Qatari LNG shipping giant Nakilat has taken the next step in the second phase of its planned fleet management transition. Courtesy of Nakilat The company said it has taken over full vessel management and operations of the Q-Flex LNG carrier Al Rekayyat from Shell International Trading and Shipping Company (Shell).
LNG shipper GasLog has made an addition to its board of directors. Courtesy of GasLog The company said it has named Kristin Holth as an independent director to the board with immediate effect. From 2017 to 2020 Kristin Holth served as executive vice president and global head of Ocean Industries
Brazilian oil and gas major Petrobras claimed a new world record for regasification with an FSRU. Courtesy of Petrobras The company said it has completed the operation test with a flowrate of 30 million cubic meters per day of natural gas at the Guanabara Bay liquefied natural gas regasification terminal
The keel-laying ceremony for MyStar, an eco-friendly LNG-powered shuttle ferry owned by Estonian shipping company Tallink Grupp, was held today at the Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) shipyard in Rauma, Finland. Image Courtesy: Tallink Grupp The traditional keel-laying event – in keeping with the global coronavirus pandemic and the current precautionary
BeHydro, a joint venture company of Ghent-based engine builder ABC and Antwerp-based shipping company CMB, has launched the first hydrogen-powered dual-fuel engine with a capacity of 1 megawatt (MW). Over the past three years, BeHydro has developed, produced, and extensively tested a dual-fuel (diesel-hydrogen) engine with a capacity of 1
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from the United States have almost doubled over the past week. Courtesy of Cheniere Data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that a total of 11 cargoes departed the export facilities during the week from September 10 to September 16. The 11 vessels had
Kawasaki Heavy Industries hosted a naming ceremony for Japan’s first LNG bunkering vessel scheduled to start operations in October or later this year. The naming ceremony (Image: Kawasaki Heavy Industries) Central LNG Marine Fuel Japan, a venture consisting of K Line, JERA, Toyota Tsusho, and NYK Line, owns the ship.
Image courtesy: Corvus Energy Corvus Energy has been selected by Holland Ship Electric to supply lithium-ion battery-based energy storage systems (ESS) for five new all-electric ferries being built by Holland Shipyard Group for Amsterdam’s municipal public transport provider GVB. The ferries will be equipped with air-cooled Corvus Orca Energy ESS that will supply electrical
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) has reportedly purchased 10 LNG cargoes for delivery from November to March next year. Illustration purposes only (Courtesy of Qatargas) Citing industry sources, Reuters reports the purchase through a tender could well be in preparation for an anticipated jump in demand during the winter