China’s Hudong-Zhonghua is to deliver the fourth and final conventional Yamal LNG carrier to a joint venture consisting of compatriot Cosco Shipping and Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines. Image: Hudong-Zhonghua The 174,000-cbm LNG Megrez is finalising its gas trials after it left Hudong’s Shanghai yard on September 8. Offshore Energy understands
GasLog’s LNG newbuild starts sea trials
Greece-based LNG shipper GasLog said its LNG newbuild SN2300 kicked off sea trials off South Korea. Courtesy of GasLog The vessel, being built by Samsung Heavy Industries is a 174,000-cbm X-DF LNG carrier. Currently known as SN2300, the LNG carrier will be named as GasLog Georgetown. The vessel features MK
Bureau Veritas approves HHI’s floating LNG power solution
Classification society Bureau Veritas granted approval in principle (AiP) for Hyundai Heavy Industries’ Hi-FL2P, a floating LNG-to-power solution. Courtesy Bureau Veritas ‘Hi-FL2P’ is an ‘All-in-One Type’ floating LNG power plant where all equipment and systems required for power generation and transmission are installed. The solutions include LNG containment, gas supply
Zeebrugge LNG marks another first
Fluxys Belgium, the operator of the Zeebrugge LNG terminal, marked a new milestone at the facility. Courtesy of Fluxys The company noted the first customer, Prima LNG, loaded an LNG container at the facility for rail transport from the Zeebrugge port. Fluxys Belgium said this widens the destination flexibility of
Venture Global LNG names COO
U.S. LNG export project developer Venture Global LNG said that Brian Cothran has joined the company as a chief operating officer (COO). Courtesy of Venture Global LNG Cothran is a business leader with over two decades of operational and strategic experience in the oil & gas and power generation industries.
HHI wins Digital Twin Ready AiP for gas containment tank from LR
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has secured an Approval in Principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register for its Digital Health Management (DHM) System for a Type B gas containment tank. The AIP follows a Joint Development Project (JDP) between the two parties launched in November 2019. The system, Hyundai
Spanish August LNG imports dip
HHLA’s sustainability strategy on track with new battery-powered AGVs
Germany’s terminal operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) continues to implement its sustainability strategy at the company’s terminal facilities in Hamburg. Six further green energy charging stations for battery-powered automated container transporters (AGV) and sixteen additional lithium-ion AGVs will be put into operation at the HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder
CTCI scores $647 million Taichung LNG terminal contract
Taiwan’s CTCI Corporation has won an engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contract to build a regasification facility as part of Taipower’s Taichung power plant. Image: CTCI Corporation The deal has a price tag of about $19 billion Taiwan dollars (US$647 million), CTCI said in a statement. This is Taiwan’s first
MAN boost APLNG upstream assets
MAN Energy Solutions completed the installation and commissioning of the Talinga Orana gas gathering station (TOGGS). Courtesy of MAN Energy Solutions Operated by Origin Energy, the station adds important versatility to the Australia Pacific LNG upstream asset portfolio and the ability to bring gas to the market. The Talinga Orana