LNG

TOKYO-Mitsui OSK Lines has delivered the LNG carrier CESI Qingdao to Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding on 6 January.

Gaztransport & Technigaz’s (GTT) Mark V technology will equip a new LNG carrier being built by Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI).

Wärtsilä has signed a ten-year maintenance agreement for two LNG carriers with MOL LNG Transport Europe Ltd, a strategic move to increase the reliability of the vessels operations and reduce operational costs.

The German Government has ordered a new €113.8 million survey, wreck location and research ship with dual fuel LNG drive and says it will be the world’s first ocean-going public service vessel…

DSME and Kongsberg Maritime have signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) for a new LNG FSRU regasification control system.

Leaders and policy makers are set to gather in Tokyo in April next year to attend the 29th edition of the Gastech Conference and Exhibition.

LMG Marin has secured a contract to design what it calls the first LNG fuelled ferry to operate in the Mediterranean Sea.

Removing commercial barriers to the uptake of LNG as a marine fuel was the focus of a live interview with Peter Keller, executive vice president of Tote Inc and chairman of the…

Discussion at this year’s Gas Fuelled Ships conference in Hamburg last week suggested that the tide is turning for LNG as marine fuel, with increasing numbers of projects turning from concept to…

A multilateral LNG project has been launched to provide customers in the north UK and North Sea with gas deliveries, including bunkering.

US ship owner Matson Navigation Co has chosen MAN Diesel & Turbo’s ME-GI engines, with exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) for NOx abatement, to power two dual-fuelled containerships to be built by General…

DNV GL has launched an online methane number calculator to help ship owners match LNG quality to their engine requirements.

There are 86 LNG fuelled ships currently in operation and 93 ships on order as of October 2016, according to DNV GL.

In the wake of IMO decisions on shipping emissions, rival perspectives have resurfaced on the potential of LNG to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution from ships.

ClassNK has issued Approval in Principle (AIP) for a 7,500 cbm LNG bunkering vessel designed by Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co Ltd.

Skangas has signed an agreement with Statoil for delivery of LNG fuel for its platform supply vessels (PSV).

Kobe Steel is to deliver two screw compressors for an LNG carrier to supply boil-off gas to two-stroke dual-fuel engines – the first time screw compressors have been used for this application.

Vancouver-based ferry operator Seaspan Ferries has taken delivery of the first of five LNG-battery hybrid ferries – the first in North America – from Turkish shipyard Sedef.

Nine dual-fuelled vessels powered by Wärtsilä engines will enter operation in Canada within the next year as the company capitalises on its strong regional presence.

Wärtsilä has signed a contract for the design and supply of the LNG power and propulsion installation on a new RoRo passenger ferry.

Carnival Corporation’s first four LNG-powered newbuilds to be built by Meyer Werft in Papenburg and Turku will be powered by Caterpillar Marine’s dual-fuel MaK 16 M 46 DF engines.

The seventh instalment of the annual Gas Fuelled Ships conference takes place in Hamburg, at the Grand Elysee Hotel on 16-18 November. The Motorship previews an innovation-packed agenda.

As Singapore prepares to introduce LNG bunkering next year, Jaya Prakash delves into the city-state’s ambitions for gas-fuelled shipping.