Cargotec’s MacGregor has received orders to provide equipment to four offshore wind service vessels for Edda Wind, Østensjø Group’s offshore wind business unit. Two of the equipment packages were awarded by the Spanish Astilleros Gondán, who is building the zero-emission prepared commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs). The first CSOV will
Houston-based energy and LNG engineer KBR said Wednesday it has secured a carbon capture contract from Japan’s JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation. Under the master service agreement and feasibility study, KBR will assess options for carbon capture and sequestration, alongside blue hydrogen production relating to JX Nippon’s oil
Stena LNG and Northern Marine unit Tritec Marine have joined forces to develop a conceptual liquefied natural gas bunkering vessel. Image courtesy of Northern Marine Both Stena LNG and Northern Marine are units of the Swedish shipping company Stena Bulk. The concept named SAFE Bunker is an LNG bunker/feeder vessel
Corvus Energy has won a contract from BMA Technology in Turkey to supply its lithium-ion battery-based energy storage system for a new Nordlaks fish carrier. Image courtesy of Corvus Energy This is the second live-fish carrier in a series of two being built at Tersan Shipyard in Turkey for Norwegian
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has launched Japan’s first LNG bunkering vessel at its Sakaide Works yard. Image courtesy of Toyota Tsusho Corporation Kawasaki will deliver the vessel at the end of September this year. Namely, it is the first liquefied natural gas bunkering vessel to be operated in Japan. The vessel
Japan’s liquefied natural gas trading giant Jera has started using a brand new LNG carrier as part of a long-term charter deal with GasLog. Image courtesy of GasLog To remind, Greece-based LNG shipper GasLog revealed last week it would take delivery of GasLog Wales from South Korea’s Samsung Heavy. The
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has recently managed and completed the delivery of regasification modules for China’s first newbuild LNG FSRU. Image courtesy of Logistic Plus The vessel, the Transgas Power, was built at the Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai for Greek operator Dynagas. Delivery of the three large-scale modules was
The future growth of India’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports will depend on the construction of the connecting pipeline infrastructure. Illustration purposes only (Image courtesy of Petronet LNG) India has been the world’s fourth-largest importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) since 2011. India has been gradually increasing LNG imports as
The development of the world’s first autonomous and electric container vessel Yara Birkeland has been paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the changed global outlook, Norwegian company Yara informed. The hull of the Yara Birkeland vessel was launched to sea at Vard Braila in Romania in February 2020 and
US company NextDecade said it still plans to decide on its proposed Rio Grande LNG export plant in Texas this year following reports that the decision could be affected by the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Reuters reported on Monday citing a NextDecade spokeswoman that the company did not provide an update