap.