The private engineering and technology group, SENER, has been contracted to provide the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services at the GATE LNG terminal in Rotterdam. Courtesy of SENER The services are needed for maintenance and improvement activities, scheduled for next year. Under this new contract, SENER will optimize
Qatari LNG shipping giant Nakilat has continued its second phase of the planned management transition. Courtesy of Nakilat The latest vessel to be transitioned to in-house management from Shell International Trading and Shipping Company (Shell) is Q-Max LNG carrier Lijmiliya. Nakilat has assumed full management and operations of the vessel
Eagle LNG Partners has signed a long-term deal with Barbuda Ocean Club in Barbuda, West Indies, for the use of natural gas for power generation. Courtesy of Eagle LNG Eagle LNG will provide a turn-key solution for Barbuda Ocean Club, which includes U.S. sourced natural gas, storm-resilient equipment as well
Chinese imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) have increased by 13.3 per cent in September 2020. Q-Flex vessel at the ENN Zhoushan LNG terminal in China (Image: Qatargas) Data from the General Administration of Customs shows that Chinese import facilities unloaded 5.73 million tons of chilled fuel in September. Year-to-date
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy expects its full-year production to be impacted by the closure of the Equinor-operated Hammerfest LNG plant following a recent fire incident while its losses of revenues will be recovered through insurance claims. The Hammerfest LNG plant processes gas produced from the Snøhvit, Albatross, and
The first session at the Offshore Energy 2020 event talked about offshore wind, but other offshore renewables as well. Spatial planning and using multiple technologies to tap into the offshore renewable resources are one of the main points addressed. Moderated by Erwin Cooler, Owner at ECHT, the session hosted expert views
Costa Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation has ticked off another milestone with its first LNG-powered liner, Costa Smeralda. Courtesy of Costa Cruises The vessel completed an LNG bunkering operation on October 25 in the port of La Specia. It was the first LNG bunkering operation in Italy, the Cruise Line
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada’s nuclear science and technology organization, has won a contract from Transport Canada to develop an assessment tool to examine clean technologies that could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the release of other pollutants from marine vessels. Using what is known as CNL’s Marine-Zero FuelTM (MaZeFTM) Assessment
None of the alternative fuels being discussed today as the potential fuels of the future, such as LNG, ammonia or hydrogen, will be able to cut it, Ioanna Prokopiou, Chief Executive Officer of dry bulk trading company Sea Traders, believes. Speaking during a Lloyd’s List forum during Posidonia Week, Prokopiou