LNG

DNV GL is setting up a joint industry project (JIP) that will look at the risks exposed at small scale LNG bunkering and filling stations.

Lloyd’s Register and the Port of Portsmouth are working together to establish the port as the UK’s first LNG bunkering facility and hub.

Korea’s Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC) is to build what it said to be the world’s first LNG bunker tanker for Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK).

Poland’s Remontowa shipyard has obtained an order to supply three LNG-fuelled ferries to Canadian ferry operator British Columbia Ferry Services, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.

ABS has entered into a joint development project (JDP) with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) to develop what is thought will be the industry’s first LNG-fuelled drillship.

Shell has announced that it is behind expansion plans for Rotterdam’s LNG terminal which will enable it to supply LNG in smaller quantities as transport fuel, including gas-fuelled ship bunkering.

GasLog is expanding its fleet with two new 174,000m³ LNG carriers to be built by South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).

French engineering and technology company Gaztransport and Technigaz, has signed an agreement for the design and construction of two LNG carriers to be built by Japan’s Imabari Shipbuilding.

ABB is to supply electrical power and propulsion systems for the first 16 LNG carriers that will transport LNG from Siberia to Europe and Asia as part of the Yamal project.

Germany’s Linde Group is to build an LNG fuel gas system for a new icebreaker being built by Finland’s Arctech Helsinki Shipyard.

DNV GL is leading a new joint industry project to design a new next generation LNG carrier in conjunction with Gaztransport & Technigaz, Hyundai Heavy Industries and GasLog.

LNG America and Liquiline have signed an agreement to jointly develop commercial offerings for LNG marine fuel markets in the North American Pacific Northwest.

DNV GL is launching a new Recommended Practice (RP) on LNG Bunkering in the Middle East & South Asia.

Damen Shiprepair Brest (DSB) in France has received its tenth LNG carrier repair order from GDF SUEZ.

Finland’s Containerships Ltd Oy, GNS Shipping/Nordic Hamburg and ARKON Shipping have ordered two ‘next generation’ dual-fuel container ships for the European short-sea trade.

Braemar Engineering has been appointed to act as shipping consultants to Bonny Gas Transport, subsidiary of Nigeria LNG (NLNG), and will oversee the building of six LNG carriers.

MI LNG, the joint venture company established by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Imabari Shipbuilding, has received an order for an LNG carrier for NYK Line.

US-based CUI Globals GasPT2 technology has received ABS certification for marine and offshore use.

The port authorities of Antwerp, Rotterdam, Mannheim, Strasbourg and Switzerland are joining force to introduce LNG in the Rhine-Marin-Danube corridor.