Following up on the successful biofuel trial in April, Swedish tanker shipping company Stena Bulk has decided to introduce low-carbon shipping options for its clients. Stena Immortal biofuel bunkering. Image courtesy: Stena Bulk During the ten-day trial, MR tanker Stena Immortal conducted a cross-Atlantic voyage 100 per cent waste-based biofuel. As
South Korea’s shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo is continuing works on Knutsen’s small-scale LNG carrier and it has recently installed the third tank onboard the 30,000-cbm vessel. The newbuild will be one of the world’s first small and medium-scale LNG carriers to feature C-type bi-lobe cargo tanks. Image: Kangjun Kim/Knutsen Hyundai Mipo,
Hamburg based LNG supplier Nauticor, a unit of the Nordic energy company Gasum, has conducted the initial ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation for the newbuild cruise ship Iona. Courtesy of Gasum The bunkering operation was conducted by Gasum’s LNG bunker supply vessel Kairos in the port of Bremerhaven. The operation also
LNG giant Shell said it recently signed a deal to supply carbon-neutral liquefied natural gas cargoes to CNOOC Gas & Power Group, a unit of China National Offshore Oil Corporation. A Shell logo Hague-based Shell said on Monday that these shipments will be the first carbon-neutral LNG cargoes to Chinese
France’s Marseille Fos port is boosting the use of liquefied natural gas as fuel as it aims to position itself as an LNG bunkering hub for the Mediterranean. Image: Port of Marseille Fos The port said in a statement it hosted another ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation last week following the
Venture Global LNG’s Calcasieu Pass project is pushing forward with construction and it received last week the first liquefaction equipment at its site in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Image: Venture Global LNG Venture Global said in a statement it started setting in place two brazed aluminum heat exchangers, also known as
In June 2020, Myanmar became the newest country to begin imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Courtesy of Petronas Malaysian energy giant Petronas has already made two deliveries of liquefied natural gas to Yangoon in May and June as part of a master sale and purchase agreement between Petronas LNG
French shipping company Brittany Ferries and compatriot semi-public company Somanor SAS have confirmed the termination of the construction contract for an LNG-powered ferry with Germany’s Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) shipyard. The vessel, Honfleur, has been under construction in Flensburg, Germany, since 2017. The 42,400 gross ton Honfleur was originally scheduled to
Exports from the Peruvian liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Pampa Melchorita jumped during the month of May 2020. Courtesy of Peru LNG According to the data provided by the state-owned Perupetro, five vessels departer the facility during the month under review, with volumes totaling 785,773 cubic meters. This represents