The Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre (BECRC) has recently commissioned 17 short-term scoping projects as part of its research agenda. These industry-focused projects involve collaboration between industry and research partners and will guide the CRC’s future. The new projects, spreading across the five BECRC research areas, involve collaboration with 40
Australia’s energy infrastructure company, Jemena, has submitted plans to the New South Wales government to connect a proposed LNG import terminal at Port Kembla to the Eastern Gas Pipeline (EGP). Courtesy of Australian Industrial Energy Jemena’s managing director, Frank Tudor, said the company has also advanced plans to modify the
Shipping company Stena Bulk unveiled its product and chemical tanker prototype, the IMOFlexMAX, featuring dual-fuel LNG engines. Courtesy of Stena Bulk The company noted the vessel is able to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 25 per cent compared to modern product tankers. The vessel, designed by Stena Bulk
The Australia Pacific liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, run by ConocoPhillips, has shipped its 500th cargo of the fuel since it started operations in 2016. Image courtesy of ConocoPhillips Australia The 174,100 cubic meters CESI Tianjin loaded the milestone cargo and departed the Curtis Island facility near Gladstone on Thursday,
China’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding is wrapping up the construction of a liquefied natural gas carrier that will serve Novatek’s Yamal project in Russian Arctic. LNG Megrez (Image: Hudong-Zhonghua) The 174,000-cbm LNG Megrez is the fourth and final Yamal-dedicated vessel ordered by Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and China COSCO Shipping at the
After announcing their three-month biofuel trial earlier this year, short sea shipowner United European Car Carriers (UECC) and sustainable shipping initiative The GoodShipping Program have now partnered with car manufacturer BMW Group to continue to test marine biofuel (BFO) on UECC’s roll-on/roll off (RoRo) vessels. Image Courtesy: UECC/The GoodShipping Program
Petrofac’s Engineering and Production Services (EPS) business has been awarded an engineering and project management office support contract for the Acorn project in the UK. Acorn CCS Project map Petrofac said on Wednesday that EPS will provide Project Management systems and technical support during the front end engineering design for
The construction of Finnlines’ newest environmentally friendly roll-on/roll off (RoRo) vessel commenced on 8 June 2020 with the steel cutting ceremony in the Chinese Nanjing Jinling shipyard. Image Courtesy: Finnlines Finnlines, a Finnish shipping company and part of the Italian Grimaldi Group, had placed an order for three 17,400 dwt
Dunkerque LNG, the operator of France’s Dunkirk liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, noted the activities remained positive despite the COVID-19 situation. Courtesy of Dunkerque LNG Commenting on the first four months of operation in 2020, Dunkerque LNG sales director, Cédric Vandenbroucke, said, “The re-gasification rate reached an average of 40
Russian gas giant Gazprom said it signed several deals for its large liquefied natural gas export and chemical project in the Baltic port of Ust-Luga. Port of Ust-Luga (Photo: Ust-Luga Company) Gazprom and RusGazDobycha agreed to build the gas processing and liquefaction complex worth more than 700 billion rubles ($10.2 billion) in