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NewsDUAL-FUEL METHANOL FLEET SET TO GROW
The global methanol fleet is set to grow with shipowners Hafnia and MOL planning to order dual-fuel vessels to support their investment in the Northwest Innovation Works'' methanol production facility the port of Kalama in Washington, USA.
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NewsClassNK, NYK and JMU launch ammonia bunker vessel research project
On 6 August, NYK Line, Japan Marine United Corporation, and ClassNK signed a joint R&D agreement for a dedicated floating storage and regasification barge for ammonia. The agreement also covered the commercialisation of an ammonia-fuelled ammonia gas carrier design.
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NewsNew rescue package for troubled German yard
A new rescue package just proposed for Germany’s insolvent Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) involves one former owner buying the yard and a second taking over an unfinished newbuilding, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsLR grants AiP on NH3-fuelled MR tanker design
Lloyd’s Register has granted an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) for its concept design of an ammonia-fuelled 50,000dwt MR tanker carrier. The AiP is the first for an ammonia-fuelled MR tanker.
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NewsMISC acquires STL VLECs
Malaysian energy shipping group MISC Berhad has reached an agreement with Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical (STL) to acquire six very large ethane carriers once construction is completed.
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NewsIsle of Man design acceptance for BW LPG conversions
The Isle of Man Ship Registry has issued the first flag acceptance of a conversion to LPG as fuel for a VLGC. Following the acceptance, BW LPG will begin the conversion of 12 vessels to operate on dual fuel LPG engines, with the first two conversions expected to be completed ...
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NewsClassNK grants AiP on LPG fuelled Capesize design
ClassNK granted an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Imabari Shipbuilding for its concept design of an LPG-fuelled 180,000dwt Capesize bulk carrier. The AiP is the first for an LPG-fuelled Capesize bulk carrier.
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NewsCIMC and Hartmann sign LPG carriers order
CIMC Pacific Offshore Engineering and the German Hartmann Group have signed an order contract for 3 + 2 5000m3 dual-fuel full-pressure LPG carriers.
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NewsLARGEST SHIPS YET FOR ETHANE TRADE
Individual shipment scale in ethane transportation is set to reach a new level as a consequence of an order for two vessels of 99,000m3-capacity placed with a Chinese yard, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsBiofuel test for Stena bulk tanker
Stena Bulk is about to commence a test running an MR tanker on 100% biofuel.
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NewsAiP for LPG carrier design with Daihatsu reformer
A coastal LPG carrier design featuring Daihatsu''s innovative LPG reformer solution and its dual-fuel engine has been awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) by class society ClassNK. The reformer permits LPG to be converted into synthetic methane gas, enabling LNG-burning engines to use LPG as fuel.
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NewsMOSS-TYPE SYSTEM FOR CAMERON LNG TRADE
Advanced, flexible powering arrangements coupled with refinements on a longstanding cargo containment technology characterise new entrants to the Japanese-controlled LNG carrier fleet.
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NewsSEMINAL OFFSHORE LOADER FOR NORTH SEA
Future-proofing has been taken to a new level in Teekay’s E-Shuttle Tanker concept, making its market debut in the South Korean-built Aurora Spirit, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsSize and safety set tanker trends
To chart the history of oil tankers is to put a mirror to more than a century of technical evolution, disaster, politics and regulation. Ships able to carry oil were first developed in the 1860s but it was the 1870s when designers developed what many recognise as the first proper ...
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NewsTANKER SERIES DENOTES BOLD RUSSIAN OUTLOOK
The Gagarin Prospect generation of crude oil carriers signifies a milestone in the development of the Russian-owned mercantile marine, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsSimplicity and safety concerns mark bulker carrier evolution
It is a simple concept: a floating box that carries large quantities of a commodity from its producer to its user. Yet the bulk carrier’s evolution into today’s reliable workhorse has not been straightforward.
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NewsNORWAY BANKING ON A GAME-CHANGER
The era of autonomous commercial shipping will move a step closer in 2020 with the launching of the coastal container carrier Yara Birkeland, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsLiquefaction remains a killer on bulk carriers
Cargo liquefaction is the single biggest killer on bulk carriers, according to an analysis published by Intercargo in February 2019. It looked at a decade of bulk carrier losses from 2009 to 2018 and focused on ships of 10,000gt and above. It identified 48 total losses in that period, of ...
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NewsLR and MAN collaborate in landmark ammonia-fuelled ULCS design
Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) awarded Dalian Shipbuilding Industry (DSIC) and MAN Energy Solutions approval in principle (AIP) for the design of an ammonia-fuelled 23,000 TEU ultra large container ship at the Marintec trade fair in Shanghai on 3 December. The design was the first ammonia as fuel design of ...
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NewsFIRST LIQUEFIED HYDROGEN CARRIER UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Japanese shipbuilder and engineering conglomerate Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has begun construction of the world’s first liquefied hydrogen (LH2) carrier.
