LNG

A joint development project to equip dry bulk carriers with LNG propulsion has been launched by Athens-based owner Arista Shipping, Deltamarin, GTT and the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS).

Becker Marine Systems LNG hybrid barge concept is making its way to Rotterdam, where it will be used to support cruise ships and help reduce emissions.

DNV GL has granted General Approval for Ship Application (GASA) for GTTs new containment system, Mark V.

China LNG has signed strategic cooperation agreements with nine shipyards in China covering the financing, manufacturing and retrofitting of LNG-fuelled vessels, as well as the construction of LNG and ‘clean diesel’ bunker…

Wärtsilä Corp has signed a multi-year maintenance agreement for seven LNG carriers owned by GasLog LNG Services.

The handover of Europe’s first ferry to operate primarily on LNG – the €30 million German-flagged Helgoland – is now due to take place in the second half of October, some five…

Cryogenic engineering and transportation specialist INOXCVA has supplied LNG fuel tanks for the first stage of Crowley Maritime’s LNG-fuelled 2,400 teu con-ro vessel project.

Engine builder Hitachi Zosen is to fit its LNG-fuelled engines with a high-pressure gas supply system ordered from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI).

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has ordered Wärtsilä regasification modules for two floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) under construction for Hoegh LNG and Gazprom.

Evergreen Holding Group subsidiary Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group has sold a controlling stake in its gas-specialist subsidiary Sinopacific Offshore and Engineering Co to Shenzhen-based CIMC Enric.

Bestobell Marine has benefited from a major increase in demand for cryogenic valves in the US marine market, citing a spurt in orders for new dual-fuel vessels.

A new class notation for gas bunker vessels has been developed to ensure safe fuel transfer operations from one ship to another in and around ports.

Jensen Maritime, part of Crowley Maritime Corporation, has unveiled two new, fully-customisable LNG bunker barge concepts, said to be ideal for ports not located near an LNG terminal.

Construction of Tallink Group’s new generation LNG-powered fast ferry has begun at Meyer Turku shipyard.

Keppel Shipyard has secured a contract with Totem Ocean for what it calls the worlds first conversion of a large roll-on/roll-off cargo vessel to operate on a dual-fuel diesel LNG propulsion system.

A joint venture of K Line LNG Shipping (UK) Limited and Chandris Hellas Inc has entered into a long-term charter agreement with the BP Group for two new LNG carriers.

As GTT North America prepares to deliver the first LNG bunker barge in the US, general manager Aziz Bamik speaks to The Motorship about the milestone project and how the company plans…

A project between DNV GL, Hyundai Heavy Industries, GTT and ship owner GasLog has concluded with an LNG carrier concept offering claimed energy efficiencies of around 8%, with a 5% increase in…

Shipyard companies from Canada, Italy and Poland are lining up to convert BC Ferries ro-ro vessels for dual-fuel operation, with a contract to be awarded later this year.